Sentences with phrase «zinc given over»

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In addition, for 10 — 14 days, give children over 6 months of age 20 milligrams of zinc per day (tablet or syrup); give children under 6 months of age 10 milligrams per day (tablet or syrup).

This explains why giving zinc to malnourished children in the third world can reduce death from infections by over 75 percent.

Several studies show that subjects given high levels of whole wheat at first excrete more calcium than they take in, but after several weeks on this diet, they reach a balance and do not excrete excess calcium.11 However, no studies of this phenomenon have been carried out over a long period; nor have researchers looked at whether human beings can adjust to the phytate - reducing effects of other important minerals, such as iron, magnesium and zinc.