Zinc picolinate and copper bisglycinate are highly absorbable forms of essential minerals needed for the immune system, maintaining energy levels in the body, and to support healthy and vibrant skin, hair, and nails.

Zinc is necessary to maintain the body’s defense system while supporting healthy immune function, protein synthesis, and energy metabolism. Zinc also plays an important role in prostate and reproductive health. Copper is needed to form red blood cells and transferrin, the protein responsible for maintaining iron transportation in the blood. Both zinc and copper are required to produce and repair connective tissue, which supports healthy skin, hair, nails, and bones.

Zinc and copper are vital for hundreds of enzyme reactions and a proper balance of zinc and copper is important, as over supplementation in either mineral can cause a deficiency in the other. Deficiency in either zinc or copper can cause numerous pathophysiological conditions including decreased levels of the enzyme superoxide dismutase (SOD), which provides antioxidant protection in red blood cells (RBC). Deficiency in zinc can lead to impaired immune function with increased susceptibility to infections and reoccurring colds and flu, slow wound healing, chronic inflammation, loss in taste and smell, acne, infertility, loss of appetite, delayed growth, hair loss, thinning fingernails that develop white spots, and mood disorders.