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Eczema Zinc Deficiency
Has anyone who has eczema ever tried taking zinc supplements?
I have terrible eczema on my legs, back and hands. The topical prescriptions I've been using just don't seem to work anymore. I'm wondering if anyone else who suffers from eczema has had any luck with taking zinc supplements. I was doing a little research today and found several sources that mention that zinc deficiencies are a common cause of eczema.
Some recomended a supplement (15-20 mg/day for women 30mg/day for men) but others said a supplement wouldn't really help.
Has anyone ever tried taking zinc for their eczema? How did that work out for you? Would you recommend it to others? Why or why not?
Hi Janelle. What's cooking? Sorry, just couldn't help myself.
Zinc may or may not help. The only way to know is to try it. There is little risk of harm in taking the doses you noted.
A lot of recent scientific evidence has suggested that essential fatty acid supplements may be helpful for some with atopic eczema. Both omega-3 fish oils and omega-6 gamma-linolenic acid (GLA) may be needed.
You can find these at your local health food store. You may need fairly high doses for several months to see improvements. These are safe and have many other health-promoting benefits too.
Best wishes and good luck.
Eczema and Diet - are you Suffering From Insufficient Nutrients
There are two main reasons why you are suffering with eczema. The first reason is because your body is overwhelmed with toxin and waste.
The second reason you may suffer with a disease is because of insufficient nutrients caused by improper or insufficient nutrients in your diet.
The main causes of this are:
(1) inadequate consumption of foods that supply healthy nutrients;
(2) poor absorption where your digestive system struggles to absorb efficiently; and
(3) excessive loss of nutrient where nutrients are being used up to ward off other problems in your body.
If you do not eat the appropriate amount of, or high enough quality of nutrients which make up a healthy diet, over a long period of time you will suffer some sort of health crisis.
When your body is suffering a health crisis it will produce symptoms that act as early warning signals.
When you go to the doctor they will prescribe something, anything that will suppress these symptoms or warnings. But just like the rats in underground tunnels, these symptoms become stronger and become immune to the medicines and drugs.
Then, when you return to your doctor they will prescribe even stronger drugs in an effort to cure you.
You need to look at the foods you are eating to ensure they are supplying your body with the important health enhancing nutrients that your body is crying out for.
The foods that usually effect people who suffer with eczema are common. Deficiencies in essential fatty acids, vitamin C, vitamin A, vitamin E, Zinc, Calcium, vitamin B, Silica and Selenium to name just a few.
With sufficient and regular supplies of these nutrients eczematous skin will begin to heal and disappear completely.
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