Zinc
Sample: Serum
Schedule: Daily
Units: ug/dL
Range: Adults: 49 - 89 Children: 44 - 82
Remarks: Low serum zinc values may indicate nutritional inadequacy specially in enteral or parenteral nutrition or malnutrition in chlidren and teenagers.
The best sources of zinc include beef, lamb, pork, crabmeat, turkey, chicken, lobster, clams and salmon. Good zinc food sources aside from meats are dairy products such as milk and cheese, yeast, peanuts, beans, and wholegrain cereals, brown rice, whole wheat bread, potato and yogurt. Of all these vegetarian zinc foods, pumpkin seeds offer one of the most concentrated non-meat food sources of zinc.
