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Zinc deficiency is a consistent finding in breast cancer, and Zn plays key roles in immunity (T cell differentiation), p53 activation, and SOD cofactor function. Yet supplementation data are limited, and in the Sister Study, zinc showed a dose-related positive associati…
Copper is elevated in the blood/serum of nearly every disease state examined in this wiki: | Disease | Cu Direction | Evidence | |---|---|---| | PCOS | Elevated | SMD = 0.51, p < 0.0001 (meta-analysis of 9 studies) | | Breast cancer | Elevated | SMD 2.44 in plasma/serum…
Probiotics protect the gut barrier from heavy metal toxicity. Zhai et al. (2016) demonstrated that L. plantarum CCFM8610 protected intestinal epithelial cells from cadmium through a four-part mechanism: metal sequestration in the gut lumen, alleviation of oxidative stre…
Zinc is depleted in nearly every disease state examined in this wiki -- cancer (breast, prostate, lung, pancreatic, esophageal, colorectal), type 2 diabetes, PCOS, autism, postpartum depression, and IBD. Zinc supplementation is generally beneficial: it reduces PPD risk …