# Kosher Zinc for Immune Support

**By Paula Gallagher** · 2012-12-26

If you want to ensure that you’re taking the most scrupulously produced supplements, you may want to consider kosher supplements.

· Kosher supplements are meticulously examined and evaluated to make sure they meet especially strict standards.

· The kosher symbol ensures that the product and its ingredients are being stringently supervised, with each ingredient tracked to its origin, and strict hygienic rules imposed on production.

· Kosher certification guarantees an extra level of purity and quality.

Zinc is an essential trace mineral, important to the immune system. It is also a component of many enzyme systems, as well as a constituent of insulin and male reproductive fluid. Zinc helps to strengthen the immune system and to ward off infections. Specifically, a zinc deficiency reduces the number of T-cells affecting the functioning of white blood cells. Sufficient zinc is required for proper vision, taste ands smell. A zinc deficiency can result in impaired sensory functioning.

[Solgar Zinc Citrate](http://www.myvillagegreen.com/category/kosher/solgar-zinc-citrate.html) is a quality kosher supplement that provides 30 mg of zinc citrate.

**Tags:** Category_Health Concerns, Category_Nutritional Supplements

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> Source: [Village Green Apothecary](myvillagegreen.com/blogs/post/kosher-zinc-for-immune-support)