date:Jul 26, 2012
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To reach these conclusions, researchers gave twenty males aged between 11 and 14 a menu parallel to Mediterranean diet.
The menu contained high contents of fish, legumes, cereals, fruits and veg and lower amounts of meat. Participants were told to eat foods from this menu for a 28-day period.
Researchers measured zinc levels through participants faeces and urine by flame atomic absorption spectrophotometry. Zinc status biomarkers were also analysed.
They concluded that zinc levels from