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Zinc Citrate
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MSRP: $17.95
Price: $14.95
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Item Number: zc060
Manufacturer: Dr. Wong's Essentials
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Zinc is an essential mineral, necessary for sustaining all life. It is estimated that 3,000 of the hundreds of thousands of proteins in the human body contain zinc..... Zinc ions are now considered neurotransmitters. Cells in the salivary gland, prostate, immune system and intestine are other types of tissues that highly need zinc.
The below information is from MineralsInc.com. Read the full text with references at: MineralsInc.com
Role of Zinc in Human Nutrition
- Zinc is involved in well over one hundred metabolic process and body functions,
- Normal growth and development
- Maintaining healthy skin and bones
- Essential in various metabolic processes
- Healing and immune functions
Physiologically, zinc is vital for growth and developments, sexual maturation and reproduction, dark vision adaptation, olfactory and gustatory activity, insulin storage and release and for a variety of host immune defenses, among other things. Zinc deficiency can result in growth retardation, immune dysfunction, increased incidence of infections, hypogonadism, oligospermia, anorexia, diarrhea, weight loss, delayed wound healing, neural tube defects of the fetus, increased risk for abortion, alopecia, mental lethargy and skin changes.
Zinc may have immunomodulatory activity*. It may also have antioxidant activity.* Zinc has putative antiviral, fertility- enhancing and retinoprotective activities.*
Effects of Zinc Deficiency
Even borderline zinc deficiency or disturbances in zinc metabolism can have profound adverse health effects. Those at greatest risk of such deficiencies and disturbances include infants, children, the elderly and pregnant women. Due to conditions that can limit the bioavailability of zinc, even when there is adequate zinc intake, zinc deficiency may affect still larger population.
Among diseases and conditions associated with zinc deficiency are alcoholism, malabsorption syndromes, acrodermatitis enteropathica, anorexia nervosa, thermal burns and total parenteral nutrition without zinc supplementation.
Zinc Supplementation as Zinc Citrate
Supplemental zinc may be helpful in some of the foregoing. It may support normal structure and function in some conditions of immune impairment and in some complications of pregnancy. It further supports normal function in some cases of fetal neural tube defects, diarrhea, oligospermia, delayed wound healing and some cognitive disorders. It may also support normality in some inflammatory disorders.
Zinc is essential for proper formation and maturation of spermatozoa. There is some evidence that zinc can promote and accelerate wound healing in some circumstances. Zinc is also very important to the newborn when breast milk may be its only source of Zinc.
Zinc Citrate represents a totally reacted and nutritionally functional Chelate of Zinc and the naturally occurring citrate in the human body.
Zinc citrate caters to the need of "optimal mineral nutrition" with respect to zinc by delivering it in a more bio-available, energy rich, tolerant and safe form.
Additional information: Adapted from Wikipedia. Read the full text with references at: Wikipedia.com
"Zinc deficiency results from
inadequate intake of zinc, or inadequate absorption of zinc into the
body. Signs of zinc deficiency include hair loss, skin lesions,
diarrhea, prostate swelling, delayed wound healing (epithelial tissue
won't heal as well or as fast as it should in a zinc deficient state),
wasting of body tissues and white spots on the nails. Eyesight, taste,
smell and memory are also connected with zinc. A deficiency in zinc can
cause malfunctions of these organs and functions. Congenital
abnormalities causing zinc deficiency may lead to a disease called
Acrodermatitis enteropathica.
Obtaining a sufficient zinc intake during
pregnancy and in young children is a very real problem, especially
among those who cannot afford a good and varied diet. Brain development
is stunted by zinc insufficiency in the womb and in youth. It is widely
recognized that lack of zinc can contribute to acne.
When asked his opinion, here's what Dr. Wong had to say about Zinc Citrate:
"This
warrants repeating: 'Zinc is the most essential mineral for sexual
function' and Zinc Citrate is the best absorbed zinc! Why? Because most
zinc supplements are very, very poorly absorbed. The oxides are mostly
excreted. Those Zincs that are chelated to amino acids need to further
bond to a lipid (fat) to be transported across the intestinal wall.
Zincs that are chelated to sugars (gluconates) don’t get in well
either. But, anything bonded to anything in the Vit. C family such as
citric acid, Vit. C, ascorbates, etc. are taken in instantly and almost
completely! That is why, despite all the sales hype to the contrary,
calcium citrate, magnesium citrate and zinc citrate are the best
absorbed minerals of their kind."
Please note that we pride ourselves is using only the best ingredients in our Dr. Wong's Essentials line of nutritional supplements. We also pride ourselves in only using those ingredients absolutely necessary to get the product to run through the encapsulation machines or tableting presses. As such, with our new minor, reformulated Zinc Citrate product you may notice that the contents do not completely fill the capsules. Because we didn't want to add any additional ingredients to "Fill" the capsule, we left it as it is. Thus ensuring our commitment to our consumers by only using those ingredients absolutely necessary and no more.
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*These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.
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