So let's talk about zinc in all the different ways that can inhibit your ability to absorb

zinc and also things that can increase your absorption.

Zinc is probably one of the most important trace minerals.

Over two billion people on this planet are somewhat deficient in zinc.

So that's a lot of people.

And today we're going to talk about the reason for that.

Why would someone be deficient in zinc?

Well, there's a couple of reasons, which I'm going to talk about in this section right here.

But the big problem with zinc is that we don't store zinc very well.

So unless you're consuming it every day, you're probably going to end up being deficient.

And zinc can affect your reproductive organs, low testosterone, skin health, but also your

immune system.

So here are a couple of things that can decrease the absorption of zinc.

Number one, way too much calcium.

So if you're taking a calcium supplement and you're not aware that certain types of calcium

supplements don't even get absorbed, like calcium carbonate.

And let's say you're trying to prevent osteoporosis or osteopenia.

And you're taking this huge bottle of calcium carbonate, which is limestone.

It's very heavy.

And you're taking that and you're also taking zinc.

Well, guess what?

You're not going to absorb the zinc because too much calcium will block the absorption

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