Should you supplement with copper? Supplementing copper may be dangerous.

Copper is a very important essential trace mineral, but like anything, too much can be deadly, especially when we understand that copper is the most electrical nutrient mineral in human physiology.

This is why caution should apply when we supplement with copper because it has the potential, through the Fenton Harber Weiss chemistry, to produce hydroxyl radicals that will destroy the cells at an alarming clip; that is no joke!

For example, in the mid-late 1800s, in a small Indian village they heated their milk in copper utensils and fed it to their young children.

As a result, the copper was bound to the albumin from the milk as it was warmed.

This copper albumin complex went straight to the liver, destroying the cells.

This was diagnosed as ICC, which is referred to as Indian Childhood Cirrhosis, which is a disease confined to children and characterized by extremely high liver copper resulting in Hepatic copper toxicosis and abnormalities in the liver.

It is almost always fatal due to liver failure.

This disease was treated and prevented by early de-coppering therapy.

These children may have had some variable inherited genetic mutations in the copper metabolism, predisposing them to this copper overload with fatal results.

However, they did not have Wilson disease or Menkes disease, but their liver was overburdened with excess copper that could not be adequately eliminated, resulting in the copper destroying the liver.

Today, we see children with a predominance of fatty livers, as copper is primarily regulated in the liver.

Copper, as well as the fructose, chemicals, and an assortment of metals are resulting in fatty livers.

Copper is the most dysregulated mineral in the mineral grid.

Copper toxicity is one of the most prevalent disorders in the world.

Typically, we see low zinc and high copper, which is witnessed in almost every autistic child that we profile.

Why is there so much copper?

Primarily because of the xenoestrogens, i.e., the fake estrogen, such as the hormone pills, and the atrazine, and the many chemicals that mimic estrogen.

So when you add up the age-related estrogens, the phytoestrogens from foods, plus the xeno estrogens, the result is that it keeps the total estrogens high.

As a result, high estrogen causes copper retention.

Then, throw in the copper piping, and indiscriminate use of copper sulfate as a pesticide.

Furthermore, the body releases copper through the biliary system, and everyone is walking around with fatty livers with the inability to excrete the copper.

How to balance your copper levels

Balancing your copper levels start with hair tissue mineral analysis (HTMA) to gain insight into where you currently are at by getting a snapshot of your mineral matrix.

Contact us to learn about our custom care plans and how HTMA can help you with the dosing of the minerals and vitamins you need.