Karen Meadows Health Sciences Instructor Corbin ATC Wofford Satellite Email: Karen'Meadowsky'gov

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KY Tech Beauty Tip
Zinc and the Common Cold
Summer will be here before you know it and
everyone knows that the "summer" cold seems to be
worse than a cold at any other time of the year.
If you agree, try adding Zinc to your daily
diet. The use of zinc lozenges to treat the
common cold was first considered by George Eby,
the inventor of Eby'sTM ColdCure Zinc Acetate
Lozenges, who found that treatment with a zinc
gluconate lozenge shortened the duration of
common cold symptoms. The original positive
finding by Eby was followed by a series of
clinical trials on zinc lozenges of various
formulations and containing different amounts of
free zinc. Recent research indicates that
early treatment of the common cold with zinc
lozenges may shorten the duration of common cold
symptoms by several days.  The difference between
clinical trials may be related to different
formulations of zinc lozenge. For more
information about zinc lozenges combating the
common cold, visit http//www.hbci.com/wenonah/ne
w/zinccold.htm. This site provides information
about the one hundred employees at the Cleveland
Clinic who took part in a clinical trial to
determine whether zinc lozenges helped shorten
the common cold.
Health Tip 62March 27, 2006
Karen MeadowsHealth Sciences Instructor Corbin
ATC Wofford SatelliteE-mail
Karen.Meadows_at_ky.gov