Question 1

how to reduce your zinc in your body?

Accepted Answer

Why do you ask?: If you have self-diagnosed based on a list of symptoms at a website by an "independent medical thinker", or have been to a lab that tests metals on everybody (these folks are mostly charlatans), i hope you'll reconsider. Please get with an evidence-based physician who's savvy about nutrition and trace metals; if you've already done this, there's no further need to ask. Good luck.

Question 2

is zinc dangerous at to high quantity?

Accepted Answer

Yes.: You can have zinc toxicity if you ingest too much.  It sometimes happens when you use zinc-containing denture cream for long periods of time.  Also if you're taking zinc supplements after bariatric surgery or for wilson's disease, then there's a chance of getting too much.  Data is still out on zinc for colds, but using it short term (few days) shouldn't put you at dangerous levels.

Question 3

what are the vegetables containing zinc?

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Few if any: Zinc is important in making proteins and dna, immune function, wound healing and even taste and smell. The recommended daily allowance (rda) of zinc is 8 mg for women and 11 mg for men. It is not generally found in vegetables per se, but is in legumes like peas, baked beans, cashews, chickpeas, kidney beans and others. See http://ods.Od.Nih.Gov/factsheets/zinc-healthprofessional for more info.

Question 4

is zinc good for fertility?

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Not related: Zinc is neither good nor bad for fertility as the two things are not related.

Question 5

how much zinc is used to make sunblock?

Accepted Answer

Zinc Oxide: Zinc (physical) sunblocks come in many formats with many different concentrations of zinc. I do recommend the physical blocks (zinc and titanium) because they have a very good safety profile and work very effectively.

Question 6

is zinc considered a vitamin?

Accepted Answer

Yes and no: Zinc is an essential mineral, i.e. We can't survive witfhout it. Since the word vitamin means "essential to life" it might be thought of in this sense. It is not classified thus. It is described as an essential mineral.

Question 7

does fucidin have zinc in it?

Accepted Answer

No: Fucidin cream is a topical antibiotic that treats numerous topical (except for pseudomonal) infections. It contains sodium fusidate. As far as I am aware, it does not contain zinc.

Question 8

do zinc make your penis hard?

Accepted Answer

Not Likely: Erection is mediated by the parasympathetic portion of your autonomic nervousness system acting upon the vasculature of the phallus. I have not heard that the mineral zinc acts directly in this process, .

Question 9

what is a good zinc supplement?

Accepted Answer

Cheap ones: There's usually zinc in an economical vitamin-mineral tablet from a chain pharmacy. If you overdo zinc supplements because of some bad advice you got, you can copper-deplete yourself and get brain and spinal cord damage -- it's happened. Be discerning.

Question 10

dose zinc make your penis hard?

Accepted Answer

No: Zinc is a mineral found in our diets. If taken as a supplement, it does not affect erections to a significant degree.

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