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so today we’re going to talk about zinc

okay in the seven weird signs of a zinc

deficiency zinc is a trace mineral which

is different than a mineral and all that

means is you need trace amounts very

small amounts something usually below a

hundred milligrams but you still need it

it’s very very essential most people

when they think of a zinc deficiency

they may think of acne because of all

the acne creams have zinc in it or maybe

for sunburn to protect you against the

UV light but it’s also involved with the

loss of taste and smell slow wound

healing hypogonadism which means that

your testicles are smaller and you’re

not producing testosterone it can come

from a zinc deficiency arthritis any

inflammatory condition could be a zinc

deficiency but I want to talk about the

seven kind of strange symptoms that

maybe you’ve never heard about stretch

marks could be a zinc deficiency poor

hair and nail growth the white spots on

your nails that could be a zinc

deficiency which is interesting because

if you see it right in the center and

your nail it’s a grows every six months

and it’s right in the center we pretty

much know about three months ago

you consumed a lot of carbohydrates you

may have had a birthday party and you

ate the whole cake because that sugar

will pull zinc out and it leaves the

little white spots number for high blood

pressure could be related to a zinc

deficiency cold extremities dwarfism

hearing loss as you’re getting older

could be a zinc deficiency so you could

be zinc deficient not necessarily from

not eating a certain amount of food left

by eating the wrong foods processed

foods refined foods especially we’re

fine grains deplete your zinc whole

grains will deplete your zinc because

they have something called phytate in

the fiber which actually binds with the

zinc and you can’t absorb it cooking

will dissolve the zinc and it goes out

through the water refined sugar will

actually block the absorption zinc

stress will deplete your zinc liver

damage like in fatty liver liver that’s

has cirrhosis will block the absorption

of zinc colon damage diverticulitis

irritable

syndrome things like that can block your

absorption of zinc so the core essence

of what zinc does

it’s a coenzyme for many many things in

the body okay many chemical reactions

what does that mean coenzyme it means

that it’s an essential element that

makes the enzyme work and without it

it’s not gonna work

the enzymes do the work of the body so

you can look at zinc as an essential

thing that allows something to happen

either approaching to be made or DNA to

be synthesized or created it helps make

DNA as you can see there’s so many

different bad effects that can occur if

you don’t have enough zinc the three

primary areas that it’ll effect would be

skin a lot of different skin issues

immune system think about when you start

getting run down or cold usually the

cold remedies out there have zinc in

them especially as a preventive action

also the lining of your intestines

alright how do you get zinc well seafood

especially oysters okay high in zinc

seaweed a very good source of zinc plant

basic fish in general liver like

grass-fed liver meats animal products

veggies have some and nuts have some as

well but you also want to avoid the

things that deplete the zinc now lastly

there’s a really cool test that you can

get it’s called a zinc test and what you

do is you put a little bit of zinc on

your tongue and if you taste nothing

that means you’re deficient in zinc okay

but if you can taste a very strong

metallic taste that means you have

enough zinc so it’s a very simple test

I’ll put a couple links down below of

different brands that you might want to

check out but it’s a very simple way to

do a quick test to see if your zinc

deficient alright I’ll see in the next

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