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so today I want to talk about an actual

big problem that’s occurring in India

and Pakistan

it’s a micronutrient deficiency and that

micronutrient is zinc this is a major

problem with not having enough zinc

especially in pregnant lactating women

and small children and the reason for

this is that zinc is involved in so many

biochemical reactions in the body

it’s a cofactor for more than a thousand

enzymes now and when I say a cofactor

for a thousand enzymes I have to define

what that means okay cofactors are

helper molecules and an enzyme is a type

of protein now when you think about

proteins you may think about enzymes

when you when you actually eat food you

also may think of hair nail skin but

proteins go way beyond that

proteins are involved in many many

things DNA repair detoxification

building your immune system so nearly

all the structural parts of our body

like tendons ligaments connective tissue

our protein but also the functional

parts as well

the little proteins that do the work of

the body that take food turn into body

tissue and then take tissue and recycle

it gets rid of waste it’s involved in so

many factors so if someone is deficient

in zinc here are just a few things that

may occur

number one is diarrhea that’s one of the

big symptoms a problem with this symptom

is that diarrhea also will cause a major

deficiency of zinc because you’re going

to lose your electrolytes under weight

because zinc is involved in metabolism

stunted growth because zinc is involved

in a growing body cognitive defects

so memory lack of attention focus and

even IQ susceptibility to malaria

pneumonia and viruses this is why a lot

of people take zinc when they get sick

because it actually helps your immune

system and actually help support the

proteins involved in your immune system

skin problems that could be dermatitis

psoriasis dandruff all sorts of skin

problems stomach ulcers low testosterone

alopecia which is a loss of hair

different patches

that’s an autoimmune condition by the

way zinc is involved in a lot of

autoimmune conditions

and if you’re deficient in zinc you can

have a lot of inflammation in the body

as well and of course a low thyroid all

right so now the question is why is

there such a massive deficiency and by

the way two billion people worldwide are

deficient in zinc number one reason is

phytic acid when it’s fine agate acid

this is a chemical compound naturally

found in bran in the rice and the grains

it’s also in the beans it’s in the raw

nuts in corn nuts being raw almonds and

especially raw walnuts okay because when

you heat it you can actually destroy

this phytic acid another name for

finding acid is phytates

so if you’re consuming a lot of rice

especially brown rice by the way or

whole grains you’re gonna have higher

levels of phytic acid and that is going

to bind the zinc and it’s going to

create a zinc deficiency especially if

your diet is mostly these foods okay and

of course this relates to the next one

being a vegan now the best source of

zinc and I’m talking about

bioavailability is is animal products

like beef and it’s also in seafood like

oysters fish lamb and if you are a vegan

or you just can’t afford meat and you’re

doing mostly grains or cereals you’re

gonna get a zinc deficiency and diarrhea

I’ve already talked about that but let’s

say for example you have an infection

that’s causing diarrhea or a parasite or

a microbe that can set you up for a zinc

deficiency and let’s say for example

you’re doing white rice or you’re doing

white flour products okay as in refined

grains well guess what refined grains

and refined sugars will actually cause a

zinc deficiency itself so not only do we

have the whole grains we have the

refined grains causing this zinc

deficiency creating a lot of problems

all right in summary if you know someone

who’s pregnant or lactating make sure

they’re taking a trace mineral or having

enough foods that are high in zinc I put

a link down below so you can get more

data on that also children make sure

they’re taking a trace mineral to

include not just sink but all the trace

minerals very

important like iodine selenium and even

iron and lastly and most importantly get

them on a healthy keto plan to avoid

these foods that are not cute a friendly

and that way you don’t to worry about it

in the first place

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