Is zinc-containing nasal gel helpful, harmful, or just a waste of money?
Zinc Gel for Colds?
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New game. Good, bad, or useless? Helpful, harmful, or just a waste of money?
First up: zinc-containing nasal gel as a cold remedy. It’s unclear whether oral zinc supplements help with a cold—but what about squirting zinc up your nose? Good, bad, or just snake oil?
Bad. More than 100 reports of people losing their sense of smell, some permanently—forever.
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Below is an approximation of this video’s audio content. To see any graphs, charts, graphics, images, and quotes to which Dr. Greger may be referring, watch the above video.
New game. Good, bad, or useless? Helpful, harmful, or just a waste of money?
First up: zinc-containing nasal gel as a cold remedy. It’s unclear whether oral zinc supplements help with a cold—but what about squirting zinc up your nose? Good, bad, or just snake oil?
Bad. More than 100 reports of people losing their sense of smell, some permanently—forever.
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Zinc Gel for Colds?
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