So in this video I want to talk about the relationship between zinc and your liver.

Zinc is probably one of the most important minerals for the liver and here's why.

When you look at the symptoms from a zinc deficiency, they're identical to the symptoms of a

liver problem.

And I'm talking about a liver that's dysfunctional, like if it's inflamed or there's scar tissue

as in cirrhosis.

When people have a liver problem, they usually get loss of appetite, they loss of body

hair, altered taste and smell.

Now it could be because your deficient in zinc, testicular atrophy, your immune system

is impaired, you have decreased ability to detoxify drugs from your body.

You can get a side ease, you have this protruded stomach because the liver is leaking fluid

into a sac around the stomach.

A deficiency of zinc can increase your risk for liver cancer, inflammation in the liver,

and a lot of skin problems.

Is it the chicken of the egg?

Does a zinc deficiency cause the liver to create these symptoms or is it the liver damage

that's creating these symptoms as well as creating a zinc deficiency?

Well, that's very hard to tell because we do know in an isolated situation, a zinc deficiency

for example will create low testosterone and testicular atrophy.

But if the liver is damaged, you're not going to be able to get rid of estrogen and you're

going to get high levels of estrogen which is indirectly going to cause a low testosterone

situation.

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