Zinc

Zinc, an essential mineral, plays a pivotal role in producing and regulating several hormones, including testosterone, and it fortifies the immune system.*

What Is Zinc?

Zinc, an essential mineral, plays a pivotal role in producing and regulating several hormones, including testosterone, and it fortifies the immune system.*

Benefits of Zinc

  1. Zinc is required to produce and regulate several hormones, including testosterone.
  2. Zinc is vital in developing male sex organs, as individuals with a deficiency often have underdeveloped testes and low sperm counts.
  3. Zinc plays a significant role in prostatic-fluid production.
  4. Zinc helps to achieve and maintain an erection. (Oysters are rich in the mineral, which helps explain the mollusk's reputation as an aphrodisiac.)
  5. Zinc acts as a potent aromatase inhibitor, blocking the conversion of testosterone to estrogen.

What You Need to Know About Zinc

Are You Zinc Deficient?

Zinc

Besides muscle, strength, and performance declines associated with low zinc, here are other signs of a possible zinc deficiency:

  • Thinning hair
  • Poor sleep
  • Low sex drive
  • Allergy-like symptoms
  • Loss of appetite
  • Weakened immunity (easy to catch a cold or flu)

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Research on Zinc

  1. Hunt CD et al. Effects of dietary zinc depletion on seminal volume and zinc loss, serum testosterone concentrations, and sperm morphology in young men. Am J Clin Nutr. 1992 Jul;56(1):148-57. doi: 10.1093/ajcn/56.1.148.
  2. Farahzadi R et al. Zinc sulfate contributes to promote telomere length extension via increasing telomerase gene expression, telomerase activity and change in the TERT gene promoter CpG island methylation status of human adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells. PLoS One. 2017 Nov 16;12(11):e0188052. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0188052. eCollection 2017.
  3. Nemoto K. et al. Modulation of telomerase activity by zinc in human prostatic and renal cancer cells. Biochem Pharmacol. 2000 Feb 15;59(4):401-5. doi: 10.1016/s0006-2952(99)00334-2.
  4. Prasad AS et al. Zinc status and serum testosterone levels of healthy adults. Nutrition. 1996 May;12(5):344-8. doi: 10.1016/s0899-9007(96)80058-x.
  5. Dissanayake DMAB et al. Effects of zinc supplementation on sexual behavior of male rats. J Hum Reprod Sci. 2009 Jul-Dec; 2(2): 57–61. doi: 10.4103/0974-1208.57223.

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  6. Brilla L et al. Effects of a Novel Zinc-Magnesium Formulation on Hormones and Strength. Journal of Exercise Physiology (online). 3(4): 26-36, 2000.
  7. Wilborn CD et al. Effects of Zinc Magnesium Aspartate (ZMA) Supplementation on Training Adaptations and Markers of Anabolism and Catabolism. J Int Soc Sports Nutr. 2004; 1(2): 12–20. doi: 10.1186/1550-2783-1-2-12

*These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.