Talk:Appetite stimulant

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I just thought I'd post this here as I thought it was hilarious: click here, and compare to here. Look familiar? :-P (note that the book was published after this article written; hence, they plagiarized us, not the other way around) el3ctr0nika (Talk | Contribs) 11:50, 27 May 2012 (UTC)

Zinc

User:Walidou47 Were does this ref say

• "Zinc supplementation"

Yes zinc deficiency causes lose of appetite. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK547698/

Can you quote the exact text that says it increases appetite? Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 17:56, 7 April 2020 (UTC)

The Oxford ref says "However, in human populations characterized as zinc deficient, such as the Middle Eastern populations characterized by Prasad et al. (1963) and populations of American children identified by Hambidge et al. (1972), a correlation has been established among zinc status, growth and appetite. It has been suggested that zinc deficiency contributes to the symptoms of AN. Many of the features of zinc deficiency are observed in AN patients, including the anorexia, poor growth or weight loss, skin abnormalities, amenorrhea and depression. The use of zinc supplementation in the treatment of AN was advocated by Bakan (1979, 1984). Clinical studies indicated that approximately half of all AN patients tested are zinc deficient (Casper et al. 1980, Humphries et al. 1989, Nishi 1980) and that absorption of dietary zinc is diminished during AN (Dinsmore et al. 1985). The dietary (Bakan et al. 1993) and activity (Casper et al. 1991) patterns of AN patients may increase their susceptibility to zinc deficiency. During recovery from AN, sufficient zinc must be available to support growth if normal body weight is to be restored. In open trials, zinc supplementation has been shown to improve weight gain in AN patients (Bryce-Smith and Simpson 1984, Esca et al. 1979, Humphries et al. 1990, Safai-Kutti 1990, Yamaguchi et al. 1992). In a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, a daily supplement of 14 mg zinc from zinc gluconate was found to double the rate of body mass increase (P < 0.03) compared with patients receiving the placebo control (Birmingham et al. 1994)."

Basically it says it helps people with AN gain weight but not that it necessarily increases appetite... Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 18:08, 7 April 2020 (UTC)

Hi User:Doc James we could at least say, that it is an appetite stimulant for people with AN or zinc deficiency (which is btw a lot of people). I will need to re-read the refs to see if there is more to it. ThanksWalidou47 (talk) 19:51, 10 April 2020 (UTC)

Plus this seems to indicate that it may work not necessarily only on zinc deficient people: "A meta-analysis that included 33 prospective intervention trials for zinc supplementation and its effects on the growth of children across many countries demonstrated that zinc supplementation alone had a statistically significant effect on linear growth and body weight gain. This finding indicates that other potentially present deficiencies were not responsible for growth retardation."Walidou47 (talk) 21:56, 10 April 2020 (UTC)

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