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 100 milligrams, but you still need it, it’s extremely 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.
Here is the 7 kind of strange symptoms that maybe you’ve never heard about.
1.Stretch marks
It’s called also striae, are a form of scarring on the skin with an off-color hue, it could be a zinc deficiency.
2.Poor hair and nail growth
Your hair and weak nails can tell you if you have mineral deficiencies, especially zinc, or even certain health conditions.
3.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.
4.High blood pressure
It could be related to a zinc deficiency.
5.cold extremities
6.Dwarfism
It’s called also short stature, occurs when an organism is extremely small, it could be a zinc deficiency
7.hearing Loss-aging
You’re getting older, it could be a zinc deficiency.
So you could be zinc deficient not necessarily from not eating a certain amount of food, but by eating the wrong foods.
Processed grain
It 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
It will dissolve the zinc and it goes out through the water.
Refined sugar
It will actually block the absorption zinc.
Stress
It 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, 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 , the lining of your intestines
Alright how do you get zinc ?
Seafood, especially oysters, high in zinc
Seaweed, a very good source of zinc plant basic
Fish
Meats, animal products
Veggies 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, but if you can taste a very strong metallic taste that means you have enough zinc, so it’s a very simple test.
Sources: Dr. Berg
