Posted by tea on January 16, 2010, at 17:58:03
In reply to Re: Copper deficiency (low serum copper) » Maxime, posted by janejane on January 16, 2010, at 9:30:49
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> Interesting question. I don't remember reading anything regarding copper and nails, though you probably already know about white marks showing possible zinc deficiency. I'm actually glad you mentioned this, because I seem to remember that iron deficiency can show up in fingernails too, so I'll have to look that up.differing zinc copper ratios are needed depending on thryoid function..abd these levels take a long time to change BTW.
Here's an old post of mine
http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/alter/20031122/msgs/283745.html(read all thread and esp link to Elaine's post)
If you tended towards hyper side TSH 0.5 then the usual supplement ratios of 8:1 were too high in zinc for you. A better ratio would be about 4:1 probably (3:1 is hyper which is like TSH<0.3 or lower).
Also I now have lowish levels in ALL minerals as I drink a LOT of water per day (due to a low ADH level-thirst high). If you drink over 3-4 litres a day you usually need to add back in all mnerals and even (over a long perdiod of time sometrace elements)..or get them by grwoing or buying food with a lot of these minerals in the soil.(which probably happened in cave men days). Some athlete can sweat up to 11 litres of water a day which need to be replaced, so they may be in a simialr position to me.
So as well as the water which these days is filtered even by the councils etc, so you dont get the benefit of all the minerals you would get, I need to look at getting a good balance of all minerals.In the end I wen low on copper and just added a length of copper piepe to one out of twelve bottles of my water , fixed my lack of copper!
Also a friend of mine (bob) and me hypothesize that we need a mineral balance simiar to where we came from - like the environment where we were born and our ancestors came from. we believe this is individual , and we get problems when we move to a place witha differing balance of minerals..due to genetics and receptor balnce/senesitivity/function etc
semmed to happen to me when I moved from a high mineral are with hard water (Brisbane) to a soft water area with low minerals (especially low calcium..sydney..got osteo and many teeth holes, never had before!
so consider what you were used to if you shifted residence.
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