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- Zinc -- do all Canadian children have enough zinc?Show More
I read this article with interest. Goldman states: "Canadian children are in general not zinc deficient." He bases this statement on a study done on children in southern Ontario. As a physician who works in northern Canada, predominately in remote and rural Aboriginal populations, I wonder if this his statement needs more of a caveat. I am not convinced that northern children have sufficient zinc given the limited natur...
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I think its good to know that zinc has a role to play in the treatment of diarrhea. I knew that it helps in wound healing, but its use for diarrhea and respiratory infections is new, especially in children. It is provided in food products in Canada, but in other parts of the world where diarrhea is pretty common the use of zinc can be beneficial.
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