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When to zinc

Date 05/03/2013 2:07

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Supplemental zinc-rich foods such as oysters, liver, red meat, eggs, whole grains, beans, vegetables, tubers, fruits ... but need to balance eating plant foods and animals to prevent zinc deficiency
Oysters are many foods that contain zinc.
Zinc is one of the substances have an important role to the body. Zinc increases fertility (dividing) cells, especially in the fetal stage, at a young age, maturity, affecting almost all biological processes, especially the resolution of nucleic acid synthesis, proteins, the basic components of life.
 
When zinc deficiency prone to abnormal or pathological as that can lead to neurological disorders, illnesses contribute to schizophrenia, behavioral disorders, poorly adapted to the change. If zinc deficiency will cause hardening of the hair, hair color shifting from black to gold, easily broken nails, broken slowly grow back when there are less white, dry skin, dull. Zinc deficiency, taste sensitivity is reduced or lost, sweet-tasting foods that feel bitter, loss of appetite, anorexia, oral mucositis ...
In our country, there are about 30-40% of children and most women in childbearing age are deficient in zinc (according to the National Institute of Nutrition). The reason diet low carbohydrate protein, due process (in zinc plant located at the cotyledons stigmatic pollen grain, milling lose more zinc), due to illness (gastrointestinal illness make zinc difficult to absorb), genetic (acrodematis disease, the body does not absorb zinc, skin pigmentation around the elbows, knees, face, buttocks) and sometimes due to medications (long iron will hinder the zinc absorption).

 


The diagnosis of zinc deficiency based on clinical need, combined with the zinc in the blood tests, urine, hair and phophatase enzyme alkaline. Zinc normal blood microgam/100ml at 100, is considered to be missing when at equal or lower than 70 microgam/100ml.
Prevention of zinc deficiency:
Choose foods rich in zinc such as oysters, liver, red meat, eggs, whole grains, beans, vegetables, tubers, fruits ... but need to eat balanced foods and animals. Also users can choose foods with zinc, a mineral vitamin preparations are quite adequate zinc levels.
Overcoming a lack of zinc, so zinc supplementation for children anorexia growth retardation, pregnant women and nursing mothers (of course need to determine the extent of zinc deficiency). Additional drugs containing zinc (zinc gluconate or zinc sulfate). Take 30 minutes after eating. Additional time is 2-3 months. Cure the disease causing zinc deficiency before supplementation (eg, gastrointestinal disorders). When using zinc should take more vitamin A, B6, C and phosphorus because these substances increases the absorption of zinc. If you use it for both iron and zinc apart, using zinc before, because iron will hinder the absorption of zinc.
Avoid excessive supplement for use of zinc can reduce immunity. Do not use more than 150mg per day.
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