Why We Don't Put Manganese In Our Supplements
Manganese is an essential mineral in the diet. Average intakes of manganese tend to range between 2.5mg to 5mg in westernised countries (1). Some studies have suggested 3.5mg per day might be an optimal level (1). As is mentioned in the report by the World Health Organisation (WHO) (1), however, no definite cases of manganese deficiency have ever been reported. There also isn’t any strong data to actually understand what the average requirement for humans is. Trying to intentionally induce deficiencies of manganese in humans (with an intake of 0.74mg) failed to cause any problems (1).
At the time of writing, there don’t seem to be any studies where manganese was supplemented by itself, so we don’t really know if supplementing manganese actually improves health or if it's truly safe to take.
If anything, we only have proof of potential harm. When a small group of patients were fed intravenously (parenteral nutrition) it was found that manganese caused abnormalities in brain scans (2). These abnormalities were resolved in most patients when the manganese was removed.
Obviously intravenous feeding is different from oral consumption, but the potential for harm still remains.
As a result, we don’t think adding manganese to supplements is something with a favourable benefit to reward ratio.
In our opinion, the risks of harm outweigh any potential benefits. This is why we don’t add manganese to the ThinkPharm Formula even though some other multivitamins will contain it.
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