Q – Does zinc’d cure Covid?

A – No, zinc’d is not a medicine and does not prevent, cure or treat any illness or disease including Covid-19.

Q – How much should I take?

A – The dosage of the product has been designed so that everyone can benefit by taking:

• 1 capsule per day – If you are relatively healthy or not at risk of poor outcome from COVID-19
• 2 capsules per day if you are at risk, see the size guide when you order

Double dosage in times of high demand, either if you are becoming ill or are taking more risk.  See the size guide on each product page when choosing your options.

Q – What size pack should I buy?

A – We have come up with a system where those who are relatively healthy only need one capsule per day, so 30 capsules per month.  Whilst those who are more at risk need 2 capsules per day, so 60 capsules per month.  That’s why zinc’d comes in 2 pack sizes: 30 capsules and 60 capsules.  Again, see the size guide on each product page when choosing your options.

Q – Do I need to take more capsules if I start feeling ill?

A- If your body is under attack and you feel ill or you are coming down with something.  Act quickly and double your dosage.  Your body will use up the ingredients at a much faster rate if you are becoming sick or unwell.

Q – What does one capsule of zinc’d contain?

A – A single capsule contains the following active ingredients:

• zinc – at 12.5mg per capsule, is sufficient to top up your body’s immune system on a daily basis.
• vitamin C – at 550mg per capsule.  Humans don’t make our own vitamin C nor do we store it. It is a major anti-oxidant and fights off infection and free radicals. So it is an essential vitamin that we must get from diet or supplementation.
• vitamin D – at 10 micrograms per capsule. The Government recommends 10 micrograms daily for everyone over the winter and 20 micrograms for the elderly or non-mobile.

 

Q – Is taking 2 or more capsules needed?

A –  if you are at high risk which see the size guide when ordering.  Here is detail on each ingredient:

• zinc – at 25mg per 2 capsules for those people at risk, you are maximising your requirement.  Any more than this on a long term basis and you run the risk of becoming anaemic.  However, on a short term basis up to 50 mg is within safety levels.
• vitamin C – 1100mg in two capsules may result in sensitive individuals getting tummy groans and aches. However, most of us will be ok.  Taking higher doses is safe because you excrete any surplus that your body doesn’t need or use.
• vitamin D –  the Government recommends  20 micrograms per day for the elderly which is contained in 2 capsules.

Doubling the dosage or even quadrupling (if taking only one capsule per day) in times of extra demand e.g. becoming ill, is a good idea since your body will use up much more nutrients in times of extra stress.

Q – What amount should I take if I’m already using other supplements?

A – If you are already taking some sense* products, we have always followed a simple rule and the same applies now. Because all the sense* products are powerful supplements with lots of nutrition, you shouldn’t take more than 3 dosages on a daily basis.

As far as zinc’d is concerned, your dose is dependant on your category, either at risk or not at risk. So if you are already taking 2 doses of other sense* products, either 2 x serving of one product or 1 x serving of 2 products, then you are allowed to take your suggested dose of zinc’d.

Q – Why are zinc’d products best on subscription or bulk buy?

A – We decided early on that zinc’d was going to be a subscription product.  In order to have the maximum impact across the population it is necessary to take these ingredients on a daily basis.  And if you forget, just double your dosage for a couple of days, it will only do you good.

However, we recognise that some people want either to have a decent supply in their cupboards or simply to grab a bargain.  So we have arranged for both the 30 capsule pack (one capsule a day – if not at risk) and the 60 capsule pack (two capsules per day – if at risk)  to be available as a bulk buy of 6 months(6 packs) or 12 months(12 packs).

Q – Which Keyworker charities will get the benefit of profits from zinc’d?

A – We have not yet fully decided on the keyworker charities to donate to. Sadly, there don’t seem to be a lot of options so we may have to set one up ourselves.  Watch this space!

Q – What amount of profit will be donated?

A – We will be donating all gross profit less direct overheads and expenses from the sale of zinc’d. This amount will vary based on the particular zinc’d product sold but can be estimated as being between £Nil –  £14.00 (based on production costs at launch).

Direct Overheads are all overheads or expenses or costs associated with the sale of  the sense* product known as zinc’d such as but not limited to advertising or marketing or personnel and includes:

• any amount agreed for sense* to develop the logo, brand identity and fundraising plan on behalf of any not for profit entity seeking grants from sense*
• any amount added back by HMRC as a benefit which reduces corporation tax relief including but not limited to use of charity logos, identity or other deemed benefits

Q – Who will be included as keyworkers and eligible for grants?

A – We have used a definition for keyworkers originally produced by the Cabinet Office.  We want everyone to benefit from the lowest paid to the top consultants.

Q – Why does sense want to benefit individual keyworkers?

A – Individual keyworkers seem to have got a raw deal.  Lots of clapping (for a while) and lots of donations to NHS charities.

But donations to NHS charities don’t reach individual keyworkers or their families, they go to the NHS institutions.  If we were being cynical these donations simply end up in Government coffers.

So there is a need to put this right, wouldn’t you agree?

Q – How to help protect ourselves against illness?

A – Viruses and humans come into contact every day. For the most part they are harmless or dealt with by our immune system. But they can have varying impacts on us and from the time we are born we build immunity to many of them through contact in our daily lives.

As we age, or compromise our immune system through diet and lifestyle or lack of mobility, our reaction to viruses becomes weaker.

We can under respond, or in some cases reported for COVID-19, we can over respond resulting in cytokine or bradykinin storms. An over response means that our immune cells continue to attack our good cells even if the bug or virus has been dealt with.

These cytokine or bradykinin storms can be as deadly as the virus itself. A balanced immune system, working normally has a better chance of reacting in a more positive way.

Q – What do we know about Coronavirus?

A – We know this is a new virus that has crossed the animal to human barrier. It attacks the organs of the body, predominantly the lungs but has also been seen to attack other organs.

What is also becoming more apparent is that the after affects of COVID-19 can be debilitating. Long COVID, as it has become known, is now a serious threat to long term health in many people.

Being ‘new’ to humans, we have no acquired immunity so everyone is at risk of infection. Without a vaccine, it is likely a large proportion of the population will get it in some form or another.

With only a few treatments against the infection, it comes down to each individual’s own immune response to determine how badly a person is affected. How do you personally try to improve the performance of your own immune system?

Q – Who is most at risk from COVID-19 & Why?

A – Data suggests that the most likely people to suffer the most severe reactions are the elderly, the overweight or diabetic or those people suffering with existing heart conditions or who have been immune compromised by cancer treatments such as chemotherapy or radiation.

In addition, through poor dietary choices or living in deprived areas, many of the poorest in society have had bad outcomes.

Through no fault of their own, members of the BAME community have also been badly affected. Potentially, as a result of any one of the above reasons. But in addition, there could be a direct link to the fact that members of the BAME community do not make as much vitamin D as other groups.

All these diverse groups of people can be described as having a weakened or compromised immune system.

This would suggest that the key to achieving a good outcome should a person get coronavirus, or any other virus or bug is optimizing and maintaining a healthy immune system.