Did you know that the cellular quantity of copper had a huge influence on mental health presenting with irritability, inability to cope with stress, anxiety, depresssion, ADD, ADHD? I had toxic levels of copper for years and my 9 year old son has recently been diagnosed with Dyslexia and maybe mild ADD. When i ran a HTMA on him i see he also has very high copper. Possibly inherited from me, maybe from the healthy diet as lots of healthy foods are high in copper which isn’t a bad thing aslong as you have more zinc to balance it out. Often those with mental health issues like insomnia, anxiety, irritability, tend to try to eat their way to better health BUT their bodies may be accumulating too much copper. Foods such as avocados, mushrooms, oysters, beef liver, nuts, dark chocolate have very high levels of copper! Beware. Maybe a lower copper diet will be better for you until you know more.
Copper water pipes leech minute amounts of copper into our water – especially older houses built before 1980 will have copper pipes. This may seem like a minor source, but if you already have a copper overload, this can ‘tip you over’ your copper levels.
Both the oral contraceptive pill, the copper coil, Iron supplements, Low intake of vitamin C containing foods like fruit and veg, Environmental oestrogens (xenoestrogens) from plastics, personal care products and even thermal cash register receipts- all oestrogens drive up copper levels. So this is why the copper coil can make you feel terrible!
Copper is built up by the baby during pregnancy, copper is important for building new blood vessels. After the baby is born, it is supposed to balance this storage out by taking in zinc from the mother’s milk and protein rich foods. If the mother is zinc deficient, like 90% of women today- this process doesn’t take place and the child ends up with a strong copper/zinc imbalance. Also copper tends to rise in women postnatally and if you’ve had 1, 2,3 kids close together copper toxicity may explain why your not angry, irritable, not sleeping well or coping, have joint pain, exhausted and PMS, early perimenopause.
Email ei.tugruoyhtiwog@ofni for 1:1 to learn how to test and treat your copper levels. It takes the body time to excrete copper through your hair. We first need to energise your body by treating all nutritional deficiencies then excrete metals over time. Psych medication can put a bandaid on the symptoms but this can treat the underlying causes for better mental health as you age if your prepared to put the work into your diet and lifestyle.
Regards,
Fiona 086843997
