Description
Copper mineral 90 tablets
- Make red blood cells
- Keep nerve cells healthy
- Support your immune system
- Form collagen, a protein that helps make up your bones and tissues
- Protect cells from damage
- Absorb iron into your body
- Turn sugar into energy
Because copper has a role in these important tasks, it can help keep certain conditions at bay, such as:
When You Don’t Get Enough
Your body doesn’t need much copper, but when you’re low, your health may take a hit. You need larger amounts as you age.
- Anemia
- Low body temperature
- Broken bones and bone loss
- Low white blood cell count
- Irregular heartbeat
- Pale skin
- Thyroid problems
Sources of Copper
Many foods have copper in them. Eating more of them will help you meet your daily needs. For a copper boost, fill up on:
- Seafood (oysters, lobster, squid, mussels, clams)
- Organ meats (cow liver, kidneys, or heart)
- Nuts (cashews, filberts, almonds, pistachios, pecans, macadamia nuts, peanuts)
- Beans (lentils, soybeans, navy beans)
- Unsweetened or semisweet chocolate or cocoa
- Enriched cereal
- Fruits and veggies
- Blackstrap molasses
- Black pepper
You should be getting enough copper just from the foods you eat. But some people need a little more copper because of certain conditions, such as:
- Intestinal disease like celiac
- Kidney disease
- Pancreas disease
- Stomach removal
- High amounts of ongoing stress
- Burns on your body
- High zinc intake
When You Get Too Much
Having too much copper in your system is rare, but it’s possible. Some people take supplements even though they have enough copper already.
Some people get a little extra copper without knowing. It can seep into food from certain types of cookware. If you drink well water or water that goes through copper pipes, you might get more copper than most people. Pregnancy, birth control pills, infection, inflammation, and stress can all increase the copper levels in your blood.
This is why we always stress getting a HAIR TISSUE MINERAL TEST done to determine what you need. A biopsy of your hair is more accurate that blood testing for this mineral.
