Copper: is it HIGH or LOW? do we supplement?

[Guest guest]

Copper is required to fix calcium in the bones and to raise the tissue

calcium level.

If my kids show low copper, and don't have any biological problems

w/copper (that I know of) how can one tell if they are not actually

retaining the copper and levels can be high in body?

My kids are also low on their hair tests on calcium/magnesium.

Is there harm in supplementing 1-5mg of copper a day? If low can I

supplement more?

I plan to do full doses of calcium, magnesium, vitamin A, Vitamin D3,

adding adrenal cortex..shall I just leave it at that and hope some

calcium sticks without the copper supplementing?

Doesn't DMSA/ALA retain the copper? so, once again- do we have to be

sure the copper is NOT high in the body? or is showing a low in hair

fine for chelating?

thank you for helping me,

Iveta

[Guest guest]

>

> Copper is required to fix calcium in the bones and to raise the tissue

> calcium level.

>

> If my kids show low copper, and don't have any biological problems

> w/copper (that I know of) how can one tell if they are not actually

> retaining the copper and levels can be high in body?

You can't from a hair test.

>

> My kids are also low on their hair tests on calcium/magnesium.

>

> Is there harm in supplementing 1-5mg of copper a day?

Yes. Potentially tremendous harm. Don't ever do it with a kid (or adult) you

think has a

heavy metal problem.

> If low can I

> supplement more?

No. Zero. Don't do it.

>

> I plan to do full doses of calcium, magnesium, vitamin A, Vitamin D3,

> adding adrenal cortex..shall I just leave it at that and hope some

> calcium sticks without the copper supplementing?

>

> Doesn't DMSA/ALA retain the copper? so, once again- do we have to be

> sure the copper is NOT high in the body? or is showing a low in hair

> fine for chelating?

>

> thank you for helping me,

> Iveta

>

[Guest guest]

Don't give supplements that contain zinc - zinc inhibits copper absorption.

My 4.5yo's copper is really low, and he used to get a nosebleed every time I

gave him too much zinc. It's really a pain to dose individual supplements as

most multi-supps contain zinc, but copper has such low upper intake limit

that it's easy to reach toxic levels. Just give foods rich in copper (they

most likely contain zinc also, but what can you do).

http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=nutrient & dbid=53

I believe just ALA retains both copper and zinc - that's why you need to

take a break so the body can go back to the original level.

You can have RBC copper test done - that's the most accurate way to

determine the body inventory.

On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 6:31 PM, andrewhallcutler <AndyCutler@...>wrote:

>

> >

> > Copper is required to fix calcium in the bones and to raise the tissue

> > calcium level.

> >

> > If my kids show low copper, and don't have any biological problems

> > w/copper (that I know of) how can one tell if they are not actually

> > retaining the copper and levels can be high in body?

>

> You can't from a hair test.

>

> >

> > My kids are also low on their hair tests on calcium/magnesium.

> >

> > Is there harm in supplementing 1-5mg of copper a day?

>

> Yes. Potentially tremendous harm. Don't ever do it with a kid (or adult)

> you think has a

> heavy metal problem.

>

> > If low can I

> > supplement more?

>

> No. Zero. Don't do it.

> >

> > I plan to do full doses of calcium, magnesium, vitamin A, Vitamin D3,

> > adding adrenal cortex..shall I just leave it at that and hope some

> > calcium sticks without the copper supplementing?

> >

> > Doesn't DMSA/ALA retain the copper? so, once again- do we have to be

> > sure the copper is NOT high in the body? or is showing a low in hair

> > fine for chelating?

> >

> > thank you for helping me,

> > Iveta

> >

>

>

[Guest guest]

> Is there harm in supplementing 1-5mg of copper a day? If low can I

> supplement more?

One of my kids was low copper. Any time I tried to give him zinc, it

caused a nosebleed. So I gave a little copper [never more than 2mg]

with his zinc, and that worked well for him.

Dana