Re: 27yrs
Posted: Sat May 25, 2019 3:29 pm
<hijack>side question @elliot - is your serum or plasma zinc high normal? if you don' t know, it could be wise to rule that out as a potential source of anorexia
The role of the endogenous opiates in zinc deficiency anorexia
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/a ... 848490266X
"Anorexia is a major symptom of zinc deficiency ... Recent studies have suggested an integral role for endogenous opiate peptides in appetite regulation. Dynorphin ... is a potent inducer of spontaneous feeding ... zinc deficient animals had lower levels of dynorphin in the hypothalamus than did ad lib fed animals"
Controlled trial of zinc supplementation in anorexia nervosa
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs ... 0.CO;2-%23
"The rate of increase in BMI of the zinc supplemented group (n = 16) was twice that of the placebo group (n = 19)"
re the second abstract (and keeping in mind that careful food choices come first) i will note in passing that my memory was recently refreshed as to the particular benefit of zinc gluconate - among supplements studied it was shown to be least likely to be affected by cadmium contamination. can't recall the specific products compared - something to look up again in future.
cadmium made me think of smoking impacts on zinc:
Cadmium and Cadmium/Zinc Ratios and Tobacco-Related Morbidities
https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/14/10/1154
and once i was on the topic of smoking, it wasn't a long leap to alcohol impacts on zinc:
Zinc deficiency as a mediator of toxic effects of alcohol abuse
https://link.springer.com/article/10.10 ... 017-1584-y
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The role of the endogenous opiates in zinc deficiency anorexia
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/a ... 848490266X
"Anorexia is a major symptom of zinc deficiency ... Recent studies have suggested an integral role for endogenous opiate peptides in appetite regulation. Dynorphin ... is a potent inducer of spontaneous feeding ... zinc deficient animals had lower levels of dynorphin in the hypothalamus than did ad lib fed animals"
Controlled trial of zinc supplementation in anorexia nervosa
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs ... 0.CO;2-%23
"The rate of increase in BMI of the zinc supplemented group (n = 16) was twice that of the placebo group (n = 19)"
re the second abstract (and keeping in mind that careful food choices come first) i will note in passing that my memory was recently refreshed as to the particular benefit of zinc gluconate - among supplements studied it was shown to be least likely to be affected by cadmium contamination. can't recall the specific products compared - something to look up again in future.
cadmium made me think of smoking impacts on zinc:
Cadmium and Cadmium/Zinc Ratios and Tobacco-Related Morbidities
https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/14/10/1154
and once i was on the topic of smoking, it wasn't a long leap to alcohol impacts on zinc:
Zinc deficiency as a mediator of toxic effects of alcohol abuse
https://link.springer.com/article/10.10 ... 017-1584-y
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