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Does this data come from these papers? I can't find these references on the Web. Are you suggesting that 67% of men and 85% of women in Australia are walking around with: - afternoon fatigue - usually dry skin and hair - brittle nails - sugar or chocolate cravings - a sensitivity to light - depression - vertical ridges on nails - white spots in nails I can't help feeling that someone might have noticed if this was the case. Robert ----- Original Message ----- > 67% of men and 85% of women in Australia do not have enough zinc in the body > > 1. Sanstead, H.H., "Zinc Deficiency. A Public Health Problem" AJDC Vol 145, > Aug, 1991. > 2. Prassad, A.S., "Discovery of Human Zinc Deficiency and Studies in an > experimental Human Model." Am J Clin Nutr (1991), 53:403-12 > > > Henry*** > > >From: "Mart" <[log in to unmask]> > >Reply-To: [log in to unmask] > >To: <[log in to unmask]> > >Subject: Re: zinc and nutrition > >Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 19:02:00 +0200 > > > >Dear Henry, > >Collagen is not made of Zinc. Collagen is composed primarily out of > >aminoacids of whom Lysine, Proline and Glycine are the most important ones > >(youŽll find the chemical structures in the attachment). The > >Glycoaminoglycins in collagen also do not contain Zinc (chemical structures > >also in the attachment). It is true however that Zinc plays an important > >role in healing processes. Low on Zinc not only means reduced woundhealing, > >it also might mean reduced growth and increased susceptibility to > >infections. > >As far as I know, there is no connection between reduced Vit. B6 and > >reduced > >Zinc. The combination however, may be one of the causes for chronic > >liverdiseases (Zirrhosis) and that may be the reason that zinc liquid > >contains both Vit B6 and Zinc. I have no explanation why Vit. B12 should be > >in there as well. > >If you would like to increase collagenhealing, you should at least have > >your > >patient take antioxidants; Vit A,C,E Omega3 Fatty Acids, CoEnzymQ10, > >Selenium (and lots of other possibilities). You might want to increase the > >aminoacidlevels by supplementing lysine, proline etc (although seldomly > >necessary). > >and GAG (chondroitin-S for instance). > >And off course, have your patient exercise. > > > >I completely agree with physiotherapy lecturer; You just cannot exercise a > >depleted or toxicated body. > >Cheers, > >Mart de Kruijff > > > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: Henry Tsao <[log in to unmask]> > >To: <[log in to unmask]> > >Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2000 11:30 PM > >Subject: zinc and nutrition > > > > > > > To all: > > > > > > I heard the other day that the main constituent of soft tissue in the > >body > > > is collagen, which is primarily made from zinc. I know a few > > > physiotherapists who test zinc in patients. When a person's zinc is low, > >it > > > is said that they will not heal as fast as those who have high zinc. > >Some > > > Physiotherapists prescribe zine liquid with a combination of vitamine B6 > >and > > > B12, for the purpose of speeding up the process of soft tissue healing > >in > > > the body. My question is this: > > > > > > 1. Is there anyone out there who also gives zinc, and if so, is there > >any > > > research behind this?? > > > > > > 2. Does anyone also suggest other nutritional products to patients who > >have > > > soft tissue injury?? > > > > > > A Physiotherapy Lecturer in Taiwan told me that we as Physiotherapists > > > should deal with nutrition, because it is a vital part of the human > >body. > > > Since Physiotherapists assist the body healing response during injury, > > > therefore we should make sure the body has adquate supply for healing. > >Any > > > thoughts on this?? > > > > > > Henry*** > > > > >_________________________________________________________________________ > > > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at > >http://www.hotmail.com. > > > > > > Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at > > > http://profiles.msn.com. > > > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. > > Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at > http://profiles.msn.com. > > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%