Zinc and colds?

Three years ago, I told my readers about the connection between zinc and colds.   I found the relevant meta-studies and was shocked that the studies made no distinction between the various types of zinc and the outcomes.

So I went directly to the original studies and looked at the specific forms of zinc.  I found that the three studies that used zinc acetate showed stunning reductions in the length of colds.

Then I proceeded to look for appropriate over-the-counter medicine and was duly disappointed. That is what my earlier blog was about.

Now after significant national publicity on the power of zinc acetate to mitigate the common cold.... I still find there is no reliable over-the-counter or online source of zinc acetate.

It is my hope that extensive national publicity will bring an appropriate product to market in the next few months.