Chelated Zinc
(From Zinc Gluconate) 50 mg per tablet
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Zinc is an essential trace mineral and occurs in almost all tissues in the body, especially in the reproductive organs, pancreas and thyroid. Zinc is needed for carbohydrate metabolism, protien synthisis and in enzymatic reactions.
Zinc is used in the formation of cells and is needed for healing and maintaining healthy tissues.
The mineral Zinc is important for immune functions. Zinc helps during healing and helps to reduce infection by supporting the immune system, helping fight infection and producing antibodies. Zinc helps regulate white blood cells and improves antibody response to vaccines and cell-mediated immunity.
Chelation is the process of bonding the mineral to an amino acid. This bonding makes it easier to digest and assimilate the Zinc, for proper utilization in the body.
For daily supplementation, each tablet supplies 50 mg. of essential Zinc, in easy-to-digest, highly absorbable chelated form.
Vitamin Power Chelated Minerals contain No Sugar, Salt, Starch, Preservatives or Artificial Coloring.
Burn More Calories with Zinc!
The essential mineral Zinc is useful for raising metabolism.
Even though you mignt get plenty of exercise, Zinc may help raise your metabolism to burn more calories
Zinc helps to regulate your thyroid which produces hormones to regulate metabolism.
If you're not eating Zinc rich foods such as lead beef, poultry, pork and seafood, if may be advisable to supplement with Zinc. If you're not a meat eater, then eating plenty of nuts, beans, cheese and wheat germ can help.
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Antioxidants Improve Fertility and Sperm Quality According To New Scientific Review
Research Shows Benefits of Antioxidants, Carotenoids, Minerals, Phyto-Nutrients and Vitamins
Antioxidants, including vitamin C, vitamin E and the mineral Selenium, may improve sperm quality and pregnancy rates.
Evidence from randomized trials found a link between antioxidants and improvemed sperm quality, according to a review published in Reproductive BioMedicine Online.
Researchers from London's Guy's and St. Thomas' Hospital NHS Foundation Trust warned that more studies are needed before antioxidants can be recommended to infertile men.
"It is imperative these studies employ strict inclusion and exclusion criteria and standardized methodology to help understand whether a specific group of infertile men is more likely to benefit from antioxidant therapy," they said.
Oxidative stress reduces the quality of sperm.
17 randomized clinical trials were found involving vitamins C and E, zinc, selenium, folate, carnitine and carotenoids in relation to sperm quality and pregnancy rates.
In the 17 trails, data were found for 1,665 men. It showed that antioxidant supplementation in 75% showed improvement in at least one sperm parameter compared with placebo or no treatment. Data in more than half the studies showed better sperm motility.
Antioxidant supplementation was associated with a a 19% higher pregnancy rate.
Source: Reproductive BioMedicine Online Volume 20, Pages 711-723 "A systematic review of the effect of oral antioxidants on male infertility"
Zinc May Ease Female Anger and Depression According To New Study
Exciting New Research Supports The Important Role For This Essential Mineral In Cognitive and Mental Function, As Well As Overall Women's Health...
Daily supplements of zinc may reduce measures of anger and depression in young women, according to a new study from Japan. A daily supplement of 7 milligrams of zinc as zinc gluconate was associated with significant decreases in measures of anger-hostility and depression-dejection, report scientists from Daigaku Junior College and Seitoku University in the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
Even though multivitamin supplements did not affect the mood state of women who participated in the study, adequate daily intake of multiple vitamins are needed to assist function, bio-availability and to assure delivery optimum efficacy of zinc and other minerals.
"Although our findings are preliminary and should be interpreted with caution, they may prompt further investigations to evaluate the relationship between zinc nutrition and mood states in women," wrote the researchers.
Zinc deficiency affects 30 per cent of the world's population, and mood swings are reportedly common symptoms of mild zinc deficiency. In order to test if zinc supplements could affect mood the Japanese researchers recruited 30 young women and randomly assigned them to receive either multivitamins, or multivitamins plus zinc for 10 weeks.
The multivitamins were given to all to avoid vitamin deficiencies. The supplement provided vitamins A, D, B1, B2, B6, B12, niacin and folic acid.
At the end of the study, only women who received the additional zinc supplements showed significant increases in blood levels of zinc and reductions in scores of depression and anger.
Similar lab studies showed that only females experienced increases in aggression levels when zinc deficient, and the new data appears to support this anger-reducing effect in women following zinc supplementation, said the researchers.
"Our results suggest that Zinc supplementation may be effective in reducing anger and depression," they concluded.
Source: European Journal of Clinical Nutrition "Effect of zinc supplementation on mood states in young women: a pilot study"
