WHAT IS ZINC AND WHY MIGHT WE WANT TO TAKE A ZINC SUPPLEMENT?
Welcome to the second part of our sucrosomial minerals blog! In the previous installment about sucrosomial minerals, we talked about the incredibly important mineral magnesium! Magnesium plays a role in hundreds of processes throughout the body, and due to this, it is very important to maintain adequate magnesium levels in the body but it is not the only important mineral in our bodies. Zinc is another mineral that plays a role in a large variety of bodily processes. Zinc helps regulate our immune system, regulate sleep, and it controls aspects of our mood and even appears to play a very crucial role in memory processing. Just like magnesium, zinc is another mineral of which it is hard to get enough through diet alone. This is especially true for athletes that sweat a lot as zinc is lost at a high rate through our sweat.