Zinc picolinate and copper bisglycinate are highly absorbable forms of essential minerals necessary for the immune system, maintaining energy levels in the body, and supporting healthy, vibrant skin, hair, and nails.
Zinc is necessary to maintain the body's defense system while supporting healthy immune function, protein synthesis, and energy metabolism. Zinc also plays an important role in prostate and reproductive health. Copper is necessary to form red blood cells and transferrin, the protein responsible for maintaining iron transport in the blood. Zinc and copper are necessary to produce and repair connective tissue, which supports the health of skin, hair, nails, and bones.
Zinc and copper are essential for hundreds of enzymatic reactions, and a good balance between zinc and copper is important, as excessive supplementation of one mineral can cause a deficiency in the other. Zinc or copper deficiency can cause many pathophysiological conditions, including decreased levels of the enzyme superoxide dismutase (SOD), which provides antioxidant protection in red blood cells (RBC). Zinc deficiency can lead to impaired immune function with increased susceptibility to infections and recurrent colds and flu, slow wound healing, chronic inflammation, loss of taste and smell, acne, infertility, loss of appetite, growth retardation, hair loss, thinning nails that develop white spots, and mood disorders.
