Uses And Health Benefits Of Zinc Supplements

Used together with vitamin B6, zinc has been used in nutritional treatments of schizophrenia, and together with manganese, it has helped some persons who suffer from senility.

Sexual health and sexual conditions

When zinc deficiency is implicated in sexual conditions such as infertility, impotence or unhealthy sexual development, zinc supplements could help.

Skin conditions

Zinc could help treat skin ailments like boils, bedsores, dermatitis, and psoriasis.

Skin ulcers

The healing of leg ulcers took place more quickly when 150 mg of zinc was taken each day.

Smell and taste senses

Taking zinc supplements could help improve the senses of smell and / or taste in some persons.

Zinc could help treat the loss of taste sensations especially when it is associated with aging.

Sore throats

Sucking a dissolvable zinc lozenge containing 25 mg to 50 mg of zinc could in some cases provide significant relief to sore throats.

Teeth health

Zinc helps to strengthen the teeth enamel and thus prevent dental caries.

White spots on fingernails

One symptom of zinc deficiency is white spots on the fingernails, and zinc supplementation could help alleviate this condition.

Wound healing

A high intake of zinc helps protein synthesis and cell growth, and this helps after a person has suffered some type of physical injury or trauma, for example wounds, burns, surgeries, etc.

Zinc supplements could thus help enhance the healing of wounds and help shorten the time needed for wounds to heal.

Many studies have shown that zinc, when consumed before and after surgery, can help shorten recovery times and reduce the frequency of post-operation complications like wound infections. Some studies have suggested that using zinc helped to reduce hospital stays by more than half.

Zinc also helps with healing wounds sustained via burns and injuries. Where zinc deficiency was present, the benefits were even more obvious. The dosages used in these studies were usually 150 mg per day. Lower dosages of 30 mg to 60 mg each day could be enough to provide these benefits. [Haas, MD]

Haas also wrote that a daily dose of 50 mg to 75 mg of zinc could be a therapeutic one to help with healing burns and for pre and post-surgery support.

Zinc deficiency

Zinc supplements can help to reverse the symptoms and ailments suffered by those with zinc deficiencies.

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