HEALTHY LIVING
Zinc
May Ease Female Anger
And Depression
According To New
Study
Exciting New Research
Supports The Important Role
For This Essential Mineral
In Cognitive and Mental
Function, As Well As
Overall Women’s Health...
Daily supplements of zinc may reduce
measures
of anger and depression in young women,
according
to a new study from Japan.
A daily supplement of 7 milligrams of zinc as zinc
gluconate
was associated with significant decreases in measures
of
anger-hostility and depression-dejection, report
scientists
from Daigaku Junior College and Seitoku University in
the
European Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
Even though multivitamin supplements did not affect the
mood
state of women who participated in the study, adequate
daily
intake of multiple vitamins are needed to assist
function,
bio-availability and to assure delivery optimum efficacy of
zinc
and other minerals..
“Although our findings are preliminary and should be
interpreted
with caution, they may prompt further investigations to
evaluate
the relationship between zinc nutrition and mood states in
women,”
wrote the researchers.
Zinc deficiency affects 30 per cent of the world’s population,
and
mood swings are reportedly common symptoms of mild zinc
deficiency.
In order to test if zinc supplements could affect mood the
Japanese
researchers recruited 30 young women and randomly assigned
them
to receive either multivitamins, or multivitamins plus zinc for
10 weeks.
The multivitamins were given to all to avoid vitamin
deficiencies. The
supplement provided vitamins A, D, B1, B2, B6, B12, niacin and
folic
acid.
At the end of the study, only women who received the additional
zinc
supplements showed significant increases in blood levels of zinc
and
reductions in scores of depression and
anger.
Similar lab studies showed that only females experienced
increases
in aggression levels when zinc deficient, and the new data
appears
to support this anger-reducing effect in women following
zinc
supplementation, said the researchers. “Our results suggest
that
Zinc supplementation may be effective in reducing anger
and
depression,” they concluded.
Source: European Journal of Clinical
Nutrition
“Effect of zinc supplementation on mood states in young
women:
a pilot study”
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