Zinc Table of Contents

A Layman’s Review of the Scientific Literature on Zinc Picolinate
By R. Hallowitz © 2005
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Abstracts of Professional Journal Literature on Zinc Picolinate
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Zinc enhances antibiotic efficacy of the bloodroot alkaloid, sanguinarine
Zinc deficiency: a natural consequence of the unsupplemented modern diet
Ligands influence Zinc transport.
Zinc picolinate lowers blood glucose level in Type 2 diabetic mouse
Zinc, Leptin, Type 2 diabetes, fat stores, energy use, high cholesterol, high triglycerides
Taste disorders and zinc deficiencies
Zinc picolinate: free radical scavenger and antioxidant
Zinc picolinate: intestinal absorption and urinary excretion
Recent studies expand on effects of zinc deficiency
• Zinc deficiency in the elderly
• Zinc absorption declines with prolonged mildly deficient intake
• Immune deficiency with aging parallels HIV
• Low zinc intake reduces basal metabolic rate, thyroid activity, protein metabolism
• Mild zinc deficiency reduces thymulin activity adversely influencing T cell
production and function
• Therapeutic application of zinc in HIV against opportunistic infections
Diseases involving immune dysfunction directly related to zinc deficiency
• Sickle Cell Anemia (SCA)
• Toxic nucleotides
• Zinc deficiency and autoimmunity
• Myasthenia gravis (MG)
• Cystic Fibrosis (CF)
• Down’s syndrome (DS)
• Crohn’s Disease
• Rheumatic diseases
• Senile Dementia of the Alzheimer’s Type
• Chronic Renal Failure
• Immune competence and cancer

1. Competition between thymulin and alpha-2-macroglobulin for zinc
2. Imbalance between TH1 and TH2 lymphocytes function

• Zinc deficiency induced hypogonadism and testosterone deficiencies
• Antiatherogenic
Zinc overdosage