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@pinkpam

I hear a lot about zinc for virus protection - is this good/bad for kidney patients? i do take a one a day multi-vitamin - Thanks 🙂

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Zinc, like vitamin C, echinacea, and similar immune system booster herbal and vitamin products are typically not recommended for transplant recipients, as it may cause our bodies to reject our organ.

I’d definitely recommend that you speak with your transplant team to see what they say.

I try to eat daily amounts of the recommended diversity of vegetable and fruits in order to get plenty of natural zinc and other minerals, vitamins, etc. and, also plenty of good proteins and good carbohydrates like brown rice, quinoa, etc.