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Zinc Pearls

1. Maywald M, Rink L. Zinc in Human Health and Infectious Diseases. Biomolecules. 2022 Nov 24;12(12):1748. doi: 10.3390/biom12121748. PMID: 36551176; PMCID: PMC9775844.

2. Chasapis CT, Loutsidou AC, Spiliopoulou CA, Stefanidou ME. Zinc and human health: an update. Arch Toxicol. 2012 Apr;86(4):521-34. doi: 10.1007/s00204-011-0775-1. Epub 2011 Nov 10. PMID: 22071549.

3. Pisano M, Hilas O. Zinc and Taste Disturbances in Older Adults: A Review of the Literature. Consult Pharm. 2016 May;31(5):267-70. doi: 10.4140/TCP.n.2016.267. PMID: 27178656.

4. The Mineral Fix Pages 276-299 By Dr James Dinicolantonio

5. https://www.eufic.org/en/vitamins-and-minerals/article/zinc-foods-functions-how-much-do-you-need-more 

6. National Health and Medical Research Council. (2006). Updated September 2017. Nutrient Reference Values for Australia and New Zealand Including Recommended Dietary Intakes. https://www.nhmrc.gov.au/sites/default/files/images/nutrient-refererence-dietary-intakes.pdf

7. Cohen, S. (2011). Drug muggers : which medications are robbing your body of essential nutrients--and natural ways to restore them. Emmaus, Pa.: Rodale.

8. https://www.vital.ly/blog/Dietary-sources-of-zinc/post=179/

9. Nasiadek M, Stragierowicz J, Klimczak M, Kilanowicz A. The Role of Zinc in Selected Female Reproductive System Disorders. Nutrients. 2020 Aug 16;12(8):2464. doi: 10.3390/nu12082464. PMID: 32824334; PMCID: PMC7468694.

10. Obiagwu HI, Eleje GU, Obiechina NJA, Nwosu BO, Udigwe GO, Ikechebelu JI, Ugboaja JO, Okoro CC, Okonkwo IO, Okwuosa AO, Oguejiofor CB, Chigbo CG, Ogabido CA, Okafor CC, Okafor CG. Efficacy of zinc supplementation for the treatment of dysmenorrhoea: a double-blind randomised controlled trial. J Int Med Res. 2023 May;51(5):3000605231171489. doi: 10.1177/03000605231171489. PMID: 37165643; PMCID: PMC10184220.

11. https://www.msdmanuals.com/en-au/professional/nutritional-disorders/mineral-deficiency-and-toxicity/zinc-toxicity

12. https://www.msdmanuals.com/en-au/professional/nutritional-disorders/mineral-deficiency-and-toxicity/zinc-deficiency

Vitamin B12 Pearls

1.Vincenti A, Bertuzzo L, Limitone A, D'Antona G, Cena H. Perspective: Practical Approach to Preventing Subclinical B12 Deficiency in Elderly Population. Nutrients. 2021 Jun 2;13(6):1913. doi: 10.3390/nu13061913. PMID: 34199569; PMCID: PMC8226782.

2.B12 deficiency: Recognition and Management. https://www.aafp.org/pubs/afp/issues/2017/0915/p384.html

3. National Health and Medical Research Council. (2006). Updated September 2017. Nutrient Reference Values for Australia and New Zealand Including Recommended Dietary Intakes. https://www.nhmrc.gov.au/sites/default/files/images/nutrient-refererence-dietary-intakes.pdf

4. Cohen, S. (2011). Drug muggers : which medications are robbing your body of essential nutrients--and natural ways to restore them. Emmaus, Pa.: Rodale.

5. Sobczyńska-Malefora A, Delvin E, McCaddon A, Ahmadi KR, Harrington DJ. Vitamin B12 status in health and disease: a critical review. Diagnosis of deficiency and insufficiency - clinical and laboratory pitfalls. Crit Rev Clin Lab Sci. 2021 Sep;58(6):399-429. doi: 10.1080/10408363.2021.1885339. Epub 2021 Apr 21. PMID: 33881359.

6. Abuyaman O, Abdelfattah A, Shehadeh-Tout F, Deeb AA, Hatmal MM. Vitamin B12 insufficiency and deficiency: a review of nondisease risk factors. Scand J Clin Lab Invest. 2023 Dec;83(8):533-539. doi: 10.1080/00365513.2023.2297357. Epub 2024 Jan 24. PMID: 38145316.

7. Bjørke-Monsen AL, Lysne V. Vitamin B12 - a scoping review for Nordic Nutrition Recommendations 2023. Food Nutr Res. 2023 Nov 8;67. doi: 10.29219/fnr.v67.10257. PMID: 38084149; PMCID: PMC10710864.

8. https://www.vital.ly/blog/Dietary-sources-of-vitamin-B12/post=477/

9. www.rch.org.au. (n.d.). Immigrant Health Service : Vitamin B12. [online] Available at: https://www.rch.org.au/immigranthealth/clinical/Vitamin_B12/.

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Linus Pauling Institute. (2023). Vitamin B12. [online] Available at: https://lpi.oregonstate.edu/mic/vitamins/vitamin-B12.

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Iron Pearls

 1. Alnuwaysir RIS, Hoes MF, van Veldhuisen DJ, van der Meer P, Grote Beverborg N. Iron Deficiency in Heart Failure: Mechanisms and Pathophysiology. J Clin Med. 2021 Dec 27;11(1):125. doi: 10.3390/jcm11010125. PMID: 35011874; PMCID: PMC8745653.

2.https://www.eufic.org/en/vitamins-and-minerals/article/iron-foods-functions-how-much-do-you-need-and-more 

3.https://www.maltofer.com.au/iron-deficiency-symptoms/ 

4. National Health and Medical Research Council. (2006). Updated September 2017. Nutrient Reference Values for Australia and New Zealand Including Recommended Dietary Intakes. https://www.nhmrc.gov.au/sites/default/files/images/nutrient-refererence-dietary-intakes.pdf

Vitamin D Pearls

1.Palacios C, Gonzalez L. Is vitamin D deficiency a major global public health problem? J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol. 2014 Oct;144 Pt A:138-45. doi: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2013.11.003. Epub 2013 Nov 12. PMID: 24239505; PMCID: PMC4018438.

2.Sowah D, Fan X, Dennett L, Hagtvedt R, Straube S. Vitamin D levels and deficiency with different occupations: a systematic review. BMC Public Health. 2017 Jun 22;17(1):519. doi: 10.1186/s12889-017-4436-z. PMID: 28637448; PMCID: PMC5480134.

3.Caprio M, Infante M, Calanchini M, Mammi C, Fabbri A. Vitamin D: not just the bone. Evidence for beneficial pleiotropic extraskeletal effects. Eat Weight Disord. 2017 Mar;22(1):27-41. doi: 10.1007/s40519-016-0312-6. Epub 2016 Aug 23. PMID: 27553017.

4.Charoenngam N, Holick MF. Immunologic Effects of Vitamin D on Human Health and Disease. Nutrients. 2020 Jul 15;12(7):2097. doi: 10.3390/nu12072097. PMID: 32679784; PMCID: PMC7400911.

5.Wali S, Alsafadi S, Abaalkhail B, Ramadan I, Abulhamail B, Kousa M, Alshamrani R, Faruqui H, Faruqui A, Alama M, Hamed M. The association between vitamin D level and restless legs syndrome: a population-based case-control study. J Clin Sleep Med. 2018;14(4):557–564.

6.de Oliveira DL, Dokkedal-Silva V, Fernandes GL, Kim LJ, Tufik S, Andersen ML. Sleep duration as an independent factor associated with vitamin D levels in the EPISONO cohort. J Clin Sleep Med. 2021;17(12):2439–2449.

7.McCarty DE; Reddy A; Keigley Q; Kim PY; Marino AA. Vitamin D, race, and excessive daytime sleepiness. J Clin Sleep Med 2012;8(6):693-697.

8.Li X, Liu Y, Zheng Y, Wang P, Zhang Y. The Effect of Vitamin D Supplementation on Glycemic Control in Type 2 Diabetes Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Nutrients. 2018 Mar 19;10(3):375. doi: 10.3390/nu10030375. PMID: 29562681; PMCID: PMC5872793.

9.Vellekkatt F, Menon V. Efficacy of vitamin D supplementation in major depression: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. J Postgrad Med. 2019 Apr-Jun;65(2):74-80. doi: 10.4103/jpgm.JPGM_571_17. PMID: 29943744; PMCID: PMC6515787.

10.Hahn J, Cook NR, Alexander EK, Friedman S, Walter J, Bubes V, Kotler G, Lee IM, Manson JE, Costenbader KH. Vitamin D and marine omega 3 fatty acid supplementation and incident autoimmune disease: VITAL randomized controlled trial. BMJ. 2022 Jan 26;376:e066452. doi: 10.1136/bmj-2021-066452. PMID: 35082139; PMCID:

11.Gominak SC, Stumpf WE. The world epidemic of sleep disorders is linked to vitamin D deficiency. Med Hypotheses. 2012 Aug;79(2):132-5. doi: 10.1016/j.mehy.2012.03.031. Epub 2012 May 13. PMID: 22583560.

12. Lauren E. Johns, Kelly K. Ferguson, John D. Meeker, Relationships Between Urinary Phthalate Metabolite and Bisphenol A Concentrations and Vitamin D Levels in U.S. Adults: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), 2005–2010, The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, Volume 101, Issue 11, 1 November 2016, Pages 4062–4069, https://doi.org/10.1210/jc.2016-2134

13. National Health and Medical Research Council. (2006). Updated September 2017. Nutrient Reference Values for Australia and New Zealand Including Recommended Dietary Intakes. https://www.nhmrc.gov.au/sites/default/files/images/nutrient-refererence-dietary-intakes.pdf

14. Cohen, S. (2011). Drug muggers : which medications are robbing your body of essential nutrients--and natural ways to restore them. Emmaus, Pa.: Rodale.

15. Amos A, Razzaque MS. Zinc and its role in vitamin D function. Curr Res Physiol. 2022 Apr 30;5:203-207. doi: 10.1016/j.crphys.2022.04.001. PMID: 35570853; PMCID: PMC9095729.

Magnesium Pearls

1. Costello R, Rosanoff A, Nielsen F, West C. Perspective: Call for Re-evaluation of the Tolerable Upper Intake Level for Magnesium Supplementation in Adults. Adv Nutr. 2023 Sep;14(5):973-982. doi: 10.1016/j.advnut.2023.06.008. Epub 2023 Jul 22. PMID: 37487817; PMCID: PMC10509448.

2. Ismail AAA, Ismail Y, Ismail AA. Chronic magnesium deficiency and human disease; time for reappraisal? QJM. 2018 Nov 1;111(11):759-763. doi: 10.1093/qjmed/hcx186. PMID: 29036357.

3. Souza ACR, Vasconcelos AR, Dias DD, Komoni G, Name JJ. The Integral Role of Magnesium in Muscle Integrity and Aging: A Comprehensive Review. Nutrients. 2023 Dec 16;15(24):5127. doi: 10.3390/nu15245127. PMID: 38140385; PMCID: PMC10745813.

4. Fiorentini D, Cappadone C, Farruggia G, Prata C. Magnesium: Biochemistry, Nutrition, Detection, and Social Impact of Diseases Linked to Its Deficiency. Nutrients. 2021 Mar 30;13(4):1136. doi: 10.3390/nu13041136. PMID: 33808247; PMCID: PMC8065437.

5. Pickering G, Mazur A, Trousselard M, Bienkowski P, Yaltsewa N, Amessou M, Noah L, Pouteau E. Magnesium Status and Stress: The Vicious Circle Concept Revisited. Nutrients. 2020 Nov 28;12(12):3672. doi: 10.3390/nu12123672. PMID: 33260549; PMCID: PMC7761127.

6. Barbagallo M, Dominguez LJ. Magnesium and type 2 diabetes. World J Diabetes. 2015 Aug 25;6(10):1152-7. doi: 10.4239/wjd.v6.i10.1152. PMID: 26322160; PMCID: PMC4549665

7. Barbagallo M, Dominguez LJ. Magnesium metabolism in type 2 diabetes mellitus, metabolic syndrome and insulin resistance. Arch Biochem Biophys. 2007 Feb 1;458(1):40-7. doi: 10.1016/j.abb.2006.05.007. Epub 2006 Jun 12. PMID: 16808892.

8. https://www.nutritionwithjudy.com/microblog-magnesium-amount-in-foods 

9. https://www.vital.ly/trc/Magnesium/monograph=865/

10. National Health and Medical Research Council. (2006). Updated September 2017. Nutrient Reference Values for Australia and New Zealand Including Recommended Dietary Intakes. https://www.nhmrc.gov.au/sites/default/files/images/nutrient-refererence-dietary-intakes.pdf

11. https://www.vital.ly/blog/Dietary-sources-of-magnesium/post=36/

Copper Pearls

1. https://www.vital.ly/blog/Dietary-sources-of-copper/post=478/