{"id":2020,"date":"2022-12-26T17:37:37","date_gmt":"2022-12-26T17:37:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/intikisa.com\/?p=2020"},"modified":"2022-12-26T17:37:37","modified_gmt":"2022-12-26T17:37:37","slug":"zinc-benefits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/intikisa.com\/es\/zinc-benefits\/","title":{"rendered":"Zinc Benefits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Why is it important to consume Zinc rich-foods?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Zinc, a nutrient found throughout your body, helps your immune system and metabolism function. Zinc is also important to wound healing and your sense of taste and smell. With a varied diet, your body usually gets enough zinc. Food sources of zinc include chicken, red meat and fortified breakfast cereals.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, after iron, zinc is the most abundant trace mineral in your body, which means it\u2019s a mineral that we can\u2019t do without but only need in small quantities to be healthy. Men and women 19 years and older need 11 milligrams and eight milligrams, respectively.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Zinc benefits:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li><strong><em>It occurs naturally in many of the foods you eat<\/em><\/strong><em>: <\/em>The good news is that zinc is found throughout our food, from meat, fish and poultry to whole grains, nuts, legumes and vegetables.<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>It helps you maintain a healthy immune system: <\/em><\/strong>Zinc can boost T-cell production, which is an important component of the immune system responsible for fighting off infections,\u201d Harrison said. \u201cLow levels of zinc are connected with reduced T-cell function, which explains why those who are zinc deficient are more prone to illness.<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>It is an important nutrient for your skin<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>:<\/em><\/strong> Zinc has anti-inflammatory properties that may help people with acne, rosacea, psoriasis, eczema and wound repair.<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>It heals your gut<\/em><\/strong><em>:<\/em> As long as you don\u2019t overdo it with zinc supplementation, zinc is known as a soothing mineral for the digestive system. It helps repair the cells that line your intestinal tract, keeping them strong and tip-top shape so they can properly absorb nutrients.<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>It may aid in age-related macular degeneration<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>:<\/em><\/strong> Zinc is important to eye health as well. Zinc is naturally found in high levels of your macula, part of the retina, and helps vitamin A produce melanin, a pigment that protects your eyes.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2021\" src=\"http:\/\/intikisa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Imagen5-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/intikisa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Imagen5-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/intikisa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Imagen5-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/intikisa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Imagen5-380x252.jpg 380w, https:\/\/intikisa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Imagen5-600x397.jpg 600w, https:\/\/intikisa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Imagen5.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Why is it important to consume Zinc rich-foods? \u00a0 Zinc, a nutrient found throughout your body, helps your immune system and metabolism function. Zinc is also important to wound healing and your sense of taste and smell. With a varied diet, your body usually gets enough zinc. Food sources of zinc include chicken, red [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":2022,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-noticias"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/intikisa.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2020","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/intikisa.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/intikisa.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intikisa.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intikisa.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2020"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/intikisa.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2020\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2023,"href":"https:\/\/intikisa.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2020\/revisions\/2023"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intikisa.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/intikisa.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intikisa.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intikisa.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}