Zinc is an essential mineral that is an important
part of many of the body's functions, It works
with your immune system, protein synthesis,
wound healing, DNA synthesis, and cell division.
In the skin, zinc assists in the proper structure
of proteins and cell membranes, improves wound
healing,� has anti-inflammatory effects,
and protects against UV radiation.
Zinc affects your skin in many ways.
Several studies indicate that dietary zinc
could reduce acne.
This may be because it interacts with vitamin
A as a component of retinol-binding protein,
which is necessary for transporting vitamin
A into the blood.
Zinc supplementation has been shown to significantly
increase the level of vitamin A in the blood,
indicating an interaction between the two
nutrients that may explain its positive effect
on acne.
Men and women with serious acne have been
found to have lower levels of serum zinc than
those people with healthy skin.
Zinc not only plays a role in the normal function
of skin, it has been shown to provide lots
of different benefits for many skin conditions.
A person dealing with ANY skin condition may
want to try including more zinc into their
regular diet.
It should come as no surprise then that many
people report their keratosis pilaris symptoms
improving after they start including more
zinc into their daily diet.
While it doesn't work for everyone, increased
levels of zinc have shown to help many people
clear their skin of at least some of their
kp.
Plus, getting more zinc in the body is actually
pretty cheap and easy to do, you'll just need
to be a bit more conscious of what foods you
include in your diet.
diet
Dietary sources of zinc are best absorbed
from meat, dairy and eggs, where it is not
bound to phytates like it is in plant sources.
Foods like kidney and liver, red meat like
beef and lamb, and seafood like oysters, scallops,
and other shellfish are the highest animal
sources of zinc.
Plant based foods like pumpkin seeds and nuts
can also be high in zinc as well, but are
less bioavailable.
To get the most zinc in your diet, be sure
that you include meat, shellfish, and nuts
on a regular basis.
Food that are high in zinc include:
Oysters, Beef roasts, steaks and burgers,
Crab, dairy products (esp cheese),
many Breakfast cereals, Lobster, Pork chops
and roasts, Baked beans, Chicken, esp the
dark meat, Yogurt, pumpkin seeds, Chickpeas,
wheatgerm, and nuts esp Cashews,
Zinc also aids the body with several other
functions like it helps your body produce
collagen, which is what makes your skin elastic,
so a deficiency can lead to stretch marks
being more pronounced on the body.
Zinc deficiency also affects healing, fertility
and many other functions.
To avoid any problems, you should include
plenty of the foods rich in zinc into your
diet on a regular basis.
Remember that zinc is quite hard for your
body to absorb from food alone, and a lot
of it will be lost in the cooking water, so
if at all possible, be sure you consume some
of that as well � you could use it to make
soup or a gravy.
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