Effects of Zinc supplementation on serum lipids: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

In conclusion, Zinc supplementation has favourable effects on plasma lipid parameters. Zinc supplementation significantly reduced total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol and triglycerides. Therefore it may have the potential to reduce the incidence of atherosclerosis related morbidity and mortality. PMID: 26244049 [PubMed]

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Source: Diabetes Metab - August 8, 2015 Category: Endocrinology Authors: Ranasinghe P, Wathurapatha WS, Ishara MH, Jayawardana R, Galappatthy P, Katulanda P, Constantine GR Tags: Nutr Metab (Lond) Source Type: research