ZINC
Zinc is antimicrobial and inhibits the proliferation of many viruses, moss, fungus, algae and mildew.
Zinc mineral water (Colloidal Zinc) can be made using our CS1-12 colloidal generator
Our colloidal generator makes true colloidal, not ionic zinc, which has
oxidizing effects.
Our electrodes are 99.99% pure zinc 0.9999, available for domestic or
industrial quantities.
Concentration: 24 ppm (minimum) of zinc nanoparticles in 24 hours.
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Zinc Uses
Donates free electrons due to its antioxidant function.
Promotes healthy skin.
Supports healthy cartilage regeneration.
Promotes cellular metabolism and antiaging benefits.
Supports Hormonal balance.
Zinc is essential for a healthy immune system.
Zinc
The body contains 2 to 3 g of zinc (Zn), found mainly in bones, teeth, hair, skin, liver, muscle, leukocytes, and testes. One third of the 100 µg/dL (15.3 µmol/L) of zinc found in plasma is attached loosely to albumin, and about 2/3 is firmly bound to globulins. There are > 100 zinc metalloenzymes, including a large number of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NADH) dehydrogenases, RNA and DNA polymerases, and DNA transcription factors as well as alkaline phosphatase, superoxide dismutase, and carbonic anhydrase. Dietary intake of zinc by healthy adults varies from 6 to 15 mg/day, and absorption is about 20%. Meat, liver, eggs, and seafood (especially oysters) are good sources. The RDA is 0.2 mg/kg/day for adults.
Deficiency: The signs and symptoms of zinc deficiency include anorexia, growth retardation, delayed sexual maturation, hypogonadism and hypospermia, alopecia, immune disorders, dermatitis, night blindness, impaired taste (hypogeusia), and impaired wound healing. The first signs of zinc deficiency in marginally nourished children are suboptimal growth, anorexia, and impaired taste. The most serious manifestations of zinc deficiency were reported in Iranian dwarfs. These adolescent boys, who consumed large amounts of clay, were retarded in growth and sexual development and had anemia, hypogonadism, hepatosplenomegaly, rough skin, and mental lethargy. After treatment with a well-balanced diet containing adequate amounts of zinc for 1 yr, pubic hair appeared, sexual organs increased in size, linear growth was resumed, and the skin became normal. The anemia responded to iron supplements. Zinc deficiency develops in some patients with cirrhosis because the ability to retain zinc is lost.
Biochemical signs associated with zinc deficiency include decreased levels of plasma zinc (< 70 µg/dL [< 10.7 µmol/L]), alkaline phosphatase, alcohol dehydrogenase in the retina (which accounts for night blindness), and plasma testosterone as well as impaired T-lymphocyte function, decreased collagen synthesis (resulting in poor wound healing), and decreased RNA polymerase activity in several tissues.
Clinical assessment of mild zinc deficiency is difficult because many of the signs and symptoms are nonspecific. Nonetheless, if a malnourished person has a borderline-low plasma zinc level, is subsisting on a high fiber and phytate diet containing whole-grain bread (which reduces zinc absorption), and has reduced taste sensitivity, an impaired lymphocyte response to mitogens, and reduced gonadal hormone function, then zinc deficiency should be suspected, and treatment with zinc supplements (15 to 25 mg/day) should be tried.
Maternal zinc deficiency may cause anencephaly in the fetus. Secondary deficiency occurs in liver disease, in malabsorption states, and during prolonged parenteral nutrition. Night blindness and mental lethargy may be features.
Acrodermatitis enteropathica--a rare autosomal recessive, once fatal disorder--results from malabsorption of zinc. The defect involves the failure to generate a transport protein that enables zinc to be absorbed in the intestine. Symptoms usually begin after an infant is weaned from breast milk. This disorder is characterized by psoriasiform dermatitis, hair loss, paronychia, growth retardation, and diarrhea. Zinc sulfate 30 to 150 mg/day orally results in complete remission.
Toxicity: Ingesting zinc in large amounts (200 to 800 mg/day), usually by consuming acidic food or drink from a galvanized container, can cause vomiting and diarrhea. Doses of zinc ranging from 100 to 150 mg/day interfere with copper metabolism and cause hypocupremia, RBC microcytosis, and neutropenia. Metal fume fever, also called brass-founders' ague or zinc shakes, is an industrial hazard caused by inhaling zinc oxide fumes; it results in neurologic damage.
Is Zinc toxic?Only to fungus type organisms (fungus, moss, algae and mildew). Zincis not toxic to anything else - humans, animals, plants and fish are not affected in any way. Z-Stop has been fully approved by the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency).
Educational Chemistry: at http://jchemed.chem.wisc.edu/JCESoft/CCA/CCA3/MAIN/VOLTAGE/PAGE1.HTM
Fruit Batteries at http://www.iscienceproject.com/labs/finished_labs/6332_fruitveggiebatteries.html
http://chemlearn.chem.indiana.edu/demos/Electrop.htm
http://www.iit.edu/~smile/ph8701.html
http://www.humboldt.edu/~rap1/C110.F03/C110Notes/C110_lec12.htm
Photoelectric Effect in Zinc at http://www.physics.ohio-state.edu/~lectdemo/MODERN/photoelectric%20effectin%20zinc.DOC
International Zinc Association at: http://www.iza.com
Articles, Scientific Papers, Press Releases on Zinc at http://www.zincworld.org/zwo_org/zwo00-index.htm
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The addition of zinc to standard antimicrobial treatment may accelerate recovery from pneumonia, say researchers in this week's issue of THE LANCET. |
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Pneumonia is a leading cause of mortality and morbidity in
children less than five years old. Zinc is reported to prevent
pneumonia, and to prevent and treat diarrhoea, and it may boost the
body's immune response to infection. |
Antioxidant Vitamins and Zinc Reduce Risk of Vision Loss from Age-Related Macular Degeneration
12 OCT. 2001, BY MICHAEL COOGAN, NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH - NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE
No Health without ZINC
Michael Martin looks at the benefits of the metal to human well-being
Zinc can combat childhood killers
BBC NEWS
Link to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/newsid_553000/553977.stm
Zinc and Human Health - Conclusions of the International Conference, Stockholm, June 12-14, 2000
48% of the World Population at Risk of Zinc Deficiency?
Zinc - A Medicine for the 21st Century:
ABC 7 - Eyewitness news "
(Broadcast on October 11 1999)
Dr George Rowland, a British immunologist and biochemist based in South Africa and an authority on zinc ion technologies, believes that zinc ions may prove of benefit in the SARS crisis. His work led to the development of Zinc Advance™ in the United Kingdom.
Dr Rowland believes that the fact that SARS is caused by a coronavirus, related to a group of viruses causing the common cold, may be of considerable significance because there is evidence that zinc ions provide a natural protective mechanism against viruses, especially those causing respiratory tract infections. Over the past 30 years, researchers have demonstrated the critical role of zinc in diverse physiological processes, such as growth and development, maintenance and priming of the immune system, and tissue repair.
Dr Rowland writes: “Direct antiviral effects of zinc ions have been demonstrated against rhinoviruses responsible for the common cold and the role of zinc in the respiratory epithelium has recently come under scrutiny. Zinc has also been shown to directly decrease the incidence of respiratory infections in young children in developing countries, probably by mechanisms that involve restoration of T-cell immunity lost as a result of deficiency of this mineral. Zinc tablets and fortified foods both aim to deliver the zinc through gastrointestinal absorption, which can be very inefficient. Plant phytates and the presence of other essential minerals such as iron and calcium can all reduce zinc uptake from the gut. A better route for zinc absorption is the mouth and throat. The development of zinc lozenges that release zinc ions in the buccal cavity can have great benefits for both local actions to combat respiratory tract viruses and to facilitate general zinc repletion.”
Although zinc lozenges are available, most products fail to achieve their goals because the amount of zinc they contain is too low rendering them sub-therapeutic or because the formulation contains substances such as Vitamin C that trap the zinc ions. A pleasant-tasting zinc lozenge with sufficient dose has eluded most manufacturers but new research has led to the development and patent application of maximum strength 15mg (100% RDA) zinc lozenges such as Zinc Advance™.
Dr
Rowland says: “When released in the vicinity of the oral mucous
membranes, zinc ions can protect cells from attack by viruses such as
rhinoviruses. It is believed that zinc ions attach to cell surface
receptors thereby blocking viral attachment and uncoating. Whilst there is
no evidence that attachment of the coronavirus causing SARS can be blocked
by zinc ions, they are thought to help repair microscopic holes punched in
cell membranes by viruses. I believe there could be considerable benefit
from the widespread use of maximum strength 100% zinc lozenges as a
precautionary measure during the SARS pandemic. Moreover, the extensive
use of such lozenges would raise the general level of immune status in the
community with several important potential consequences:
1. An increase of the general resistance to viral infections
2. Possible reduction in the mortality rate from infections such as SARS
3. Reduction in the number of other viral infections that cause fevers.”
Zinc Advance Maximum Strength 100% zinc lozenges are available from Zeon Healthcare directly on www.zeonhealthcare.com . Each pack contains 18 x 15mg 100% RDA zinc and retails for GBP2.89.
New Beverage to Prevent Micronutrient Deficiency
Maternal malnutrition continues to be a major contributor to adverse reproductive outcomes in developing countries, despite longstanding efforts to fortify foods or to distribute medicinal supplements to pregnant women. A new study, carried out by the Division of Nutritional Sciences at Cornell University in New York, set out to test the effect of a micronutrient-fortified beverage containing 11 micronutrients - iron, iodine, zinc, vitamin A, vitamin C, niacin, riboflavin, folate, vitamin B-12, vitamin B-6 and vitamin E - on the haemoglobin, iron and vitamin A status of pregnant women in Tanzania.
A group of 259 pregnant women were enrolled in a trial in which study women received an eight-week course of supplementation. Haemoglobin, ferritin and dried blood spot retinol were measured at baseline and at the end of the supplementation period. The supplement resulted in a 4.16 grams/litre increase in haemoglobin concentration and a three micrograms/liter increase in ferritin - a protein which occurs in the liver and spleen, that contains iron and plays a part in the storage of iron in the body. As a result the scientists reported a reduction in the risk of anaemia and iron deficiency anaemia by 51 and 56 per cent, respectively. The risk of iron deficiency was reduced by 70 per cent among those who had iron deficiency at baseline and by 92 per cent among those who had adequate stores.
The
scientists believe that the micronutrient-fortified beverage may be a
useful and convenient preventative measure, one that could help improve
the nutritional status of women both before and during pregnancy and
thereby help avoid some of the potential maternal and foetal consequences
of micronutrient deficiencies. Other organizations involved in the study
were the Tanzania Food and Nutrition Centre and Procter & Gamble.
Source: Journal of Nutrition, May 2003:
133;1339-1346
From an article in ‘The Hindu’ newspaper (May 1, 2003), kindly sent in by ILZDA Director Mr Pugazhenthy:
“The two essential micronutrients needed by cane are iron and zinc. Though needed in ppm levels, they are as essential as the macronutrients for the normal growth and yield of all crops. When the contents of iron and zinc in the 3-6 leaves from the top of the sugarcane fall below 10 ppm, the crops will suffer deficiency. Deficiency of iron and zinc is aggravated by high alkaline pH, calcareousness and low organic matter status of the soil…In case of zinc deficiency, veins and areas adjacent to the veins become chlorotic while the intervenial spaces remain green. Under severe deficiencies of iron and zinc, the crop will become chlorotic and presents a sickly yellowish-white canopy.
To rectify the deficiencies of iron and zinc, the crop must be sprayed with spray fluid prepared by dissolving 1kg ferrous sulphate, 0.5kg zinc sulphate and 2kg urea in 100 liters of water at the rate of 500 liters per hectare of spray fluid immediately after observing the characteristic chlorotic symptoms and the spraying must be repeated once or twice fortnightly.
When the deficiencies are observed in the plant, ferrous sulphate at 50 kg per hectare and zinc sulphate at 25 kg per hectare must be mixed with 250 kg farm yard manure of compost or press mud and applied immediately after stubble-saving of cane hills without waiting for the appearance of the deficiency symptoms in the emerging tillers. Severe deficiency of the micronutrients will hamper the growth and lead to total failure of the crops.”
The European Union’s Scientific Committee on Animal Nutrition (SCAN) recently published a review of zinc in feeding stuffs. The Committee concludes that zinc is an essential trace element necessary for all animals which has to be provided in feed to ensure that animals cover their requirements. Currently, zinc is authorized in the EU for all species including fish at a level of 250 mg/kg (Directive 70/524/EEC) and the Committee recognizes that this level exceeds the requirement of farmed livestock, fish, dogs and cats. The Committee also says that no particular risk for the environment has been identified as a result of the use of zinc in animal diets at the currently allowed levels.
The Committee recommends that current allowable zinc levels should be reviewed to better reflect animal requirements, to take into account the natural level of zinc present in feeding stuffs and to allow a safety margin – the Committee suggests that a total zinc level of 150 mg/kg of complete feed would appear to be an appropriate maximum for all animals. Nevertheless, the Committee recommends maintaining comparably high levels of zinc and iron so long as copper levels are kept at 175 mg/kg.
The Committee also recommends a separate review of zinc use in feeds for farmed fish, taking into account the different production systems used in Europe; and possible further consideration of zinc levels in the light of ‘the possible evolution of the authorized load of zinc on soil’.
Source: Opinion of the Scientific Committee on Animal Nutrition on the use of zinc in feeding stuffs. Adopted 14 March 2003. European Commission, Health and Consumer Protection Directorate-General. (Copy available from IZA headquarters).