As the temperatures fall, the cases of colds, flu and illness rise. Is there something you can do to help fight and build your immunity? Yes! Let us look at zinc. Zinc, a nutrient found throughout your body which helps your immune system, metabolism function and plays many vital roles in your body. Because your body doesn’t naturally produce zinc, you must obtain it through food or supplements. Today we take a serious look at this essential nutrient- what it is, what it does and its sources. 

- https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/zinc#benefits
-https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0003986116300741?via%3Dihub
-  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5793244/ the Document
-https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20510767/ 
-https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2869512/
-  https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/evolutionary-psychiatry/201309/zinc-antidepressant
-https://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/Zinc-HealthProfessional/
-https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/best-foods-high-in-zinc#TOC_TITLE_HDR_9 Supplements: