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Zinc is an essential mineral your immune system, skin, and metabolism use every day. Think of it as a small but busy toolkit—helping enzymes work, supporting antiviral defenses in your throat and nose, and keeping skin inflammation in check. When diet is low or needs are higher, short-term supplements or targeted forms (like lozenges) can fill the gap.

• Shorten the duration of common colds
• Support healthy blood sugar in type 2 diabetes or prediabetes
• Help manage inflammatory acne
• Support sperm quality in men with fertility concerns

Evidence

Zinc gluconate is a common supplemental form of zinc—the enzyme‑helper mineral your immune cells, skin, and DNA‑repair machinery rely on. Think of it as a trace‑element toolkit: in lozenges it can bathe the throat with free zinc ions during a cold, and in capsules it can help address low zinc status that impacts immunity and skin.

• Shorten the duration of common colds
• Support healthy immune function
• Help reduce inflammatory acne lesions

Evidence

Zinc citrate is a supplemental form of the essential mineral zinc, packaged with citric acid to make an easy‑to‑absorb tablet or syrup. Think of zinc as a multitool: it helps enzymes work, supports immune defenses, and influences hormones and metabolism. Zinc citrate offers similar absorption to other soluble zinc salts, making it a practical way to raise zinc intake.

• Support immune defenses during common colds
• Support healthy blood sugar and metabolic markers
• Support sperm quality in men seeking fertility
• Help reduce inflammatory acne lesions

Evidence