More and more I come to the conclusion that it might be copper that is the missing link. So many pages and people speak of copper toxicity that we do a lot to avoid this mineral. But it is crucial for many many things in the body, and actually our soils are depleted and most people don't get enough copper in their diets. Best bioavailable copper sources after all are organ meats and shellfish. Now tell me how much of those do you regularly eat? (Maybe that is the reason why my dad at 72 years still has full brown hair and looks super young - he basically lives off shellfish, no kidding).
I came across this wonderful article . Copper is needed for so many things. The copper levels rise during pregnancy or infections for example. Which might mean it is needed during those times, and get depleted if we don't consume enough copper. This is why women on the birth control pill (which basically fakes a constant pregnancy) deplete copper like crazy. Environmental stress etc all depletes your copper. I find it interesting that ancient cultures like the Egypts and in Ayurveda drinking out of copper vessels was highly practised. Copper is linked to higher spirituality. Wearing copper bracelets apparently is a way to treat arthritis. So why then is there such high levels of copper toxicity which produces mental disturbances? On an urine provocation test with DMSA 10 years ago I excreted a LOT of copper. When we are deficient in copper we cannot produce enough ceruloplasmin (and lots of other things) that help us using copper. So the inorganic copper we ingest (from amalgam fillings which contain copper, or copper pipes) cannot be used and gets stored in the tissues creating havoc. Then we have the paradox of copper deficiency and toxicity at the same time. We need proper levels of zinc and copper. For example to have enough metallothionein which is important to protect the body of heavy metal toxicity. A metallothionein deficiency is suspected to be a big cause of autism. But still the treatment is mostly zinc supplementation. Sure, metallothionein consists of more zinc than copper atoms, but still, one needs to keep a good balance. Shellfish and organ meats like liver contain both zinc and copper. Our ancestors knew that those were the best pieces of the animal to eat. These days hardly anybody eats them anymore as our taste buds changed. So after reading lots and lots, I ordered me a Mitosynergy sample as well as a "normal" copper supplement. I wonder if the Mitosynergy really is so much better than a regular copper supplement or if it is just clever marketing. It is super expensive. For the past days I had been taking my Spirulina powder which had been sitting on my shelves for a couple of months. I dreaded the awful taste and then I read it contains a lot of copper and I should avoid copper blah blah. Well with my new knowledge about the importance of copper I finally took it, starting out with half a teaspoon in water. It tasted like water, and actually not bad. And I don't know if it was the Spirulina but soon after I had a rush of energy and my mood lifted. To be honest, I am pretty sure it is the Spirulina. I have been taken it since then and find that my energy levels and mood improved. Is it the copper? Who knows, Spirulina contains many many good things. And actually I would prefer taking this rather than buying overpriced synthetic pills. My blood test results came in too btw. My doctor says all is well, and it doesn't look too bad indeed. My TSH for example got down from over 5 last year to 2.47. Unfortunately the regular doctors don't know and test for ft3 and ft4 so I don't know those levels (yet). Vitamin B 12 and Folic Acid were perfectly in range. Iron was on the lower range but still in range (but we know that the range is usually made wider than it should be). Sodium and potassium were both in range. In the past my sodium had always been low with potassium high. Interesting (regarding the copper) is that my neutrophil percentage is low. The neutrophils are in range but the percentage is low. I need to find out more about this. Low neutrophils are a sign for low copper. I am looking for a private lab here at the moment to test more things, mainly zinc, copper, ceruloplasmin, free copper, homocysteine, iodine, selenium, ft3 and ft4. This morning I took my first Mitosynergy (half of an Extra Strength capsule. They are actually quite low dose, the Extra Strength contains only 0,5 mg of copper but I guess it has higher bioavailability). I will report but I have a feeling I will stay on the Spirulina for a while :)
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Family Constellation Since that family constellation I am having lots of dreams with my mum, and nice ones. Where she is normal, healthy, cleaning out her house. I was cutting her hair in my dream last night and complimented her on how good it looked. 2 days after my session I had called her (it had been 3,5 months since my last call) and we chatted for an hour! She was in a good mood really and asked about my life. Seriously one of the best talks I had with her over the past years (decade?). Even though everything was pretty profane but it had been so different to our usual phone calls. Pyroluria Treatment I am still taking moderate doses of the zinc and P5P, especially since I started reading about the copper connection. I am still waiting for my copper supplement to arrive. Something makes me wonder if copper deficiency could actually be the cause of Pyroluria. And the body is eliminating the zinc to keep the ratio more normal. Same with the potassium/sodium ratio, when the body is salt wasting because the potassium levels are so low. It all comes down to nutritional balancing really, doesn't it. Potassium and copper rich diets are mainly plant based diets. I think that is where many vegans are right. But why go all the way vegan? Plant based with a bit of animal products seems the best diet. Anyway. Did I see improvements? I still have very little appetite, which might be because a) I kinda eat very low carb at the moment (I don't really know why) or b) because my zinc gets lower despite taking zinc supplements in high doses because that can actually deplete zinc. What? Yes, because apparently the zinc is used to produce more metallothionein. Metallothionein (MT) dysfunction might be a primary cause for autism. MT proteins are chains of amino acids in the brain, skin and GI tract. They are important for:
So once you start supplementing zinc in high doses, the MT function gets increased and eliminates the high copper levels in the body, but at the same time it is also taking zinc with it (since it is made of 7 atoms of zinc). So maybe a reason why many people supplement with zinc but cannot raise their levels substantially. And this is where I came across this lady: In her case, she took many months high doses of zinc but couldn't really raise her levels. Until she started taking copper. So maybe she lowered her copper levels with those high doses of zinc but to me it just shows that the balance is so important, and why I don't like taking single nutrients. The usual statement for Pyroluria is that it causes copper toxicity, and that zinc and B6 bring it down. But you can be copper toxic and deficient at the same time! Probably similar to the B6 (I had sky high levels of B6 in my blood which just shows that my body couldn't really use it). What is needed to use copper and make it bioavailable? Ceruloplasmin, which requires certain nutrients, and also: copper. This is where Mitosynergy comes into play who claim that they produced the world's first bioavailable copper. Now the lady above used a simple amino acid chelated copper. People in India drink out of copper vessels to improve their health. Apparently the soils are so depleted that many people actually are copper deficient! So you guessed what I did. I ordered the MItosynergy (a sample first because it is bloody expensive) but also after more research, I ordered a simple chelated copper supplement as well as liquid chlorophyll which seems to be the most natural route to get in copper. So maybe if you get enough copper, you don't get easily deficient in zinc because it helps your body absorbing it better. It basically all comes down to eating a whole food nutrient rich diet high in greens (high in copper and zinc), or organ meats (also high in copper and zinc). So far I didn't see many other improvements of my Pyroluria supplements. Some days my scalp is less itchy, but actually for a while my nail beds got pretty worse. So I seem to be still very deficient in zinc. Oregano Oil for Candida Cleanse Another thing I started is taking Oregano Oil again, to reduce the Candida (and whatever parasites I might have). Geez, the first days my Candida was not happy. I got a massive thrush and expelled a lot of stuff (sorry TMI?). I also got bloated like 9 months pregnant. But I know, this is from the die-off. Dying parasites produce a lot of air. Die, buggas, die!! I rub my belly with peppermint essential oil and that often helps a bit. It is day 4 or 5 now and I am still bloated but I will give it 60 days. I am taking the extra strength Zane Hellas oregano oil. I stopped taking the Saccaharomyces Boulardii after 2 days only because it made me feel more yeasty. But I guess that might have been just a cleansing reaction too. So for now I stick to my good old oregano oil because that is a good anti-everything (bacteria, yeast, viruses). I really need to up my probiotic game though. I used to eat sauerkraut regularly but stopped. It is so important to get probiotics in daily. I also make my own kombucha but it's not fermenting too well (maybe it had been too cold still). I let it sit for a month and it gets quite sour but it still tastes a bit sweet too. Maybe I should switch to kefir again, that worked better. Yesterday was the first day in quite a while that I felt mentally a bit better and motivated. (Candida btw is closely related to copper imbalance. Copper is antifungal. Did I mention I am looking forward to trying my copper supplements!?). Other than that I had taken a couple of days off the iodine and selenium but now I am back on thyroid support, with my Raw Thyroid supplement. I also want to go back to doing yoga. I feel the gym and the weight lifting might not be beneficial for balancing female/male hormones. I found a beautiful channel about PCOS the other day: Although it is quite hard sometimes for me to listen to her, I think she has an important message. I should cultivate more my feminine energies.
What diet is she promoting? Fruit, vegan, Dr. Morse style. |
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