mineral · for lack of focus
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
Six trials in 489 children with ADHD tested zinc. Overall symptom scores improved. Looked at on their own, neither attention nor hyperactivity clearly changed.
Studied in a narrower group
1 paper read, 1 against.
Tested as: Not set. Six trials of oral zinc in children. Dose made no clear difference.
Who was studied: School-age children diagnosed with ADHD.
We found 1 study on this. We have not finished reading them yet, so we are not ready to say either way.