Life Link's Zinc Orotate 316mg 100Tabs

About Zinc Orotate Zinc orotate is a mineral salt that is normally found in the body in small amounts. Each molecule of zinc orotate consists of two molecules of orotic acid and one zinc atom "” the zinc atom replaces a pair of hydrogen atoms (one from each orotic acid molecule).Zinc is an essential element required by all living things. Every organ and tissue in the body contains and requires zinc. It plays roles in development, tissue growth, and in all major bodily functions. Several thousand kinds of proteins in the body contain zinc "” some of these proteins are enzymes that use zinc atoms to catalyze biochemical reactions, others have structural roles. "˜Zinc finger"™ proteins regulate gene expression, and zinc atoms play a role in gene-directed cell death ("˜apoptosis"™) which is a major regulatory process in growth and development, and in cancer and other diseases. Zinc also affects the way cells signal each other "” it has been found to influence hormone release and the transmission of information along nerves.1, 2Zinc"™s antioxidant properties help to explain some of its effects on the body: protecting the skin from UV light, improving wound healing, and decreasing the relative risk of cancer and cardiovascular disease. Zinc is an essential component of the enzyme superoxide dismutase (SOD) "” one of the major antioxidant tools the body uses to neutralize destructive oxygen ions.3The officially recommended intake of zinc for adult humans is 8 to 11 mg/day.4 Zinc deficiencies occur, even in industrialized countries, as the result of various illnesses and bizarre diets. Symptoms of severe zinc deficiency include: hair loss, skin rashes, diarrhea, impaired immunity and wound healing, night blindness and other visual impairment, loss of smell, taste and memory, wasting of body tissues, behavioral disturbances, and death.1, 2Orotate (orotic acid) is a biochemical substance made by all living cells. It is a necessary raw material for making the genetic material: RNA and DNA.5What we can"™t tell you In the U.S. and some other industrialized countries, government agencies like the U.S. Food and Drug Administration have adopted censorship as a method for intensifying their control over supplement users and their suppliers. Thus, FDA regulations prohibit us from telling you that any of our products are effective as medical treatments, even if they are, in fact, effective.Accordingly, we will limit our discussion of zinc orotate to a brief summary of relevant research, and let you draw your own conclusions about what medical conditions it may be effective in treating.Zinc orotate was popularized as a supplement by Dr. Hans Nieper, the innovative German physician, 6 who used it to treat or prevent the following conditions:7, 8, 9cancer Hodgkin and non-Hogkin lymphomas diabetes Nieper considered orotates to be superior to carbonates, chlorides, sulfates, and other anions as bioavailability enhancers for minerals like zinc.8Hans Nieper was a controversial figure