Zinc
What is Zinc?
Information on the zinc
Food sources of zinc
Zinc is not manufactured by the body, it is made exclusively from food. His daily recommended intake is 10 to 20 mg per day.
The food that contains more zinc is oysters, but most of the meat, some shellfish, wheat germ, sesame seeds and pumpkin and cooked legumes also contain good quantities.
Physiological interest, deficiency and zinc supplementation
Zn is involved in all phases of anabolism.
It is necessary to perform 300 metallo-enzymes and gene expression of multiple growth factors and steroid receptors.
It also falls within the structure of certain proteins. Zinc deficiency, even mild, has a particularly negative impact on immune function and healing, the repair tissue
and growth.
The main signs of zinc deficiency are:
- Immune deficiencies,
- Disturbances of wound healing,
The weakening of hair.
Some population groups are at risk of deficiency for the following reasons:
- Of the increase of their needs in times of growth (children, adolescents),
- During pregnancy
- In malabsorption: For people suffering from alcoholism,
- During the aging
- Traumatic stress or infection: During intense sporting
If smoking
