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let’s talk about the benefits of taking

zinc for your sleep I’ve done a lot of

other videos on zinc it’s incredible

mineral it is a trace mineral which

means that you need it in small amounts

it’s in seafood shellfish red meat it’s

in a lot of other foods but it’s an

essential cofactor okay what does a

cofactor mean cofactor it’s something

that helps in the activation of enzymes

which are proteins and I’m not

necessarily talking about digestive

enzymes I’m talking about the enzymes

that are protein machines that build

tissue that help you detoxify they do a

lot of things but zinc is involved in

over 300 different protein enzymes and

it’s in over a thousand transcription

factors now one of those well it’s

something that will turn your genes on

or off at the right time and in a

certain amount so zinc is involved at

the cellular DNA level for many many

things if you’re deficient in zinc

you’re not going to grow properly your

you might have stunted growth

hypogonadism which means you’re not

going to produce enough testosterone you

could have cognitive deficits you may

not have the sense of taste or smell

your immune system is weakened and you

can be susceptible to infections viruses

especially of the lung and like I said

before zinc is involved in DNA big-time

but as far as sleep goes it plays an

essential role in neurotransmitters of

the brain especially an area of the

brain called a locus coeruleus that is a

part of the brain that’s involved in the

sleep and awake cycle zinc is also

involved in the metabolism of melatonin

which is stimulated by darkness which

helps you fall asleep so zinc has a

calming effect on your central nervous

system and by the way so does magnesium

potassium calcium and b6 so if you’re

going to take zinc make sure you take it

in the evening

not in the morning I would recommend

maybe a chelated zinc and it wouldn’t

hurt to take some of these other

nutrients if you were gonna take zinc as

a supplement so and if you’re wondering

what food has the most sink oysters

they’re at the top of the list and I put

a link down below to show you another

video I did on zinc so you could see

what foods are high in zinc I’m also

gonna put a link of an interesting study

that talks about zinc the highest amount

of zinc is found in people who get

between seven and nine hours of sleep as

compared to people who get less than

seven hours of sleep which is

interesting and the last thing I’m going

to point out is that a lot of people are

deficient in zinc either because they’re

doing a high carbohydrate diet or

they’re doing too many grains with the

especially the whole grains which have

the fiber because that has something

called phytic acid which blocks zinc so

if you wanted to increase the quality

sleep and not get up so often you might

want to try zinc so if you want more

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