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ZINC
| Benefits | Helps form many enzymes and proteins and create new cells. Frees vitamin A from storage in the liver. Needed for the immune system, taste, smell, and wound healing. When taken with certain antioxidants, zinc may delay the progression of age-related macular degeneration |
| Good Food Sources | Red meat, poultry, oysters and some other seafood, fortified cereals, beans, nuts |
| Recommended Daily Allowance | M: 11 mg, W: 8 mg |
| Upper Limit per day | 40 mg |
| Did You Know? | Because vegetarians absorb less zinc, experts suggest that they get twice the recommended requirement of zinc from plant foods. |