Moreover, excess zinc intake can be outright dangerous.
After some of his milestone home runs, Bonds publicly praised Anderson for telling him to eat his broccoli or increase his zinc intake.
A half-dozen reports appeared on the screen describing cases in which high zinc intake had caused neutropenia, and sometimes anemia.
I will specifically focus on zinc intake, as zinc deficiency is widespread in India despite a food supply that is seemingly abundant in zinc.
Yet, while cereals provide about half of the iron intake and up to 75% of zinc intake, the total consumption of these essential minerals is far below international recommendations for child health and development.
The company, based in London, is being sued by people who say they suffered nerve and blood injuries from high levels of zinc intake from the products.
In terms of zinc intake, the average reduction in intake is substantial.
Zinc intake in Lebanon is already low for all age categories (FAO [2007]), be they children, adolescents (N. Hwalla, unpublished data, 2009) or adults (Obeid et al. [2008]).
Therefore this additional reduction in zinc intake will surely contribute to zinc-deficiency related risks such as growth retardation, mental disturbances, dermatitis and higher risks of infection.
The articles to which these letters were responding addressed a range of public health and medical topics, including zinc intake, breastfeeding, religion and medicine, and neuromuscular disease.
She said vegan eaters should be particularly cognizant of iron, calcium, vitamin D and zinc intake, as well as getting enough vitamin B-12.
