What do you know about Zinc?
Zinc is one of the 25 essential elements in the human body. It is a trace element in the body that cannot be synthesized in the body and can only be supplied by external food. It is a component of many important enzymes in the human body and is also essential for the synthesis of insulin. It plays an important role in the synthesis of proteins and nucleic acids, the maintenance of the integrity of red blood cells, and in the process of hematopoiesis. It is a key element for growth and development, and is especially important for the development of the brain and nervous system in children. In order to keep the flower of our life blooming, we should consume enough zinc.
The role of zinc in the human body
Physiological regulation: Zinc is a component of many enzymes in the human body and is also an activator of certain enzymes. For example: zinc is involved in glucose metabolism, each insulin molecule contains two zinc atoms, zinc and insulin production, secretion, storage and insulin activity has a close relationship; involved in the red blood cells to transport oxygen and carbon dioxide related enzymes also have zinc.
Promote growth: Zinc is closely related to the synthesis of nucleic acids and proteins and to the growth of cells. Zinc-containing enzymes are involved in bone growth and nutrient metabolism; zinc is also essential for maintaining normal skin growth. Zinc deficiency affects growth and development, – zinc deficiency can make hair pigmentation pale, white spots on the nails.
Promote the development of sexual function: zinc is to promote the development of sexual organs of the key elements, long-term lack of zinc, men to puberty, the second sex function is low, serious cases can cause male infertility. Women may have irregular menstruation or amenorrhea. Zinc deficiency in pregnant women can cause fetal malformation and cerebral insufficiency. Children and adolescents in the development of the peak period, zinc deficiency can not only make growth stagnation, and the development of secondary sexual characteristics is incomplete. For example: there is a 20-year-old youth, the appearance of children as 10 years old, after long-term zinc supplementation, the patient grew 12 centimeters taller in 1 year. There is a young couple married for 5 years without children, the results of the examination proved that the woman is all normal, the cause of infertility in the male. After eliminating various causes of male infertility, the doctor suggested him to take zinc to try. A few months later he happily told the doctor that his wife was pregnant.
Promote wound healing: For wounds or wrinkled mouths that are very deep, surgery often uses zinc oxide ointment, which has a better therapeutic effect. Post-surgical patients who take the right amount of zinc-containing medication will have faster wound healing. This is because zinc maintains normal adhesion of epithelial mucosal tissues, so wounds heal faster.
Maintain normal dark vision: Zinc is associated with the synthesis of vitamin A reductase and the metabolism of vitamin A. Zinc improves dark vision and night vision.
Maintaining normal taste and appetite: Saliva contains a salivary protein called gustavin, which contains two ions within its molecule. Zinc affects the sense of taste and appetite through gustavin, which is also a nutrient for the epithelial cells of the oral mucosa. Zinc deficiency, oral mucosal epithelial cells will be a large number of shedding, shedding of epithelial cells can cover and block the taste buds in the papillae of the pore, so that food is difficult to contact the taste buds of the pore, it is naturally difficult to taste the taste of the food, thus reducing appetite, and even the emergence of xenophagia.
Improve immunity: zinc can improve immunity, lack of zinc can cause some immune function in the body to reduce, such as the respiratory tract is prone to recurrent infections, the skin is prone to tinea versicolor and so on.
The human body’s need for zinc
The U.S. National Council for Scientific Research recommends 3 mg of zinc per person per day for infants less than half a year old, 5 mg per person per day for infants less than 1 year old, and 10 mg per day for children aged 1 to 10 years old (children’s food). 15 mg per day is required for children aged 11 years old and up to adulthood. Women need 5 mg per day during pregnancy and 10 mg per day during lactation. Chinese Nutrition Society recommended daily dietary zinc supply is similar to the United States, but children from the age of 10 years old will be increased by 15 mg per day, while pregnant women (pregnant women food) and breastfeeding are only increased by 5 mg per day.
The main causes of zinc deficiency
Zinc is ingested from outside the body and can be supplemented, if a variety of reasons for insufficient intake of zinc or absorption difficulties, can cause zinc deficiency. Generally speaking, zinc deficiency is caused by the following reasons:
① Low zinc content of food. Such as long-term consumption of natural zinc-deficient foods, refined foods (such as refined white rice, rich powder) and other low zinc-containing foods.
② poor dietary habits and insufficient medical supply of zinc. Such as artificial feeding, partiality, picky eating, alcoholism, etc.; long-term treatment with total intravenous high nutrition therapy, and did not pay attention to zinc supplementation.
③Absorption obstacles. Such as congenital diseases, acquired diseases (such as chronic diarrhea, dysentery, pancreatic fibrocystic, etc.), dietary composition interference (food rich in phytic acid, phosphoric acid, fiber or high calcium (calcium food), etc., which can affect zinc absorption and utilization) and drugs (such as metal complexing agents, penicillamine, tetracycline, etc.) affect the absorption of zinc.
④ Highly excreted zinc disease. Such as renal lesions, cirrhosis, ethanol intoxication, diuretics, dialysis, etc. Blood-sucking intestinal parasitic infections, liver and gallbladder drainage, extensive burns, hemolysis, hemorrhage, malaria, etc. can also cause zinc loss.
⑤ Increase in physiological or pathological needs. Such as adolescents (juvenile food) growth and development period, pregnancy, breastfeeding, menstruation, the need for increased zinc; congenital deficiencies, pregnant women (pregnant women food) zinc deficiency resulting in insufficient fetal zinc reserves, preterm births and low birth weight of infants need to be timely supplementation of zinc.
In addition, stress, surgery, acute abdomen, acute infections and other corresponding loss of zinc, and thus the need for zinc also increased. Once encountered in the above situations -, it is necessary to take into account the body of zinc supplementation.
Zinc disorder on the human body harm
Digestive (digestive food) dysfunction: loss of appetite, anorexia, partiality and anorexia.
Backward growth and development, poor intellectual development: zinc deficiency dwarfism.
Low immunity
Infectious diseases
Prostate hypertrophy and hypogonadism in middle-aged and old-aged (elderly food) people.
Reproductive insufficiency in middle-aged and elderly people.
Itchy skin in the mouth and anus.
White spots on nails.
Skin without luster.
Why is drinking water to supplement zinc the most scientific?
Therefore, zinc supplementation is imminent. Many people choose to take oral zinc-containing oral liquid or zinc-containing tablets to swallow the form of zinc, but because this way of taking the degree of absorption by the body to rely on the biochemical reaction in the body, and the human body is limited to the absorption of medicines will lead to most of the drugs are wasted, the effectiveness of the drug is minimal, and small molecule group of zinc ions carried in the water does not need to be digested, and can be absorbed by the body directly.
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