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		aznumeric on April 13, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Some doctors moving away from ventilators for viru... I was under the impression that meat eaters generally aren't deficient in Zinc. What do you think ?

podgaj on April 13, 2020 [–]

I know a tin of oysters has over 250mg of zinc so there is that.

But yes, more zinc in meat for sure, and phytic acid will play a role reducing absorption, but deficiency could depend on genetics a lot as well.

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