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May I ask why you'd want to know about zinc, C, B6, magnesium specifically?


Probably for their contributions to the immune system.


Do these actually contribute to the immune system at a significantly higher level than any other nutrient/micronutrient, or is this just a repetition of what appears in advertising, whose purpose is profit rather than facts?


If you're using significantly in the statistical sense I can't answer without doing a deep dive, but from my reading of (admittedly) mouse models, it's more difficult to induce diseases unless a zinc deficiency is created first.




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