Copper Reduction Questions

March 22, 2011

Hi all,

I am new to this board. A couple months ago, blood testing showed my 3.5 year

old (severe focus/attention issues and sensory-seeker, delayed social, receptive

language, behavior issues) has very high copper levels, and doc was concerned.

Even though his zinc was also fairly high, our DAN instructed us to supplement

with 20 mg of zinc at night. (I am doing our DD hair elements test next week.)

We have been BIG nut eaters, and I've cut that out as well - except my half

non-working brain forgot to take out the organic almond milk we give him at

night in place of regular milk.

I took out the almond milk finally last week, but I have yet to find a rice milk

with NO calcium (since my son drinks it at night, and we are supplementing with

zinc at night). Any advice? DS does not like hemp or coconut milk.

Do I need to reduce copper *before* we can chelate? I know for sure that I

cannot do ALA.

Has anyone had luck with molybdenum? From my reading it seems to be a metal,

which makes me nervous. Is it safe for our children? I have also read milk

thistle to be a great supplement for liver health in high copper kids.

I was supposed to do another blood test 8 weeks after I started the zinc, to see

if the copper has come down. Well, its been 8 weeks, and I'm just now pulling

the almond milk, thanks to my silly mistake. Dont want to poke my son

needlessly, so I'm going to wait another 4-8 weeks or so before the blood test.

Anyone have experience on HOW LONG this takes, using supplements, to reduce

copper?

Thanks for your help.

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