Zinc
The mineral itself. Which salt you take changes how much reaches you and what it has been tested for — the cold-lozenge trials used gluconate and acetate, the wound-healing trials used sulfate.
Choose the right form
Not all forms of Zinc do the same thing. The form determines what it’s absorbed by and what it’s good for.
Zinc Carnosine (Polaprezinc)
A chelate of zinc and L-carnosine, used in Japan as a gastric mucosal protectant. Distinct from zinc salts taken for nut…
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Zinc Gluconate
The zinc salt used in most cold-duration lozenge trials, usually alongside zinc acetate. Trials deliver it as a lozenge …
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Zinc Sulfate
An inorganic zinc salt, the form used in most wound-healing and supplementation trials. Cheaper and less well absorbed t…
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Zinc
Zinc bound to picolinic acid for enhanced absorption. Essential for immune function, wound healing, protein synthesis, D…
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