Re: copper/zinc

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> , how much zinc are you taking each day with your 2 mg

copper? I am just curious. And are you taking them apart from each other?

I take 1 mg copper with breakfast and with dinner. I take 25 mg

zinc with at least 2 meals, sometimes 3. I take more zinc if I

feel I am coming down with something, or if I actually get sick.

My practitioner recommended the 2 mg copper dosage - I started

that back in February and did not take any before that.

My RBC levels early in chelation indicated zinc was high normal and

copper was low. Since then both my copper and my zinc levels have

gone down quite noticeably.

I do suggest working on the malabsorption indicated by the all low

test because that is very likely to contribute to imbalance or

deficiency. I did not work on this very hard at first - only took

digestive enzymes and ascorbic acid, which did not help. Now I am

taking betaine HCL, but haven't done any testing yet to see if

mineral levels have improved.

When mineral transport is deranged, hair levels of copper and zinc

are not reliable unless very low or very high (red). In copper

deficiency, all testing for copper will be low (hair, urine, RBC,

and serum). (HTI p. 115-117)

> The more I am reading, the more I am thinking that my copper levels

might be low. I think the high levels of zinc and vit. C for the past

several months haven't helped.

Look at symptoms of copper deficiency and excess. Also look at

symptoms of zinc deficiency and excess.

Copper excess is very similar to mercury toxicity - the main

distinction is copper toxicity causes bigger PMS issues for

women. If you have PMS, think copper.

> I had my daughter blind muscle test me (still not sure about all

this muscle testing, or if we are even doing it correctly), but I

consistently tested weak for zinc and vit. C.

Muscle testing weak can mean you are not absorbing or using these

well. Did you test weak or strong to copper? (Do it double-blind.)

> I am going to cut down on my zinc supplement, until I can talk with

my MD on the 14th.

Well - try it and see. Unless it makes a dramatic difference, I

would not stay off it for long, since it is an important supplement.

Since you have been taking it for awhile, it may not be as essential

now as it will be when you start chelating.

> I also seem to eat a diet low in copper. I rarely eat legumes and

not much grains (gluten free and dairy free too). I do eat chocolate

here and there, but not like I used to.

Nuts, potatoes, mushrooms, shellfish, liver, soy foods, avocado,

asparagus, tea/coffee? I am sure that is not a complete list.

> Oh, and I think my fatigue was due to needing an increase in Armour.

It has been 2 weeks since my last increase. I increased this morning

and already feel better.

That's good!

With an all-low hair test, you might want to look at a multi-min

supplement (such as Biotics Multi-Mins or VRP Advanced Essential

Minerals).

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