The case for zinc as part of COVID-19 response efforts

Nutrition is essential to fight disease. Sanku & Semilla Nueva offer a series on nutrients and their role in optimal health and immunity for COVID-19 response. In the first issue, we explore zinc’s promising potential in prevention and mitigation.

Meet the Life-savers: Nutrient Series

8 min readApr 16, 2020

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Tortillas are the staple of every meal in rural Guatemala — accounting for nearly 50% of the diet. Here, the entire family is ready to enjoy biofortified tortillas with higher zinc, iron, and quality protein content — nutrients key for fighting disease in the face of a pandemic.

Meet the Life-savers: Nutrient Series

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Nutrition is essential to fight disease. Sanku & Semilla Nueva offer a series on nutrients and their role in optimal health and immunity for COVID-19 response.

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