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COPPER TOXICITY SYNDROME

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I don't know what to think about this article, it's very strange. All the way through it I kept thinking 'oh! I have copper toxicity!' 'oh no, I have a copper deficiency!' 'Oh, well, perhaps it's a toxicity after all...' Love to know what you all think about it.

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Jazzw

I read about this a while ago and came to the conclusion that copper toxicity is actually zinc deficiency and copper deficiency is zinc overload - the two minerals need to be in balance.

Can't remember it was where I read it, mind... :) I'll see if I can find it again.

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Jazzw in reply toJazzw

It might have been this one: progressivehealth.com/thyro...

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greygoose in reply toJazzw

I think you're right. In which case, I have copper toxicity!

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helbell

I found some statements rather odd. Especially the true reason behind choosing not to eat meat. I didn't know it was high copper driving my dislike of animal slaughter. I mean, I am into metaphysics but that just pushed it over the edge for me. Anyway, if he's right...then I am a high copper personality! But cooked cruciferous veg make me very windy and I thought that was excess Yang!

Interesting to note the high copper plant based diet not being moderated by zinc through lack of animal foods. I understood it better from here: westonaprice.org/modern-dis...

Thanks, anyway. All new to me.

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greygoose in reply tohelbell

Me too! Thanks for the link, I'll have a read later. x

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Barb1949

So, if I understand this article, whatever your symptoms it is due to a lack/excess of copper.

I actually found myself laughing at the article as I must also be overloaded/deficient. I find it extremely difficult to take most of it seriously.

I do wonder what he would make of a hair sample from myself and many others I know who regularly colour our hair. Since I colour my grey back to the original red/ginger I wouldn't be at all surprised to find copper in the ingredients. Bet that would make the results interesting. :-)

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greygoose in reply toBarb1949

I just read it with my mouth hanging open in Wonder, and the words 'what the hell...' forming at the back of my throat. I especially liked the bit where he explains homosexuality by high - or was it low? - zinc. I'd love to put that to the test!

So, does colouring your hair change the chemistry of that hair? I gave that up years ago, fighting a losing battle!

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Clutter

So me turning vegetarian temporarily to irritate my parents was due to copper toxicity, deficiency or something :-D Surprised he didn't include a horoscope guide to likely copper toxic/deficient types.

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greygoose in reply toClutter

I bet he never thought of that! lol I turned veggie when I moved in with a veggie and didn't want to cram his food with lamb chops and pork pies. I thought that would be discourtious. Yes, I know, we sometimes do things for stupid reasons! But, truth to tell, I was slowly going off it, and was reluctant to go back to eating it when I moved out. Really buggered up my health though! Now I eat very little meat, but for humanitarian reasons. But I think my copper level must vary hour by hour, according to his list of symptoms! lol

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Clutter in reply togreygoose

GG, I've never been a big meat eater, a slice or small portion with 10 veg is my preferred way and meat once a day has always been enough for me. I'm a beast for potatoes though.

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greygoose in reply toClutter

Yes, we got that impression! lol To be honest, I couldn't tell you what I eat. If asked, I go blank. Shopping is a nightmare! What to eat??? But I just had a sausage sandwich (two sausages) with iceburg lettuce, with walnut oïl and violette-flavoured vinager dressing. And I'm struggling to finish it! (Just gave up!) That's the first meat I've had in... a week? (If you can call sausages 'meat'.) Don't remember. Got to force myself to eat it sometimes though, because when I went veggie, I got very, very ill. (Didn't know anything about vits and mins in those days!) But had fish twice this week.

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Barb1949

Perhaps this article is an experiment to see how many people actually believe it all. Or, indeed, any of it.

I have read it again and I begin to wonder if this 'Dr' had a dream, or maybe had time on his hands one afternoon and got bored.

As for his homosexuality theory, I suppose he also thinks he has a cure for the 'condition'. :-)

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greygoose in reply toBarb1949

lol I'm sure they'll be thrilled!

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Ironically, it was anther Wilson, Samuel Alexander Kinnier Wilson (1878–1937), after whom Wilson's disease of excess copper accumulation was named:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilso...

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greygoose in reply tohelvella

Perhaps he wrote it out of copper-envie. Or maybe they're related, and it's familial copper obsession.

I find that eye very attractive. Pity it means the person's not well.

So, Rod, what do you think about the article?

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helvellaAdministrator in reply togreygoose

Well, I find it confusing - and really can't be bothered to spend too much time trying to get to grips with it. :-)

As with so many things, copper levels are important but I feel that trying to work through the elements more or less one at a time is an impossible task.

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greygoose in reply tohelvella

Thank you. I'm glad you found it confusing, too! :)

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