Zinc usually needs to be taken before meals.
Commonly used preparations for zinc supplementation include zinc gluconate, zinc licorice granules, and paper sulfate syrup, which are recommended to be taken half an hour before meals. This is because zinc ions need to be absorbed in the stomach and a little less in the intestines. Taking it on an empty stomach before a meal is more conducive to the binding of zinc ions to the cells of the stomach lining, and the zinc is more easily absorbed and utilized.
If you supplement zinc ions after meals, it will be affected by food, which will lead to the situation that the contact between zinc ions and gastric mucosa is reduced, and it will affect the absorption and utilization of zinc ions in the body.
In addition to medication to supplement zinc, at the same time, you can also eat some of the appropriate zinc food, common oysters, nori, peanuts, pig liver and sesame seeds, etc., are rich in zinc more food.