Zinc concentration in the soil of some area in Hoogly is less than
normal. Flax seed crop was grown in Zn deficient soil of acid lateritic
type. The oil extracted from the oil seed obtained from soil fortified
with Zn contained higher level of Zn and was fed to persons for judging
their biochemical changes with respect to fasting blood sugar (FBS),
total cholesterol (TLC), HDL cholesterol (HDLC), LDL cholesterol
(LDLC), and triglyceride (TG). The results revealed that feeding flax
oil to the volunteers for a period of four years brought considerable
changes in lowering down the levels of TLC, LDLC, TG and FBS. However,
flax oil with more zinc content has shown more reductions in FBS and
LDLC levels. The study tries to find out the relationship between zinc
concentration in oil and incidence of non-insulin dependent diabetes
mellitus