Zinc

Zinc is a trace mineral that is essential for all forms of life, including plants, animals, and microorganisms.

Zinc influences over 200 body activities! It is a natural anti-oxidant and detoxification mineral. It is present in all body fluids so that it can be accessed quickly for body protection.

• Zinc discourages candida and other parasite types–such as intestinal worms, viruses and an assortment of detrimental bacteria.
• Zinc supports healthy blood sugar levels.
• Zinc in involved healthy cell division. Replacement of worn out cells with healthy new cells requires Zinc. Zinc is necessary from egg and sperm creation to their connecting in new life and the resulting growth until bone growth plates calcify–all of these events and processes require Zinc for them to occur.
• Zinc, in tandem with Iodine, works to keeps stomach acids at an optimal level. Optimal stomach acids kill bacteria and other pathogens that enter through the mouth. In doing so, it keeps them from getting to more sensitive areas and causing damage there.
• Zinc balances Copper in the body at 7 parts Zinc to one part Copper. When Zinc is low, the body will adjust its Copper levels to match the amount of Zinc that is present, consequently resulting in low Copper levels. Copper is important for healthy red blood cells, healthy immune and nervous systems and healthy bones. Healthy amounts of Zinc ensure healthy amounts of Copper are available.
• Zinc is found in all White Blood Cells. White Blood Cells are needed for protection and healthy body responses to things that do not support good health.

Our bodies contain approximately 2-3 grams of zinc, which is distributed throughout the body. Zinc is an essential component of over twenty enzymes associated with many different metabolic processes. The highest concentrations of zinc are found in the eyes, liver, bones, prostate, semen, and hair.

Perhaps the most critical role zinc plays is in the synthesis of the nucleic acids RNA and DNA, which are essential for cell division, cell repair, and development. Several studies have linked low zinc levels with complications during pregnancy, including miscarriage and birth defects.

Animal and human studies suggest that lethargy, passivity, and apathy are symptoms of marginal zinc deficiency, since these behavioral problems improve with zinc supplementation. Children deficient in zinc showed symptoms of suboptimal growth and a loss of taste acuity and poor appetite. When their zinc intake was increased, the symptoms improved.

Zinc deficiency may be contributing to the development or progression of chronic eye diseases, such as macular degeneration, the major cause of vision loss among older people.

The prostate gland has one of the highest concentrations of zinc in the body. In general, low levels of zinc in the prostate appear to be associated with diseases of the gland.

In addition to sagging skin, deficiency of zinc may result in the loss of the senses of taste and smell. It can cause fingernails to become thin, peel and develop white spots.