10/30/2025
🍂 As a Naturopath, I consider your diet, lifestyle, and overall vitality. As part of a consult I will assess your Constitution, your Vitality, your Nutritional deficiencies, what diet might suit your Constitution best, what foods to avoid or eat more of and much more!
🍃 Zinc is a trace mineral that can be found in such foods as ** Oysters, red meats, poultry, beans, nuts, and whole grains.
🥩 It is always best to get what we need from our diet but busy lifestyles or dietary restrictions sometimes make this difficult, so we need to supplement.
💪 Zinc plays a significant role in maintaining prostate health, and several benefits are associated with adequate zinc levels:
✨1. **Supports Prostate Function:** Zinc is highly concentrated in the prostate gland, suggesting it plays a vital role in maintaining normal prostate function and structure.
✨2. **May Help Prevent Prostate Enlargement:** Adequate zinc levels are linked to a lower risk of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), which is the enlargement of the prostate gland that can cause urinary problems.
✨3. **Antioxidant Properties:** Zinc has antioxidant effects that help combat oxidative stress and reduce inflammation in prostate tissue, which may lower the risk of prostate diseases, including prostate cancer.
✨4. **Regulates Hormonal Activity:** Zinc is involved in the regulation of testosterone and other androgens, hormones that influence prostate health.
✨5. **Potential Protective Effect Against Prostate Cancer:** Some studies suggest that higher zinc levels might be associated with a reduced risk of developing prostate cancer, although more research is needed to confirm this.
Zinc has been linked to Prostate Health, it is an important mineral that is often overlooked. If you are looking for preventative measures, this might be a good place to start and can easily be supplemented.
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I look forward to helping you find Wellness and Balance!
Michele Arseneault, Naturopath
D.N.M., RMT, RRT, Ac