About Zinc

A post about zinc appears at the linked EatingWell.com site. The article provides some excellent dietary information. The following is a quote obtained from the article which details specific foods that contain this essential element.

"It's easy to enter the danger zone with supplemented zinc, so dietitians encourage most people to depend on diet instead. Oysters offer a particularly rich source, but lean red meats and chicken, along with legumes, whole grains and dairy products, also pack a tidy sum.

Oysters, steamed (3 oz.) 30.0 mg

Cooked beef tenderloin (3 oz.) 4.8 mg

Turkey, dark meat, roasted (3 oz.) 3.9 mg

Chickpeas (7 oz.) 2.8 mg

Roast chicken leg 2.7 mg

Pumpkin seeds (1/4 cup) 2.6 mg

Cooked pork tenderloin (3 oz.) 2.5 mg

Plain low-fat yogurt (1 cup) 2.2 mg

Wheat germ (2 Tbsp.) 1.8 mg

Tofu (4 oz.) 1.7 mg

Dry roasted cashews (1 oz.) 1.6 mg"

Swiss cheese (1 oz.) 1.0 mg