[custom_adv] Latent or slow growth Zinc is a chemical element with symbol Zn and atomic number 30. It is the first element in group 12 of the periodic table. In some respects zinc is chemically similar to magnesium: both elements exhibit only one normal oxidation state (+2), and the Zn2+ and Mg2+ ions are of similar size. [custom_adv] Slow wound healing process Because zinc is essential for your immune health, you might become more vulnerable to viral or bacterial infections when you dip into deficiency status. Cuts and scrapes may take longer to heal as well, according to the NIH, since your body also relies on it to repair tissues. [custom_adv] Dry and hardened skin The largest workable lodes are in Australia, Asia, and the United States. Zinc is refined by froth flotation of the ore, roasting, and final extraction using electricity (electrowinning). [custom_adv] Diarrhea Zinc metal was not produced on a large scale until the 12th century in India, though it was known to the ancient Romans and Greeks. The mines of Rajasthan have given definite evidence of zinc production going back to the 6th century BC. [custom_adv] Nausea To date, the oldest evidence of pure zinc comes from Zawar, in Rajasthan, as early as the 9th century AD when a distillation process was employed to make pure zinc. Alchemists burned zinc in air to form what they called "philosopher's wool" or "white snow". [custom_adv] Anorexia The element was probably named by the alchemist Paracelsus after the German word Zinke (prong, tooth). German chemist Andreas Sigismund Marggraf is credited with discovering pure metallic zinc in 1746. [custom_adv] If you want to increase your zinc-rich food intake, put these foods on your shopping list. Fresh oysters, Grass-fed beef, lamb, chicken, Pumpkin seeds, Ginger root, Pecans, Brazil nuts, peanuts, almonds, walnuts, Split peas, lima beans
