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Top 10 Food Sources Of Zinc

Zinc is an amazing mineral, but sadly quite a few people are deficient in it.

Zinc, for men, helps with sperm quality and also sperm count as well as maintaining levels of testosterone.

As an all rounder for men and women it is believed to help with vision. But it’s main strength is in boosting the immune system.

Now of course zinc is available in supplements, but it is also in food, so if you feel you are getting lots of colds, or you are a bloke trying for a child with your partner then you should try and get the following into your diet.

1. Oysters, 6 cooked will give you 43mg of zinc

2. Beef, 85g which is about the size of a deck of cards will give you 5.8mg

3. Chicken, particularly the dark meat if you have 85g of this you will get 2.4mg of zinc

4. Pork, 85g of this will give you 2.2mg

5. Cheddar cheese, people keep slamming dairy products but they shouldn’t - 30g= 1.2mg of zinc

6. Chickpeas, 200g = 2.8mg

7. Baked beans, (beans also have a low GI) 225g gives 1.6mg

8. Brazil nuts (also high in EFA’s) 30g = 1.4mg

9. Pumpkin seeds, 20g amounts to 1.3mg

10. Muesli 60g gives 1.3mg

The recommended amount for men is 5.5mg to 9.5mg per day and for women it is between 4 and 7mg, so as you can see by eating a balanced diet and including the superfoods above, you should easily be able to manage that.

Is Omega 3 Oil Any Good For You?

clipped from www.bbc.co.uk After analysing existing research into omega-3, its surprise conclusion was that there was little evidence that fish oil could reduce the risk of dying from heart disease or stroke. Indeed, it even suggested that fish oil supplements could increase the risk. However, this review shouldn’t change the prevailing attitude to omega-3 - it doesn’t alter the Government’s advice to eat oily fish. Even the author of the report, Lee Hooper of the University of East Anglia’s School of Medicine and Health Policy, isn’t calling for these recommendations to change, but suggests that there should be more research to find out whether it is right to recommend large amounts of fish oil to people with heart disease.

HIV And Protein

Came across this on the Wall Street Journal blog

http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2008/01/11/figuring-out-hivs-protein-diet/

and it makes for interesting reading - especially as protein is the building block of the body.