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Do you take zinc to help prevent colds, flu and Covid? If not, you should be getting zinc on a daily basis. Zinc is an amazing mineral that has many benefits, including powering up your immune system, helping your body heal wounds, maintain healthy testosterone levels, balance metabolism, helping with nerve function, assisting proper brain function, cell growth, protecting vision, and assisting in better taste and smell.<\/p>\n
(Tom: What the articles does not tell you is that zinc is a water based mineral and because your cell walls are fat based zinc is better absorbed through the cells walls when consumed with something to aid crossing that fat barrier. And the article mentions having a zinc supplement with food to avoid stomach upsets but does not say that zinc interferes with the absorption of copper.<\/p>\n
Factors That Reduce Zinc Absorption
\nPhytate, which is present in staple foods like cereals, corn and rice, has a strong negative effect on zinc absorption from composite meals
\nTaking iron and zinc at the same time
\nToxic levels of cadmium
\nTaking a calcium supplement with meals<\/p>\n
So I have my zinc supplement with Quercetin and Melatonin, last thing at night.)<\/p>\n