There can be no doubt that the field of nutrition has come of age. More than 80 years have passed since the first vitamin was discovered. Today the speed at which laboratory and clinical findings are released is so accelerated that an individual's understanding of nutrition is seriously out-dated if he or she is not abreast of the findings published within even the past year. Selenium is an antioxidant mineral with potential to fight cancer and elevate mood. Zinc boosts immunity and preserves vision.
Magnesium bolsters the heart's resistance to cardiovascular diseases.
Although the research on chromium picolinate as a weight loss aid has been mixed, the newest evidence is supportive. Furthermore, deaths from cancer were slashed in half in the selenium supplemented group. The other half of the group unknowingly received a supply of dummy lozenges developed to have a medicinal taste similar to the zinc lozenges. The zinc lozenge takers reported fewer days suffering from cold symptoms. In fact, while the average cold sufferer reports symptoms lasting for 7.6 days, zinc lozenge users stopped experiencing cold symptoms after just 4.4 days.