7 Hidden Warning Signs of a Zinc Deficiency
Dr. Jockers Functional Nutrition
Dr. Jockers
4.8 • 688 Ratings
🗓️ 31 July 2025
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Dr. Jockers dives into the overlooked signs of zinc deficiency that even most practitioners miss. You’ll hear why symptoms like poor taste, brain fog, and brittle nails could point to a deeper mineral imbalance. Plus, he shares insights from thousands of labs reviewed by his team.
Learn how zinc fuels your immune system, thyroid, hormones, and even your mood. You’ll understand why stress, copper overload, and poor stomach acid quietly drain your zinc levels—and what to do about it.
Dr. Jockers also explains the best ways to test your zinc and the optimal levels to look for. He breaks down food sources, smart supplement strategies, and why timing your dose with meals matters more than you think.
In This Episode:
00:00 Introduction to Zinc and Hair Regrowth
01:49 Podcast Introduction and Zinc Deficiency Overview
04:06 Surprising Signs of Zinc Deficiency
04:55 Functions and Importance of Zinc
09:52 Root Causes of Zinc Deficiency
13:58 Testing and Supplementing Zinc
19:13 Conclusion and Final Thoughts
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| 0:00.0 | Always take zinc with meals. |
| 0:02.0 | If you take zinc away from a meal, you're going to get nauseous. |
| 0:05.0 | Most people will get nauseous. |
| 0:06.0 | That's because you need that stomach acid to really absorb, to chelate and absorb that zinc. |
| 0:11.0 | I have great news. You can regrow your hair. |
| 0:14.0 | You see, scientists in Switzerland have made a stark discovery. |
| 0:18.0 | Hair loss doesn't have anything to do with age. In fact, it has to do with your hair |
| 0:22.7 | follicles getting turned off. And now they've found out how to turn them back on. You see, |
| 0:28.2 | your hair cycles through three main phases, growth, transition, and shedding. And here's |
| 0:34.4 | a problem. Some people's hair just doesn't grow back after shedding. |
| 0:39.0 | The follicles get stuck before they can return to the growing phase. That's where Anna Gain |
| 0:44.4 | New comes in, a compound carefully extracted from pea sprouts by Swiss researchers. |
| 0:49.4 | This compound is clinically proven to stimulate hair follicle cells and turn them back on, |
| 0:55.8 | sending them immediately into the growing phase. |
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