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Is copper (specifically from copper plumbing, introduced to the US in 1920s) a major contributing factor to cognitive decline or insulin resistance?

This guys seems to think that copper piping is a big contributing factor to cognitive decline and alzheimers. He also mentions that copper leads to the oxidation of LDL in the bloo …
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Body rejecting IUD and piercings?

There are a few posts related to this topic but not a whole lot of info: http://bit.ly/129WhRc http://bit.ly/108cma1 I thought it was worth re-visiting. Paleo has cleared up mos …
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Liver, Copper Toxicity, Eating Zinc At The Same Time?

Hi guys Can you eat too much copper with lamb liver as we already get it from a lot of other foods? What can be done about this? And can someone explain to me if that mixing my l …
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Hack my imagination

I´m a writer, I won some literary prizes, although I live in spain and there is almost impossible here to be paid for writting, so my job is not beeing a writer. Anyway, I used to …
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Balancing minerals with hemochromatosis?

Hi everyone, I've been lurking on this forum for several months, but this is the first time that I've posted anything. I'm hoping that some of the more biochemistry-literate Paleo …
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Cause of Anemia

I'm trying to determine potential causes for my moderate case of anemia, which has been affecting me for the past several months. I'm consuming large quantities of iron from natura …
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conversion of T4 to T3

If one has an elevated copper found on a hair analysis, could that interfere with converting T4 to T3?
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Home plumbing: copper vs. PEX - estrogenic chemical risk? copper-zinc imballance?

My folks live in a fairly rural area and have a well. Our water is pretty acidic, which is clear from the blue copper deposits which you can see on the white tubs, sinks, etc... A …
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Copper/Zinc Imbalance

So I figured out a couple of weeks back that some symptoms I was having, such as skin problems, red cracked knuckles, diarrhea, dandruff, tiredness, no appetite, and a white spot o …
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Has anyone fixed their rising LDL by supplementing choline, inisitol, zinc, selenium, & copper?

So I'm 3 months paleo now. I take my cholesterol every 2 weeks with a CardioChek machine. My TG are fairly stable around 85-95 (unless I've been binging on nuts in which they jump …
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Copper toxicity and organ meats

Hey all, Recently I've been trying to get into eating a lot of organ meats, with some success. My goal is to maximize nutrient intake, but in a balanced way (and staying well belo …
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Good resource about zinc:copper ratio?

Hi, I've been doing some health troubleshooting, and it came to my attention when tracking my micronutrient intake in cron-o-meter that my zinc:copper ratio is very high. Do any o …
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Zinc/Copper dose ratio when supplementing ZMA

I recently added ZMA to my daily supplement regime since I don't eat a ton of meat and don't get allot of zinc along with balancing my calcium/magnesium ratio. My multi had 15mg of …
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What vitamins/minerals need to be balanced?

If i take vitamin a i heard i need vitamin d and same with iodine selenium and i heard magnesium and calcium. Is this all true and which others need to be balanced?
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Copper Deficiency as related to Cardio Vascular Disease--Eat Your Beef Liver

Stephan has an excellet posting today regarding copper deficiency and cardio vascular disease. http://wholehealthsource.blogspot.com/2010/04/copper-and-cardiovascular-disease.html …