Product verdict
Solgar Calcium Magnesium plus Zinc
10 ingredients on the label. None of them reach an amount we’ve seen work for anything we track.
Nothing in here reaches an amount we’ve seen work.
That isn’t proof it does nothing — it’s the honest limit of what we can tell you.
Supplement Facts
Serving Size 3 Tablet(s)
Servings Per Container 83
† Daily Value not established, or not stated on this label.
Worth knowing about this bottle
Magnesium with Zinc
Very high doses of zinc from supplements can interfere with magnesium absorption and disrupt the body's magnesium balance. This has only been demonstrated at zinc doses far above typical supplement amounts.
What to do: Only a concern at very high zinc doses (142 mg/day and up), well beyond a standard 15-30 mg zinc supplement. Not relevant for typical multivitamin or standalone zinc use.
Calcium with Zinc likely, not settled
In a controlled study of postmenopausal women, adding extra calcium to the diet modestly reduced how much zinc the body absorbed and retained over time. The effect was real but small, and high calcium intake has not been clearly linked to zinc deficiency in the general population.
What to do: People with low dietary zinc intake (e.g., vegetarians, older adults) who also take high-dose calcium may want to take large calcium doses at a different time than zinc-containing foods or supplements.
Label read from the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database. Formulations change — check the panel on the bottle in your hand. Check a different product.