Hey guys! It's me again, Giovanni Misaine and today I would like to explain a few things to the mineral zinc.
I've been asked a few times to this
Like why is zinc important?
What is the effect?
How much you should take of it and what happens then
All sorts of questions because there doesn't seem to be a basic knowledge
which important purpose vitamins, proteins and also minerals have for the body
Generally important for the body but also if you do competitive sport these elements play even a bigger role
and if you take certain minerals, vitamins and proteins comparatively to less, this will have different effects
Especially to what most people want to do, building muscles, every element has an important purpose
To zinc:
At first zinc has the function of growth and regenaration
especially important reffering to the muscular
it also has an effect on wound healing for example
that means if your injured muscular and also open wounds
the healing process is much quicker
and seals the wound
muscular injuries the same, the blood which has flown in case of a bruise will be reduced
and therefore zinc plays a big part because there should be and is a big amount of zinc in your blood
It also activates the bodies immune system
which means that your more resistant against viruses and bacteria
and last but not least it's also important for the building of testosterone in your body
These are 4 points which are important elements reffering to fitness and sports
of course there are more purposes of zinc in the body
but these are just 4 points which are important reffering to the fitness and sports area
The daily dose which fitness guys should take is around 15-20 mg
Normally you say around 10mg is okay but for fitness guys 15-20 mg are very important
Sometimes also 25 mg is okey
Why that's the case is a very easy point:
Minerals are mostly excreted through your skin
that means if you sweat you loose minerals
like salt, zinc, magnesium, all of these things you loose through your skin
and therefore it is even more important, especially in the summer time when it's warmer
and you generally do a lot of sport, but also if it is just warm and you sweat without noticing it
you loose a lot of minerals so you have to make sure that you fill these lost minerals up again during the day
if you don't, you will have a lack of it
You can notice the lack of zinc over a longer term
for example increased hair loss
if you comb your hair in the morning you will see more hair in your comb then usually
further the wound healing is delayed and there are growth disturbance
for example reffering to fitness you train and try to build muscles and after a few weeks
the muscle building isn't as possible as someone elses
or injuries, you will be injured more often and the healing process is longer
all of these things are possible
your also sick more often and you are not resistance against viruses and bacteria
all of these things are symptoms for a lack of zinc
There are two possibilities what you can do against this
First you can take zinc through normal food to you
Zinc has a high amount in beef, in red meat, in almonds and cashew nuts, in shellfishes or in legumes
But you can also supplementate it
I personally buy it in the pharmacy
generally it's purer there, you only have zinc in it and it's not laced
like many producers which merchandise this
like fitness chains which don't offer the best qualitiy, because of the selling rate
that's why I personally get zinc from the pharmacy
because there the qualitiy is very good.
If you have a balanced nutrition
a day and also during the week
it is enough if you take it through your food
then you just have to see how much zinc each food has
and how much I can take to me, reffering to the amount of gram
so you reach the 20 mg each day.
If you can't reach it, you can supplementate it
But it is always a difference between summer and winter
in the summer time you should take more then in the winter time because you loose more liquid
Another point is if you are sick you also loose a lot of liquid
and also a lot of minerals
that means also here you have to make sure that you fill the body up with the minerals
through supplements or food.
So there are two different aspects, first the sports aspect and also the illness aspect
These are two aspects where the body looses a lot of liquid
and therefore you have to make sure that you find your balance
These were my points to zinc
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Your Giovanni.
Ciao!
