Zinc

Cath McArthur said:

Hi

I have been advised to have more zinc in my diet or through a supplement by a beautician as I am finding that my skin takes ages to heal after any cut, graze or blemish. Does anyone have any advice on this for me I am a diabetic on insulin.

Many thanks

Cath

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It isn't harmful to trial taking a supplement for a month and seeing if you find any difference. I have trialled various dietary supplements like this and found absolutely no difference to anything so concluded I am not deficient.

Zinc is most likely to be short on a vegetarian diet. Both that and magnesium have been implicated in Type 2 but don't know offhand of any relationship to Type 1, or how easy (or accurate) it would be to get your levels checked.