Twenty sevel diabetics were added with zinc,and matched with another twenty six patients with conventional methods only. After treatment,concentrations of serum total cholesterol, free cholesterol,triglyceride,low density lipoprotein cholesterol and arteriosclerosis index decreased, high density lipoprotein cholesterol increased,the zinc-supplemented group was much better than that of the conventionally-treated group and showed significant difference. It is suggested that zinc-...