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Now, it's very, very important if you have children to make sure that those kids,

especially if they're very young, have enough zinc in their diet,

and to make sure they're not consuming anything that can be depleting them of zinc, mostly because the neurons

in the forebrain are dependent on zinc. That's the part of the brain that's involved in the

cognitive processes, thinking, memory, speaking. There's two very interesting studies that show the length between having a zinc deficiency

and experiencing neuropsychological problems, especially reasoning. Now, reasoning has to do with

thinking about something in a logical, sensible way.

Now, if you have teenagers, by the way, you may have experienced some lack of reasoning

occasionally.

Well, that could be a simple zinc deficiency because zinc has everything to do with

supporting the cognitive part of your brain.

And if you don't have enough zinc,

you inhibit the capacity to learn. You reduce the ability for someone that have attention on what

they're doing. You cause poor retention of data. That's called poor memory. And they even found

that kids that are deficient in zinc

play less than kids that have enough zinc. Interesting. If a mother who's carrying a child is deficient

in zinc, she could pass on a child that has poor memory. So it's very, very important if you're pregnant to take zinc,

if you're breastfeeding to take zinc,

and as a child to take zinc.

Now, I think it's probably very important to talk about

what depletes zinc more than taking zinc,

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