take your zink!!

[IGBT]

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These findings suggest that zinc supplements may prevent the development of esophageal or oral cancers, particularly in developing countries where zinc deficiency is a problem. The researchers reported their findings January 5, 2005 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Zinc in the diet comes mostly from red meat and seafood. Whereas up to 10 percent of Americans have a zinc-deficient diet, as many as 2 billion individuals in developing countries are zinc-deficient. Epidemiological evidence show the incidence of esophageal and oral cancers is rising in recent years. As many as 13,000 Americans die from esophageal cancer each year.

Dr. Fong has been studying zinc deficiency and its connection to esophageal cancer for some 20 years, and has developed animal models of zinc deficiency and cancer susceptibility. Zinc deficiency, she says, increases cell proliferation in the esophagus and in the tongue, making both areas susceptible to carcinogens and increasing the risk of cancer development. In 2002, Dr. Fong reported that rats given a carcinogen while on a zinc-deficient diet developed esophageal cancer. Giving zinc prevented the cancer.

 

[alchemize]

Eat more beef.

 

[illustri]

come back zinc!

/simpsons

 

[Whaspe]

Originally posted by: IGBT
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In 2002, Dr. Fong reported that rats given a carcinogen while on a zinc-deficient diet developed esophageal cancer. Giving zinc prevented the cancer.

So as long as I take zinc I can burn the crap out of my skin and not have to worry?

 

[IGBT]

alchemize
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Eat more beef.





.............get that gas BBQ going and have a few steaks..

 

[Ozoned]

You can take your Zinc and shove it up your ....<->....

If you have a need for that sort of thing.

 

[Colt45]

Originally posted by: Whaspe

Originally posted by: IGBT
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In 2002, Dr. Fong reported that rats given a carcinogen while on a zinc-deficient diet developed esophageal cancer. Giving zinc prevented the cancer.

So as long as I take zinc I can burn the crap out of my skin and not have to worry?

carcinogen =/= burning

 

Yes, Zinc is amazing. This mineral has everything to do with the body, from neurology to physical stature and vision. I used to dismiss the idea of any problems I had having to do with nutrition. I had stretch marks, but never once did I suspect that I might be deficient in Zinc. I would catch the cold easily and other airborne illnesses, even when I took vitamin C. Well, some other issue moved me to begin trying Zinc. Surely enough, Zinc stopped the problem. Not only did it do that, I noticed for the first time ever that I went without a cold this season, in spite of people around me having it. Apparently, it strengthened my immune system. I also noticed my visual acuity had improved. Did you know that Zinc is responsible for transporting vitamin A from the kidney? Anyway, it's amazing. I know that men, especially, need Zinc.

Unless you're actually deficient in Zinc, do not take it in excess. It could deplete your body of Copper, Calcium, Iron, Manganese and Magnesium. Some of the signs and symptoms are muscle twitching, anemia, a weak immune system, your hair falling out or changing color.

 

[chess9]

So, you zinc you have ze answer, eh? Hmmm....

-Robert, who takes zinc in his cold lozanges but it tastes horrid.

 

[IGBT]

...I think it's my favorite mineral..

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Anemia is a disease characterized by insufficient amounts of oxygen reaching your cells. This is usually because the hemoglobin in your blood cannot correctly perform its function of transporting oxygen from the lungs to every cell in your body. Hemoglobin not only transports oxygen, but also carbon dioxide. This is a waste product produced by your cells and is carried by hemoglobin to your lungs where it is exhaled. Bicarbonate speeds carbon dioxide in "letting go" of hemoglobin. If carbon dioxide stays bonded to hemoglobin, there would be no room for oxygen to bond to it, and your cells would die as a result of too little oxygen. Zinc helps carbon dioxide to vacate the hemoglobin molecule by working as a coenzyme in regulating the production of bicarbonate. Without zinc, there would be no bicarbonate, and the detachment of carbon dioxide from hemoglobin would be much less efficient. With carbon dioxide stuck to the hemoglobin, there would be no room for oxygen and no way for your cells to get enough oxygen to perform their functions efficiently. Thus, a low intake of zinc, causes less oxygen to reach your cells, and could cause anemia.

Zinc also affects your sexual maturity. It does this in a very strange way though: through your eyes. Light goes through your pupil and hits the cones on the opposite side. Zinc helps the eye to understand that the stimulus it is receiving is light. This stimulus prompts a nerve impulse to be sent from the eye to the hypothalamus in the brain. The hypothalamus stimulates the pituitary to produce hormones, some of them being sex hormones. Without the sex hormones, your body could not mature sexually. Zinc helps to stimulate their production, and therefore, furthers your sexual development. Zinc affects your growth by growth hormones in the same manner.

 

[syconub]

zink is for sissies.