Posted by raybakes on November 8, 2004, at 4:51:01
In reply to does lithium chelate copper ?, posted by linkadge on November 7, 2004, at 15:41:49
> I know that vitamin C can reduce copper levels, but I was wondering if lithium had similar effects.
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Don't know about lithium, but carnosine can. Zinc is probably the most important mineral to balance copper - in autism high copper is a problem, some researchers think it's due to the immune system disabling ceruloplasmin or the metal transport protein metallothionein.Good info from great plains..
http://www.greatplainslaboratory.com/Metallothioneinemail.html
Ray
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