Zinc is an incredibly important mineral for women hoping to conceive, as well as pregnant woman.  It is critical to healthy immune systems, growth and brain function. For example, zinc is needed for normal egg production in the ovaries and for your body to produce and use the reproductive hormones oestrogen and progesterone. In other words the growth and development of the embryo depends on zinc.

Zinc is equally important for men as it is found in high concentrations in sperm and it has been shown that reducing zinc in a man’s diet actually reduces his sperm count.

In pregnancy, zinc is needed for

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