Zinc Supplements – Any Benefit in Diabetes?

Zinc is a divalent cation mainly present intracellularly and exerts several indispensible effect therefore maintaining zinc homeostasis is essential. Zinc has a pivotal role in the insulin production, storage and pathways and in carbohydrate metabolism. Plays also an important function in the development of diabetes mellitus and diabetic complications as well. Based on preclinical and clinical studies here we present the most important contributions of zinc to diabetic state and briefly demonstrate why zinc supplementation is beneficial for diabetic patients.