AND FLU SEASON IS
HERE IN FULL
FORCE.
TO BOOST YOUR
IMMUNE SYSTEM
AND TRY TO
PREVENT YOURSELF
FROM GETTING SICK
- MANY PEOPLE TAKE
A ZINC
SUPPLEMENT.
 KSNT
MORNING NEWS
ANCHOR BRITTANY
MOORE EXPLAINS
THE RIGHT AND
WRONG WAYS TO
TAKE THE NUTRIENT.
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FLU SEASON IS
PEAKING IN
NORTHEAST KANSAS
AND THE COMMON
COLD IS PLAGUING
SO MANY PEOPLE
TODAY.
TO PREVENT
YOURSELF FROM
GETTING SICK -
TAKING ZINC MAY
SEEM LIKE A NO
BRAINER TO BOOST
YOUR IMMUNE
SYSTEM.
BUT IS IT REALLY
THE ANSWER?
Pharmacists: Taking
zinc everyday as a
supplement probably
isn't the best approach
for reducing the
frequency of colds.
The evidence for using
It to profulac or prevent
colds is not very strong.
ALTHOUGH HE
DOESN'T SUGGEST
USING IT DAILY FOR
PREVENTION ---
CHIRS DOES SAY
TAKING IT WHEN
SYMPTOMS FIRST
START COULD BE
BENEFICIAL.
Zinc has some
evidence of shortening
cold symptoms if It is
taken within the first 48
hours of cold
symptoms.
It can shorten the
duration of the cold
symptoms for maybe
one or two days.
And the common cold
is typically 10 days for
most people.
YOU CAN FIND ZINC
-- OVER THE
COUNTER IN
SEVERAL FORMS AT
YOUR LOCAL
PHARMACY.
It can be just in a pill
that you swallow
immediately.
That would be used for
a zinc deficiency after
talking with your doctor.
But things for the
common cold, popular
products are lozenges
and oral liquid.
The most popular
product for the common
cold is zicam like
products.
And they are lozenges
so they are things you
dissolve in your mouth.
PHARAMACISTS SAY
ZINC SUPPLEMENTS
ARE FOR PEOPLE
WITH ZINC
DEFICIENCIES -- AND
YOU SHOULD SEE
YOUR DOCTOR
BEFORE TAKING
THEM.
BRITTANY MOORE -
KSNT NEWS.
 FLU
SEASON IS UPON
