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Zinc and diabetes
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 September 2013
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Zinc is important for insulin function and lack of zinc can contribute to diabetes and its complications, including via impaired response to oxidant stress. Diabetes itself depletes zinc status, which should always be checked in diabetic patients.
Apart from correcting clear zinc deficiency, zinc supplements may have a role in treating diabetes or preventing its complications, but the RCT record so far is mixed.
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