Zinc: Supports Mood, Brain, immune, and Skin health

Zinc is an essential mineral found in abundance in the human brain as well as other parts of the body. It is vital for many biological functions.

Zinc plays an essential role in neurotransmitter function and helps maintain brain structure and health. Zinc deficiency is associated with depression. The blood zinc level is less in patients with Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease.

What the Experts Say:

“zinc deficiency is associated with depression.”  –”The UltraMind Solution: Fix Your Broken Brain by Healing Your Body First” — by Mark Hyman

“Zinc is essential for brain development and function”  –”Handbook on the Toxicology of Metals” – edited by Monica Nordberg, Gunnar F. Nordberg, Bruce A. Fowler, Lars Friberg

“Mounting evidence suggests a link between low zinc levels and depression”  –Source: PMID: 24367556

“Zinc deficiency is common in several psychiatric disorders.”  –Source: PMID: 24367556

“Zinc regulates communication between brain cells”  –Source: Duke University Medical Center. “Zinc regulates communication between brain cells.” ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 21 September 2011

“The blood zinc level is less in patients with Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease”  –Source: Institute of Food Technologists (IFT). “Eight ways zinc affects the human body.” ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 18 July 2014.

“Subclinical zinc deficiency in Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease.”  –Source: PMID: 20841345

“Zinc is known to play a central role in the immune system…”  — Source: PMID: 9701160

“A deficiency may be associated with depression, irritability, lethargy,memory impairment,

and paranoia”  –”Encyclopedia of Mind Enhancing Foods, Drugs and Nutritional Substances, 2d ed.” – by David W. Group

“Zinc is essential for the normal development and function of the nervous system.”  –”Micronutrients and Brain Health” – edited by Lester Packer, Helmut

Sies, Manfred Eggersdorfer, Enrique Cadenas

“Zinc is an essential nutrient required for the function of many enzymes in the central nervous system.”  –”Nutrition and Traumatic Brain Injury:: Improving Acute and Subacute Health …” – by Committee on Nutrition, Trauma, and the Brain, Food and Nutrition Board, Institute of Medicine

“It is also believed that zinc is a key co-factor for building up neurotransmitters” –”Crime and Schizophrenia: Causes and Cures” – edited by Adrian Raine

“Zinc ions play a major role in a plethora of normal brain functions, which include LTP and synaptic plasticity, cognitive functions, …”  –”Alcohol, Nutrition, and Health Consequences” – by Ronald Ross Watson, Victor R. Preedy, Sherma Zibadi