Re: Interesting Zinc Information

[Guest guest]

Very interesting. Thank you for sharing.I had never heard of this before, so I thought I would share.My son just had a bunch of bloodwork done. Included was a serum zinc level and an RBC Elements test. The serum zinc is at a normal level (high normal, even), but his red blood cell zinc is deficient. So he is getting enough zinc, but it isn't going into his red blood cells. His doctor is putting him on MTP because one of the things it does is help get zinc into the blood cells.I'm wondering if this might be why we haven't seen some of the reported benefits of zinc supplementation. If it isn't getting into his red blood cells, then it isn't getting into other cells and is just taking a ride in his serum, right? :)Anyway, I didn't know if this might be helpful for someone who has been supplementing zinc but not seeing the expected results from it.

[Guest guest]

Very interesting. Thank you for sharing.I had never heard of this before, so I thought I would share.My son just had a bunch of bloodwork done. Included was a serum zinc level and an RBC Elements test. The serum zinc is at a normal level (high normal, even), but his red blood cell zinc is deficient. So he is getting enough zinc, but it isn't going into his red blood cells. His doctor is putting him on MTP because one of the things it does is help get zinc into the blood cells.I'm wondering if this might be why we haven't seen some of the reported benefits of zinc supplementation. If it isn't getting into his red blood cells, then it isn't getting into other cells and is just taking a ride in his serum, right? :)Anyway, I didn't know if this might be helpful for someone who has been supplementing zinc but not seeing the expected results from it.

[Guest guest]

What is MTP? That is interesting. I haven't seen much in the way of results from zinc. Maybe that's why. I know my one daughter has issues with using b12 (it just hangs out outside the cells).- Kirk-To: mb12 valtrex From: cathcall@...Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2011 21:38:30 +0000Subject: Interesting Zinc Information

I had never heard of this before, so I thought I would share.

My son just had a bunch of bloodwork done. Included was a serum zinc level and an RBC Elements test. The serum zinc is at a normal level (high normal, even), but his red blood cell zinc is deficient. So he is getting enough zinc, but it isn't going into his red blood cells. His doctor is putting him on MTP because one of the things it does is help get zinc into the blood cells.

I'm wondering if this might be why we haven't seen some of the reported benefits of zinc supplementation. If it isn't getting into his red blood cells, then it isn't getting into other cells and is just taking a ride in his serum, right?

Anyway, I didn't know if this might be helpful for someone who has been supplementing zinc but not seeing the expected results from it.

[Guest guest]

What is MTP? That is interesting. I haven't seen much in the way of results from zinc. Maybe that's why. I know my one daughter has issues with using b12 (it just hangs out outside the cells).- Kirk-To: mb12 valtrex From: cathcall@...Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2011 21:38:30 +0000Subject: Interesting Zinc Information

I had never heard of this before, so I thought I would share.

My son just had a bunch of bloodwork done. Included was a serum zinc level and an RBC Elements test. The serum zinc is at a normal level (high normal, even), but his red blood cell zinc is deficient. So he is getting enough zinc, but it isn't going into his red blood cells. His doctor is putting him on MTP because one of the things it does is help get zinc into the blood cells.

I'm wondering if this might be why we haven't seen some of the reported benefits of zinc supplementation. If it isn't getting into his red blood cells, then it isn't getting into other cells and is just taking a ride in his serum, right?

Anyway, I didn't know if this might be helpful for someone who has been supplementing zinc but not seeing the expected results from it.

[Guest guest]

What is MTP? That is interesting. I haven't seen much in the way of results from zinc. Maybe that's why. I know my one daughter has issues with using b12 (it just hangs out outside the cells).- Kirk-To: mb12 valtrex From: cathcall@...Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2011 21:38:30 +0000Subject: Interesting Zinc Information

I had never heard of this before, so I thought I would share.

My son just had a bunch of bloodwork done. Included was a serum zinc level and an RBC Elements test. The serum zinc is at a normal level (high normal, even), but his red blood cell zinc is deficient. So he is getting enough zinc, but it isn't going into his red blood cells. His doctor is putting him on MTP because one of the things it does is help get zinc into the blood cells.

I'm wondering if this might be why we haven't seen some of the reported benefits of zinc supplementation. If it isn't getting into his red blood cells, then it isn't getting into other cells and is just taking a ride in his serum, right?

Anyway, I didn't know if this might be helpful for someone who has been supplementing zinc but not seeing the expected results from it.

[Guest guest]

Good question! Haha. My doc told me the long name, but I didn't write it down

and then he just referred to it as MTP. I can let you know after it arrives. I

do know that it is a protein - not an amino acid, but an actual protein. He

wants us to give one capsule every other night at bedtime. It can be given with

food, but not with food containing protein. So I can't give it with his bedtime

yogurt and will have to wait 30 minutes after snack to give it.

Like probably everyone else here, I am really proficient at Google, but I

couldn't find anything on MTP from my first cursory Google search. I will

search again when I have more time.

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from zinc. Maybe that's why. I know my one daughter has issues with using b12

(it just hangs out outside the cells).

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> Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2011 21:38:30 +0000

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> My son just had a bunch of bloodwork done. Included was a serum zinc level and

an RBC Elements test. The serum zinc is at a normal level (high normal, even),

but his red blood cell zinc is deficient. So he is getting enough zinc, but it

isn't going into his red blood cells. His doctor is putting him on MTP because

one of the things it does is help get zinc into the blood cells.

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> I'm wondering if this might be why we haven't seen some of the reported

benefits of zinc supplementation. If it isn't getting into his red blood cells,

then it isn't getting into other cells and is just taking a ride in his serum,

right?

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> Anyway, I didn't know if this might be helpful for someone who has been

supplementing zinc but not seeing the expected results from it.

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