Zinc Effects on Your Respiratory System

Dr. Berg’s Healthy Keto and Intermittent Fasting Podcast

Dr. Eric Berg

Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 6 June 2020

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Today we’re going to talk about the effects of zinc on your respiratory system. There is a significant connection between zinc, the immune system, and especially your lungs.

Potential situations that could occur if you’re deficient in zinc:

• Increased duration of lung infections

• Diminished T cell function

• Increased cytokines

• Increased risk of lung infections

• People with conditions like COPD are typically deficient in zinc

• Increased risk for ARDS, upper respiratory infections, and lower respiratory infections

• Increased susceptibility of the lungs to ventilator-induced injury

If you have a lung infection, your body is going to be using so much zinc that chances are you could become deficient. The infection itself can cause a depletion of zinc, and then you lose more of the ability to fight the infection.

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0:00.0	So if you guys have any questions whatsoever about keto or in a minute fasting,
0:04.4	whether you're starting keto as a new person or just need to debug your program or we have a question about a product.
0:10.5	Call one of our keto consultants. They'll be able to help you. Call 5405.7.
0:29.0	Welcome to the Dr. Berg's Healthy Kito and Interminute fasting podcast, where Dr. Berg takes you on the journey for the truth about getting healthy and losing healthy weight. Let's talk about the effects of zinc on your respiratory system.
0:48.0	Zinc is so connected to the immune system, especially your lungs, that I thought I'd just do one video dedicated to that one topic.
0:57.0	If you're deficient in zinc, the duration of lung infection is increased.
1:03.7	Next one, if you're deficient in zinc,
1:05.5	you'll have diminished T cell function.
1:08.4	There are three main types of T cells,
1:10.3	and this stands for thymus,
1:11.8	these are immune cells.
1:13.0	You have the killer T cells, which specialize in killing viruses.
1:18.0	You have the helper T cells, which are the coordinating unit very very important in all aspects of your
1:28.7	immune system they recruit the backup army they the level of zinc in the body.
1:43.0	And then you have another T cell called a regulatory T cell.
1:47.0	And what this cell does is it suppresses the overreaction of the immune system.
1:53.1	It also prevents autoimmune diseases.
1:56.8	And if this cell is weak,
1:59.6	you'll have a tendency to have asthma, allergies, and even excessive
2:04.3	inflammation that seems to linger and it goes into a chronic face. Your T
2:08.6	cells really really need zinc. Next point is that if you're zinc deficient, you'll have a lot more cytokines.
2:17.0	Cy cytokines have many different functions, one being messengers.
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