How To Take Copper: Benefits, Dose & Side Effects
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Published 2022-12-20
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Copper is very important trace minerals in the body. Unfortunately, issues with copper metabolism are very common today and can lead to wide-ranging problems that often go unnoticed until it's too late. In fact, I would go so far as to say copper is the most misunderstood mineral out there. So in this video, I want to talk about what exactly copper is, its roles in the body and how to get enough of it, which means we will talk about copper supplementation at the end of this video.
Let’s start by discussing what copper is and why we need it.
Copper is an essential dietary mineral, meaning we need to get it from food and cannot produce it ourselves. Unlike the macro minerals, for example magnesium or calcium, which the body needs a lot of every day, copper is a trace mineral, meaning the body needs only a fairly small amount of it. The RDA for adult men and women is about 900 μg/day. Unfortunately, most people regularly consume much more than this leading to copper overload, which I will talk about later in the video.
First, let’s discuss the roles of copper in the body. The most important ones are:
Energy metabolism:
Copper is crucial for our body’s energy proaction because without it iron cannot be loaded onto carrier proteins for transport through the body. And as you probably know, without iron your body’s energy system basically breaks down. Even though most specialists check for iron deficiency, what many of them don’t know is that iron needs copper at every stage of its metabolism, otherwise the iron gets stuck and causes oxidative stress. So often times symptoms related to iron are really caused by a disfunction of copper in the body.
Connective tissue:
Copper is also required for linking collagen and elastin, which are proteins that provide resilience and elasticity to tissue. That means through these proteins copper indirectly helps maintain the integrity of your body, organs and blood vessels and it also plays a big role in bone formation, because copper is needed to fix calcium to the bones.
Immune system:
Lastly, copper is also extremely important for a properly functioning immune system. It does this in a different way than the traditional nutrients that are normally associated with immune functions, such as vitamin and zinc, which have primarily antioxidative properties. Copper is not an antioxidant but instead very a toxic substance when it is found in large amounts that are not bound to carrier proteins. A functioning immune system will use this to its advantage and transport copper to wherever it detects bacteria to defend itself against it. White blood cells along with proteins such as ceruloplasmin then surround the bacteria and then use their copper ions in order to break down the threatening intruder. Studies have confirmed this and shown that elevated concentrations of copper can be found near the sites of infection. By the way, these same antibacterial properties are the reason we use copper pipes today or why some ancient cultures drank out of copper bottles.
As you can see properly functioning copper is critical to health, and in summary its most important functions are:
- To support your body’s energy system
- To grow healthy connective tissue
- and to neutralize bacteria and infections
The foods highest in copper are shellfish, seeds and nuts, organ meats, whole-grain products, and chocolate. Natural vitamin c, for example from the acerola berry is also a great copper source, because the body can also use it to build ceruloplasmin, the copper transport protein.
Ok, at this point you are probably thinking to yourself: “Copper is awesome, I will make sure to get more of it”. Well, there is a problem. Remember how in the beginning of the video I said that copper is probably the most misunderstood mineral out there?
The reason for this is that most people actually don’t need more copper, the either need less of it or more bioavailable copper, so copper bound to ceruloplasmin. Let me explain.
All Comments (21)
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Many of us don't have access to a practitioner who is an expert in copper transport. Unfortunately videos like this are not helpful to us and leave us more confused and hopeless.
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Great information. Thank you that was very useful.
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Thanks for this video, man. Really appreciated this.
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Good job.!!
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What type of specialist would i go to get the hair analysis and other tests that you mentioned you did
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Myself and two friends, all in our late 60s, supplemented with 2 mg of Cu Glycinate. We all noticed a marked increase in energy. No testing was done. Does this mean we were all deficient? I have been beef liver about once a week for years which is supposed to be a good source of copper.
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I have a zinc plus copper supplement would it be safe to take 1 pill twice or 3 times a week only?
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I have iron overload and low copper but every time i take copper it gives me headaches. Ive tried a couple different forms of copper too. Just wondering if u know why this could be? Thanks!
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One of the best videos on copper I've watched. But it begs the question - what makes your copper bioavailable. I will say that according to Morley Robbins, 100 years ago, people routinely consumed 4-6mg of copper per day, so 900mcg is not that much. Obviously, the bioavailablity component is key. Looking forward to more videos.
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Whats the name from the labs that is thrustble? I need to do, my cooper is LOW, i did at least 4 tests with cooper Bloods tests and results was LOW cooper blood, i also did ceruloplasmin blood test 2 and results was LOW also, mininum reference was 20, result one was 19, second test was 16, here in Brazil labs are not trustable for this type of hair analyses, i watched i video of your weeks ago with some name, but i dont remember any more, i just at time search on google but there web sites was very disappointing. Is there any other test to do? Do you do video conference? Thanks very much Felix for this channel, great contend and knowledge.
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Have you read The mineral fix? The chapter on copper i think contradicts a lot from what you're saying here, the RDA is way too low, copper is actually very important and healthy and a minimum of 3mg/day should be taken hopefully from foods. Also probably unbound copper is a big problem since Vit A has been demonized, if you get enough A then you probably make enough ceruloplasmin, weston price has good stuff on vit A overall.
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I added colloidal copper to my water. You would expect the ppm to rise with the additional copper particles. It dropped by 30 ppm !!. How is this possible ??. Did the copper kill off more impurities then its own volume ??.
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You must learn a lot having a YouTube channel. So many people with "your wrong" comments I bet. Each one being an opportunity to refine knowledge. I'll pose a question: what makes copper accumulate where it does? (Unbound) and follow up: is less copper the ideal solution?
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How do I make copper more bioavailable?
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Will you share your own copper story? Did you have too much copper? If so, how does that happen? Thank you!
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How does one make existing copper in the body more bioavailable?
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Zinc supplementation lowers Copper and thereby causing problems with Iron disregulation or overload..
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My hair analysis says I’m low in Copper and I was recommended Copper supplementation in the for of copper bisglycinate chelate. It’s through FIQ and the product is Recuperate IQ. Do you have any thoughts on this supplement?
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Anything found in a hair sample means it was metabolized and released. The same goes for urine. And if a blood sample shows low it means you are very low and do not have any stores left because the body is constantly trying to keep everything in homeostasis so it pulls from tissue into blood circulation to achieve homeostasis
