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ZINC AND TODAY'S HEALTH PROBLEMS
Think Zinc! This slogan comes to mind as l bring this section. Zinc has many important functions and potential uses that both doctors and patients should think of zinc more often for handling many day-to-day problems. Zinc deficiency is fairly common now as a result of soil losses and losses' in food processing. And this deficiency or depletion can product a variety of symptoms.
More than 50 years ago, in 1934, zinc essential was first suggested. Not until the early 1960s, however, was it known that low intake or low body stores of zinc could cause deficiency symptoms. In recent years, since the discovery that this minerals is becoming less available in our soil thus in our food chain, zinc has been given more attention and increased research has produced much new information. 
The Power of Zinc We now know that zinc indeed is probably implicated in more flan 100 enzymes and is probably involved in more body functions than any other minerals. It is important in normal growth and development, the maintenance of body tissues, sexual function. the immune system and detoxification of chemicals and metabolic irritants. Carbohydrates metabolism is influenced by zinc, and zinc is needed in the synthesis of DNA, which aids our body's healing process. Zinc is often helpful in reducing healing time after surgery or burns, in many male prostate problems, in skin disease and in many other difficulties.