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Zinc
Battles Diabetes
Scientists at Notre Dame* and at the U. of Illinois have discovered that
zinc has an insulin-like effect on the manifestation of diabetes.
Insulin, they note, promotes
the transport of glucose and amino acids (proteins) and decreases the
breakdown of muscles while healthfully enhancing their buildup.
".... failure to enhance glucose transport, " they say,
"into insulin-sensitive cells is a hallmark of diabetes 'emphasis
added.] They have found that zinc enhances this glucose movement.
NOTE: 15 milligrams (mg.)
is
the recommended daily intake of zinc.
More than 25 mg. may be deleterious.
*From The Journal of
Nutrition, May 2001, by Drs. Xiao-han Tang and Neil F. Shay, U. of Notre
Dame, Dept. of Biological Sciences, Notre Dame, IN 46556, and Dept. of
Animal Sciences, U. of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801, respectively.
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