Zinc Deficiency Signs
Zinc Supports Children's Health
Minerals are naturally occurring substances found in soil and rocks. They are essential nutrients required to carry out key functions each day for your child’s optimal health. We get minerals from our diet when we eat plant foods that have absorbed the nutrients directly from the soil. Minerals are also found in meat from plant-grazing animals.
If a growing child is deprived of any one of the important minerals, various functions may be impaired and therefore a contributing and underlying factor in many common childhood illnesses
Minerals play the following roles in Children's Health
- β Bone and teeth health
- β Energy production
- β Nerve and muscle function
- β Immune health
Minerals can be depleted in food
- β When produce is grown in poor top soils, which are naturally low in minerals.
- β If fruit and vegetables are not allowed to ripen on the vine; this being the critical stage when minerals are released into food.
- β When fresh produce is stored for extended periods before it reaches the supermarket shelves.
- β If the minerals get bound up in the chemicals stored in the top soils and not released into the food.
Zinc supports normal growth and development during childhood. It is required for every enzyme process that takes place in the body; in fact it is required by more enzymes than all the other minerals combined. Zinc plays a crucial role in building a robust immune system.
Improves ability to taste and smell which can stimulate an appetite for picky eaters. Zinc maintains healthy skin and improves wound healing time. It helps to normalise blood sugars and regulate the nervous and neurological systems assisting with improved mood and behaviour.
Food Sources of Zinc to Support Kids Health
This list of foods is traditionally high in zinc
- β Oysters
- β Ginger root
- β Pecans
- β Split peas
- β Wholegrain wheat
- β Wholegrain rye
- β Wholegrain oats
- β Lima beans
- β Almonds
- β Walnuts
- β Sardines
- β Turkey
- β Chicken
- β Buckwheat
- β Hazelnuts
- β Clams
- β Tuna
- β Haddock
- β Green peas
- β Turnips
- β Black pepper
- β Paprika
- β Dry mustard
- β Chilli powder
- β Thyme
- β Cinnamon
Zinc Deficiency Signs
This list of symptoms may indicate your child is deficient in zinc.
- β Poor immunity
- β Loss of smell or taste sensations
- β Poor cognitive function
- β Diarrhoea
- β Mouth ulcers
- β Dry scaly skin
- β Acne
- β Eczema
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