Metagenics Zinlori 75 - 60 Tabs

Cautions & Warnings: Consult a healthcare practitioner prior to use if you are pregnant or breastfeeding or if you have high triglyceride levels, alkaline phosphatase levels, or if you are anemic. Stomach discomfort, constipation, or abdominal discomfort may occur. Zinc supplementation can cause a copper deficiency. Consult a healthcare practitioner for use beyond 3 months.

WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM ZINLORI 75 BY METAGENICS:

• Relieves gastric discomforts such as occasional heartburn and indigestion, upset stomach, mild nausea, bloating, belching, and burping.


• Promotes a healthy gastric bacterial balance.


• Provides antioxidant protection for gastric mucosal cells.


• Helps maintain the integrity of the protective gastric mucosal lining by supporting healthy mucus secretion.


• Some research indicates that zinc-carnosine may protect gastric mucosal cells without altering prostaglandin metabolism.


• Gastro-supportive benefits demonstrated in over 20 published studies.


• Same raw material used successfully by healthcare practitioners in Japan since 1994.


• Clinically effective dosage in just two tablets.

GASTROESPHOGEAL REFLUX - G.E.R.D.

Extremely annoying and downright painful, gastroesphogeal reflux can cause severe heartburn symptoms daily and can eventually lead to cell growths. It's important to treat this illness with the right foods, supplements and conventional treatments...

Although the name of this disease sounds complex, think of GERD as chronic heartburn. Heartburn is caused by a back up of stomach acid into the esophagus. The tissues here are sensitive to the acid and become irritated causing burning and pain behind the breastbone.

GERD is characterized by chronic heartburn, damaged esophogeal lining, scarring and eventually cell change. The cause is a weakness of the sphincter that closes off the top of the stomach from the esophagus, allowing a "reflux" of acid. GERD can be triggered by hiatal hernias, consumption of irritating foods, ulcers, stress, allergies, and digestive enzyme deficiencies.

Slow stomach acid can also be a cause of GERD. With a stomach acid deficiency, there is not enough acid to signal a closing of the gastroesophageal sphincter (as would happen with normal acid levels) and the sphincter stays open, again making the more sensitive mucosal membrance of the esophagus susceptible to damage from the small amount of acid that is present and able to splash up (known as esophagitis). If this process is happening, either due to to much or too little stomach acid, chronically, it is known as GERD.

Some common symptoms of GERD include chest pain that is worse lying down, coughing, wheezing, asthma and sore throat, difficulty swallowing, heartburn, regurgitating food and a sour taste in the mouth. The damage to the mucosal membrane of the esophagus is more than simply uncomfortable. It can lead to narrowing of the esophagus, esophageal ulcers, and Barrett's Esophagitis. The latter is highly associated with a form of esophageal cell growths called adenocarcinoma. When left untreated, the irritated esophageal cells can mutate into these cell growths, making it imperative that individuals seek treatment if they have been dealing with a chronic problem.

DGL, or deglycyrrhizinated licorice, is an herb that helps to soothe and coat the mucous membranes of the entire gastrointestinal tract, protecting it from acid. Digestive enzymes, as well as probiotics can be used to help improve digestion as a whole, often compromised by both high or low acid levels.

Several studies have shown a strong correlation between body weight and symptoms of GERD. If you are overweight, consider weight loss as an effective way to eliminate symptoms of GERD and prevent the dangerous complications associated with it.

Symptoms of GERD are noticeable after a meal. Heartburn occurs along with a reflux of stomach fluid into the throat. Lying down after a meal makes the symptoms worse.

Conventional treatment of GERD involves symptomatic treatment. Prolonged use of antacids can cause mineral imbalances because they contain large amounts of sodium, aluminum, calcium and magnesium. Excess sodium can worsen hypertension and aluminum has been connected to Alzheimer's disease.