It is suggested that treatment with zinc, ascorbic acid, or both does not affect SARS-CoV-2 symptoms, and there was no significant difference in the duration of symptoms among the 4 groups.
Zinc
Immune and respiratory support is the main area connected here, and any felt benefit should be read together with the human evidence base.
Some human supplement-context evidence is present and directly informs the score.
Representative tier calculated from paper evidence that passed the collection audit.
Main benefit evidence
The representative ingredient tier is calculated from these target-level evidence groups.
Immune and respiratory health1 studiesTier-CImmune and respiratory supportSome positive signal observedFelt benefit focusSupplement contextPotential benefit studied in Immune and respiratory health.Open metrics>
Recent research
10 new papers were added in this period. No new risk signal was identified.
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The group showed a positive signal, but individual contributions are hard to isolate. Not a stack recommendation.
Evidence summaries
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The notion that zinc supplementation may have clinical potential as an adjunct therapy for preventing or managing diabetes is supported, particularly the FG in subjects with diabetes and in subjects who received an inorganic zinc supplement.
Among a general population of couples seeking infertility treatment, the use of folic acid and zinc supplementation by male partners, compared with placebo, did not significantly improve semen quality or couples' live birth rates.
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It is demonstrated that magnesium-zinc-calcium-vitamin D co-supplementation for 6 weeks to women with GDM may reduce biomarkers of inflammation and oxidative stress.
It is indicated that zinc supplementation in infants and early childhood, but not pregnancy, increases specific growth outcomes, with evidence for a potentially stronger effect after 2 years of age.
Providing SQ-LNS daily with or without zinc, along with malaria and diarrhea treatment, significantly increased growth and reduced stunting, wasting and anemia prevalence in young children.