mineral · for chronic inflammation
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.
How strong is the research?
Not verified evidence
Different group studied
1 paper read, 1 supporting.
Tested as: Not reported by salt. The eight pooled RCTs are described only as oral zinc supplementation; the review's subgroups are by dose (50 mg/day), study quality and population, not by zinc salt.
Who was studied: Adults. The effect was concentrated in people with renal dysfunction and in the lower-quality trials; healthy adults showed a much smaller change.
We found 1 study on this. We have not finished reading them yet, so we are not ready to say either way.