• Skin – skin oil gland function
• Critical for healthy male sex hormone and prostate function
• Critical for immune system function
• Enables protein synthesis and cell growth leading to wound healing
• Hormone synthesis (adrenal hormones) and hormone activity and receptor site function (adrenal, growth hormone, thymic hormones, insulin)
• Heart and cardiovascular support – protects against damage to blood vessel walls
• Maintenance of vision, taste and smell

• Zinc is high in whole grains, legumes and nuts: soak and sprout legumes and nuts and make Zinc more bio-available – so see my posts soak your nuts! and bean cooking and sprouting!
• Safety band – as Zinc and Copper compete for absorption
• Depleted in refined products
• Levels in body depleted by lack of exercise
• The best supplement = zinc picolinate

Coconut milk, Cocoa

Amaranth Seeds, Chia Seeds, Hemp Seeds, Quinoa Seed, Pumpkin and squash seeds, Sesame seeds, Sunflower seeds

• Absorption inhibited by
  • excess copper in the diet
  • non-organic iron in food
  • calcium in dietary supplements
  • alcohol
  • infection and surgery
• Smokers are often Zinc deficient
• Stress enhances excretion

• Skin changes and disorders; hair loss; diarrhea
• Recurrent infections and slow wound healing
• Reduced appetite and loss of sense of taste or smell
• Night blindness