Posted by whitmore on April 30, 2011, at 22:16:39
In reply to Re: Zinc complicates my depression, posted by Lao Tzu on April 19, 2011, at 12:16:08
Zinc can affect testosterone levels by lowering the conversion of testosterone to estrogen. It can also lower cortisol which, depending on your cortisol levels could make you feel worse of better. It can also result in heavy metals being dumped into your system when the zinc displaces them at the cell level. So the fact that it has negative effects may not indicatative of a lack of deficiency. I'm sure there are many other things going on too, but those are the 3 things I happen to have stumbled across.
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