Zinc is a mineral, an essential trace element, and is needed for proper growth and maintenance of the human body. Zinc is used for many health benefits including increased immune function, the common cold, wound healing, diarrhea and elderly associated disorders.<\/p>\n
Zinc was originally established in 1869 but it wasn’t until 1961, human trials began for individuals in countries where bread, potatoes and milk were abundant in their diet. Administering animal protein and zinc supplements corrected the symptoms associated with the deficiency.<\/p>\n
Zinc is naturally present in some foods and is available as a dietary supplement.<\/p>\n
Chelated- Organic ZInc is easily digested and is attached to another substance such as an amino acid.<\/p>\n
NonChelated- Inorganic Zinc is not digested but used out side of the body<\/p>\n
Foods<\/strong><\/p>\n Zinc is found in a variety of foods such as lean meat, seafood, eggs, beans, chick peas, seeds and nuts (cashews and almonds). Oysters contain more zinc then any other food. Whole-grain breads, cereals, legumes, and other foods containing phytates can inhibit absorption of zinc. The bioavailability of zinc from foods containing phytates is decreased compared to animal food products. In other words, you can still absorb zinc from all these food items mentioned above but you get more bang for your buck with animal foods.<\/p>\n The following can possibly cause a deficiency in Zinc.<\/p>\n Zinc is generally safe. However, toxicity can occur from acute high doses of zinc<\/p>\n Prolonged period of high zinc levels can inhibit copper metabolism<\/p>\n Zinc can interfere with absorption of certain medications and supplements<\/p>\n <\/p>\n What do you use Zinc for? What form do you use? Does your sunscreen contain Zinc?<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Zinc is a mineral, an essential trace element, and is needed for proper growth and maintenance of the human body. Zinc is used for many…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3319,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[82,33,37,43,47],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/belloorganics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/belloorganics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/belloorganics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/belloorganics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/belloorganics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=511"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/belloorganics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/belloorganics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/belloorganics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/belloorganics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/belloorganics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Symptoms of Deficiency<\/h4>\n
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Risk Factor of Deficiency<\/h4>\n
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Common Side Effects<\/h4>\n
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Drug Interactions<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n
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