For most adults who consume a high - quality varied diet, it should be possible to obtain
enough zinc from food, especially if a person eats the foods highest in zinc, like oysters and meats.
Not exact matches
Like magnesium, I knew the many ways that
zinc functions within the body, but I assumed I was obtaining
enough from food.
You may get
enough zinc in a multiple vitamin maybe or
from diet.
Zinc intakes might also be low in older adults
from the 2 % — 4 % of U.S. households that are food insufficient (sometimes or often not having
enough food)[22].
(That said, I do personally supplement with
zinc and magnesium because I don't always get
enough from my diet.)
Many of us still do not get
enough of many essential vitamins and minerals (including Vitamins A, B1, B6 and B12, and
zinc and selenium)
from diet alone12.
Copper is present in most foods, and is also absorbed
from the environment.4, 5 When
zinc is present in abundance, and when there is
enough quality protein available to bind it, 6 copper can be handled freely, and the excess can be readily excreted trough the bile.7, 8
There are lots of things I am reading on forums like; your body is detoxing, phytoestrogens
from soy products are cause a hormone imbalance, not
enough zinc or not
enough fats.
You will need to look at the specific key nutrients needed to support healthy thyroid function: like iodine, iron status, assess that you are producing
enough stomach acid to convert plant based iron into the absorbable form of iron; you need adequate amounts of selenium,
zinc and cofactors that we get
from vitamins A, C, E and the amino acid tyrosine.
Aside
from optimal protein, it's especially important for vegans to obtain
enough B12, Vitamin D, iron, calcium,
zinc, and essential fatty acids — all nutrients that may be easier to get
from a non-vegan diet.