17 - Zinc. Immunity, Food Sources and Supplements
- Author
- Julie Lanford
- Published
- Wed 24 Feb 2021
- Episode Link
- https://cancerdietitian.libsyn.com/17-zinc-immunity-food-sources-and-supplements
In this episode, part of our series on nutrition and immunity, we discuss zinc! Our topics include:
- What Zinc is and what it does for your body
- Why Zinc is important for your body
- How much Zinc you need
- What foods provide Zinc
- When it comes to Zinc, you don't want too much or too little
- What about using Zinc for prevention or healing of disease or illness?
Recommended reading:
- Recent Research on COVID-19 & Zinc - https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2776305
- [WEBINAR] Nutrition and Immunity - https://www.cancerdietitian.com/2021/02/webinar-nutrition-and-immunity.html
- The Truth About Immunity Supporting Foods - https://www.cancerdietitian.com/immunity
- Zinc- National Institutes of Health -https://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/Zinc-Consumer/
- NCBI-Zinc - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK222317/#:~:text=The%20Recommended%20Dietary%20Allowance%20(RDA,14%20mg%2Fday%20for%20men.
- Harvard School of Public Health-Zinc - https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/zinc/
- Advanced Nutrition and Human Metabolism Textbook
