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  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618
    Sources of zinc are
    • Whole grains and milk products are good sources of zinc. Many ready-to-eat breakfast cereals are fortified with zinc.
    • Oysters, red meat, and poultry are excellent sources of zinc. Baked beans, chickpeas, and nuts (such as cashews and almonds) also contain zinc.

     I eat enough of the above generally. I don't take supplements for most of the year, only if I am ill and not eating properly.

  • purplerallimpurplerallim Posts: 5,287
    My hubby was fed up with my low mood/lethargy in winter, so he went for them for me. I was convinced I suffered from SAD but wasn't convinced a vitamin would help, but it has @punkdoc. 😁
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    "If you have a good diet, you shouldn't need them."

    I suspect this is a myth that it about to be overturned. I think most people in the UK are nowhere near getting enough zinc, calcium, Vit D. Speaking to my endocrinologist yesterday, he says he thinks most people should be on high strength multivits generally.
  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618
    I think the problem is that most of the UK population do not have a good diet.
  • Allotment BoyAllotment Boy Posts: 6,774
    I think the problem is that most of the UK population do not have a good diet.
    True. There is also evidence that many soils are badly depleted in minerals & other micro nutrients, due to intensive growing methods. So even apparently good nutritious food, may not be as good as we think. Another reason to grow our own organically if we can.
    AB Still learning

  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    There is good evidence that many people in the UK are deficient in Vit. D, especially the further north you go. Dietary Vit. D is not enough, some has to be "manufactured" via contact with the sun.
    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
     @punkdoc, what's " the sun "??
    I seem to recall something about it , a very long time ago.
    Devon.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    You're probably right @fidgetbones.
    It's a nice idea @Allotment Boy, but it simply isn't feasible for most people.
     
    Too many people eating too much cr*p is certainly a problem though, in all sorts of ways. Slightly off topic, but maybe we need to return to simple food, simply prepared and cooked. We've got used to having it all: too much variety, too much unseasonal produce, and always wanting it cheaper. Hence intensive production.  :/
    It doesn't detract from the inconsiderate clowns filling their houses, garages, freezers, and any other space they can find with everything they can lay their hands on, and to Hell with everyone else though. Me, me, me.

    I can't remember who said it, but 'common' sense seems to be anything but....
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Fire said:
    By Palli Thordarson is a professor of chemistry at the University of New South Wales, Sydney. 

    I would also go as far as to say that the cheaper the soap, the better, but I have seen no evidence to prove that. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    edited March 2020
    Hi @philippa smith2.
    All I know is that alicin which is the important chemical within garlic is apparently better released this way. To be honest when I cook with it, I just chop it, assuming it will still have some benefit. I believe garlic tablets are useless, irrelevant to me, as I love the taste.
    It always intrigued me that cooked tomatoes are better for you, than raw tomatoes, which is due to the release of lycopene, a powerful anti oxidant.
    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
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