best sources of copper are liver, oysters, shiitake mushrooms, pure chocolate not the stuff watered down with sugar and milk, and spirulina

 

For everything from anemia to headaches to allergies to having healthy bones and just feeling great all the time, copper is an incredibly important nutrient and this is how to know if you're getting enough.

How to manage your copper status to make sure you're getting enough, not too much, and fix any problems and make sure that whatever your solutions are that they're working.  So copper, when you do not have enough you can get anemia that looks just like iron deficiency anemia but isn't, or that looks just like B12 and folate deficiency anemia, but isn't.  In fact, you can get malabsorption of iron from copper deficiency that actually causes iron deficiency, and the problem might not be that you don't have enough iron in your diet, it might be that you're not getting enough copper in your diet to absorb the iron, so you could have anemia from that as well as the many other problems of iron deficiency itself.  You can have low white blood cells, especially in neutrophils; you can have high cholesterol; you could get osteoporosis because copper is needed to support your bones.  You could get histamine intolerance or a greater burden of allergies than you would otherwise have.  You could have poor pigmentation of your skin and hair and neurotransmitter imbalances, like low adrenaline or high serotonin that might leave you feeling like you're not your best.  So what do you do about this?

1:44. Well, the first thing is look at your diet and see whether the dietary pattern that you have is supporting getting enough copper.  The absolute best sources of copper are liver, oysters, shiitake mushrooms, pure chocolate not the stuff watered down with sugar and milk, and spirulina.  A tier below that of very good sources of copper are most shellfish besides oysters, remember oysters are the best, whole grains, legumes, and potatoes.  Diets that are low in these foods are likely to contribute to a copper deficiency, but soil variation is very large, and all these foods, if they are grown in low copper soil, could be much less likely to give you enough copper.  And if you're consuming--if you're not consuming enough of those foods and you are consuming foods from copper-deficient soils, then that makes you very predisposed to copper deficiency.  Zinc supplementation, especially over 45 mg a day and with a zinc-to-copper ratio greater than 15 to 1, can be a cause of copper deficiency.  Methylation can be a cause of copper deficiency, and I'll link in the description of this episode to my methylation resources.  

SOURCES THAT CAUSE COPPER DEFICIENCY

3:08. Other sources of copper deficiency that are not dietary in nature include the use of antacids, proton pump inhibitors, gastric bypass surgery, and any digestive problems that are focused on the upper part of the GI tract like the stomach and the upper part of the small intestine.  And although there's limited evidence for this, it seems to be the case that high doses of Vitamin C can impair copper absorption.  

COPPER TOXICITY?

On the other hand, there is copper toxicity in general from diet.  I do not believe copper toxicity is a concern.  If you are supplementing with copper over 10 mg, that could pose a potential risk of copper toxicity.  I think it's best to keep copper supplements under 10 mg,  preferably under 3 mg a day and it's always best to get your copper from food, and when you do you're benefiting by the fact that the copper is mixed with other minerals, especially zinc, which protects against copper toxicity.  It's extremely unlikely to get copper toxicity from food. There are high copper levels in certain water systems, but when they get to the point where they can cause copper toxicity usually drinking that water is going to make you nauseated and it's usually leaving blue colors all over the place.  If it's really bad, you can see the blue even coming out in your clothing; so usually you have a warning sign, and certainly using a water filter will generally protect you against too much copper coming from your water supply. 

COPPER TESTS 

4:51. The most important test of copper status is serum copper this can be supplemented with serum ceruloplasmin; they tend to go together.  And so you're usually not getting additional information by combining them. And serum copper tends to be more sensitive to deficiency, so you always want to at least get serum copper but it can be helpful to corroborate it with serum ceruloplasmin.  But always get serum copper give that the priority in general low serum copper and low serum ceruloplasmin indicated copper deficiency most of the time.  From what I've seen, I think you want to tend to be in the middle of the range because I have seen indications of copper deficiency when people are in the lower 20 or 30% of the range.  It's important to note a a couple limitations of these tests first estrogen increases serum ceruloplasmin and tends to increase serum copper as well and that means that there's going to be some fluctuation of copper levels with the menstrual cycle and copper levels are generally twice hi during pregnancy as they are for women who are not pregnant and using hormone replacement therapy estrogen and HRT can raise copper levels by 30 to 90%, and unfortunately there really isn't any clear research to develop a separate reference range for women experiencing high estrogen under these conditions, so what we can say is that if your copper levels are running a little high and you can explain it with estrogen you can probably dismiss it because it's normal.  It's probably all the more true in women than in men that you want to be at least towards the middle of the range for copper because if you're at the low and of the range and that might be close to deficiency that's all the more true if you would expect your estrogen levels to be bringing the copper up higher.

GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO COPPER DEFICIENCY

There are two genetic disorders of copper metabolism Menkes Disease and Wilson's Disease

CHEMOTHERAPY CAN'T HOLD A CANDLE TO VITAMIN D3

from Chris Beat Cancer.

BIG TAKEAWAYS

Sunshine is the best source of vitamin D, but most people don’t get enough sun, especially in the winter. That’s where supplementation comes in.

The ideal vitamin D blood level for viral infection prevention is above 50 ng/ml.

The target vitamin D blood level for cancer prevention and healing is over 40 ng/ml, but higher, between 60-100 ng/ml might be better.

Magnesium, K2, exercise, zinc, resveratrol, curcumin and omega-3’s all help vitamin D3 work better.

I take 5,000 to 10,000 IU of D3 per day depending on the season.

Children can safely take 1,000 IU of D3 per 25lbs of body weight per day.

Vitamin D3 is healthy for humans and rats at appropriate doses.

AN OPTIMAL BLOOD LEVEL OF VITAMIN D IS ESSENTIAL FOR A STRONG IMMUNE SYSTEM 

We have an epidemic of vitamin D deficiency. It’s estimated that nearly half of Americans have “insufficient” vitamin D levels (under 29 ng/ml) and 14 percent are deficient (under 19.6 ng/ml).

Vitamin D blood levels of 50 ng/ml or higher have been found to protect against respiratory infections like influenza or corona-type viruses. D3

Vitamin D increases the production of cathelicidins, anti-microbial peptides that destroy viruses, bacteria, parasites, and pathogens.

Adequate sunshine and/or supplementing with Vitamin D3 appears to be one of the cheapest and best ways to support your innate immune system against flu and corona-type viruses.

A review of 25 trials published in the British Medical Journal in 2017 concluded that vitamin D supplementation clearly protects against acute respiratory tract infections, especially for those deficient in D3.

Researchers found that daily or weekly dosing was more effective than a large one-time dose.

The review indicated that for every four people given vitamin D one case of respiratory infection was prevented. Vaccination typically must be given to 44 people to prevent one case of respiratory infection. Based on this, it appears that Vitamin D supplementation might be 10 times more effective at preventing the flu than a flu shot.

A randomized trial that gave vitamin D3 to Japanese schoolchildren found that those who were given 1200 IU of vitamin D per day from December through March had nearly half as many cases (10% vs 18%) of influenza A than those in the placebo group. The children taking D3 also had fewer asthma attacks (2 vs 12).

Supplementing with 5,000–10,000 IU per day of D3 may be necessary to reach protective blood levels, depending on multiple factors, which I discuss below.

VITAMIN D for CANCER PREVENTION AND HEALING 

In 2016, a landmark study published in PLOS ONE found that women over 55 with blood concentrations of vitamin D higher than 40ng/ml, had a 67% lower risk of cancer compared to women with levels lower than 20ng/ml.

“We have quantitated the ability of adequate amounts of vitamin D to prevent all types of invasive cancer combined, which had been terra incognita until the publication of this paper,” said Cedric Garland, researcher, and adjunct professor at the UC San Diego School of Medicine Department of Family Medicine and Public Health. (Note: they excluded skin cancer)

The RESEARCHERS THAT OPTIMAL LEVELS FOR CANCER PREVENTION ARE BETWEEN 40 and 60ng/ml, (100-150 nmol/L) AND THAT MOST CANCERS OCCUR IN PEOPLE WITH VITAMIN D BLOOD LEVELS BETWEEN 10 and 40ng/ml.

The study did not reveal whether supplementation or sun exposure was the best way to obtain vitamin D. However, the researchers concluded that vitamin D only starts protecting against cancer once you get your blood level up to 40 ng/ml. They noted that more health benefits were observed at even higher levels.

Another study from 2015 showed a 55% lower risk of colorectal cancer in women with vitamin D concentrations of 30ng/ml or higher compared to those lower than 18ng/ml.

A 2018 pooled analysis of 17 studies found that D levels between 40-50 ng/ml (75-100 nmol/L) are related to a statistically significant, substantially lower colorectal cancer risk in women.

HIGHER THAN 60ng/ml COULD BE EVEN BETTER . . .  A 2005 study found that women with blood concentrations of vitamin D higher than 60ng/ml had an 83% reduction in breast cancer compared with those lower than 20ng/ml.

I’ve observed many doctors and experts recommend that cancer patients shoot for the 60-80 ng/ml range. And even though most of these studies involved women, I think we can safely assume that men will also drive the same anti-cancer benefits from vitamin D.

D3 SUPPLEMENTATION INCREASES SURVIVAL IN P53-POSITIVE DIGESTIVE CANCERS 

A 2023 study of 2000 IU D3 supplementation per day for patients with digestive tract cancers (esophageal, gastric, small bowel, and colorectal), found that 5-year relapse-free survival was almost three times higher in the vitamin D group (80.9%) than the placebo group (30.6%) specifically for patients that were “p53-immunoreactive,” which means they had anti-p53 antibodies in serum and p53 protein in more than 99% of cancer cells tested.

THE SUNSHINE VITAMIN (If you can get it)
The best source of vitamin D is sunshine, and sunshine produces a cascade of health benefits beyond vitamin D production. For this reason, aim for 10-20 minutes of sunshine per day on as much of your body as possible.

But unfortunately, it’s not that simple, the amount of D3 you can get from the sun is determined by multiple factors: your age, your BMI, your skin tone, your distance from the equator, the season of the year, and the weather.

If you live above 37 degrees north of the equator – in the U.S., that’s north of Washington, D.C., and north of the Utah/Arizona border – you probably aren’t getting enough UVB exposure to naturally produce adequate amounts of vitamin D year-round.

For example, a fair-skinned person living in New York gets about 1,000 IU of D3 in about 4 minutes on a sunny day in July. That’s really good! But in January however, it would take them ten times longer, about 40 minutes of sunshine. If it’s cloudy or smoggy, that can block as much as 60% of D3-producing UV rays from the sun.

A person with dark skin needs about four times more sunshine to produce the same amount of D3 as a fair-skinned person. Obese people have been found to have 50% less D3 in their blood than non-obese people. And a 70-year-old makes about 75% less D3 than a 20-year-old.

Basically, you need an advanced degree in calculus to figure out how much vitamin D3 you can actually get from sunshine. I try to get a few minutes of sunshine every day, and I take a D3 supplement year-round.

DOES SUNSCREEN BLOCK D3 PRODUCTION?

Some sources claim that sunscreen with SPF 8 blocks vitamin D3 production by 95% and that SPF 15 or more blocks vitamin D3 by 99%. There is debate about this. I suggest, if you’re going to be in the sun all day, like at the beach, give your skin a few minutes of sunshine before applying sunblock. This is what I do.

Pro Tip: There is a smartphone app called D Minder Pro, which tells you how much vitamin D you will absorb on any given day based on your time in the sun, your location, the weather, your age, skin type, etc.

SOME PEOPLE CAN'T GET D FROM SUNSHINE 
Intracellular bacteria can block Vitamin D Receptors preventing absorption of vitamin D. Inflammatory and autoimmune diseases accompanied by low 25 (OH)D and high 1,25 (OH)2D is indicative of this phenomenon. EBV, HIV, TB, aspergillus fumigatus, and Mycobacterium leprae are known to lower or block Vitamin D Receptor activity. Vitamin D possesses antimicrobial properties against both Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacterial species and was even used to treat tuberculosis before antibiotics came along. Vitamin D supplementation could help increase the activity of Vitamin D Receptors by killing intracellular bacteria.

ACTION STEPS
Check your vitamin D3 level. You can order a test kit from home at Grassroots Health. 

Your doctor can also order a vitamin D panel with your next set of blood work, or you can get it done at a walk-in testing clinic in your area. Order through www.yourlabwork.com. 

Depending on your current D3 level and your target level, you could take 1,000-10,000 IU per day, then retest in 30-90 days and adjust accordingly. It may take a few months to get your blood levels up.

VITAMIN D CO-FACTORS 
You need magnesium to absorb vitamin D. Magnesium deficiency shuts down the vitamin D synthesis and metabolism pathway. Plant foods with high levels of magnesium are dark leafy greens, beans, nuts, avocados, and whole grains. Megafood also makes a great whole-food magnesium supplement.

Exercise, resveratrol, zinc, omega-3s, quercetin, and curcumin also help increase vitamin D absorption.

WHAT ABOUT K2?
K2 is not necessary for D3 absorption, but vitamin D increases calcium absorption and K2 helps your body incorporate calcium into your teeth and bones and prevents it from building up in the wrong places, like your arteries.

K2 is present in animal foods and fermented plant foods like natto and sauerkraut. Vegetables are rich in K1 which is converted to K2 by bacteria in your gut. If you are taking high doses of D3 you may need to supplement with K2.

Generally speaking, it is recommended that for every 5,000-10,000 IU of D3 you take, also take 100 mcg of K2 mk7. Some research indicates that it may be better to take D3 and K2 separately instead of together. The jury is still out on that…

WHAT FORM TO TAKE?
I recommend vitamin D3 as cholecalciferol. That is the form that has been widely tested on humans for decades. One brand I don’t recommend is Garden of Life Vitamin Code Raw D3, which does not contain cholecalciferol. I took that supplement for over a year and it did not raise my D3 levels.

I take vitamin D3 5000 IU gelcaps from Better Way Health.  I like their products, and as an affiliate partner, I negotiated a discount for my readers. You can use the coupon code “chris” to get 10% off your order. If you sign up for auto-ship, you’ll save another 15%, for a total of 25% off your order every month. I also take their Curcumin Extra Strength (C3 Complex with Bioperine) for its anti-cancer and anti-inflammatory benefits and their Beta Glucans for additional immune support.

There are several other brands of D3 I like in my Amazon store (www.chrisbeatcancer.com/amazon) like Pure Therapro Vegan 3 and Thorne liquid D3 with K2. Liquid D3 drops are easier to give to kids.

D3 MEGADOSING STRATEGY 
If your D3 level is in the danger zone (under 19.6 ng/ml) and you want to get it up quickly, you may benefit from megadosing with 50,000-100,000 IU per day for 7 days then continuing with 50,000 IU once per week or 5,000-10,000 IU per day. Biotech Pharmacal D-50 is a 50,000 IU D3 capsule designed for megadosing and/or once-per-week supplementation.

IS D3 RAT POISON?
Yes, cholecalciferol is used as rat poison. But don’t panic. As you know, with all things, the dose determines the poison. For example, drinking three gallons of water in an hour is likely to kill you. The D3 dose given to poison rats is the equivalent of over 4 million IU for a human. That would be like taking 2000 capsules of 2000 IU D3. The reason D3 is used to kill rats is because, unlike many other poisonous compounds, it’s essentially tasteless. It can be mixed into rat bait and they will actually eat it. But guess what happens when rats are given appropriate doses of D3 for their body weight.  Their health improves! Like increases in bone mass and strength, improved insulin resistance, and even preventing fatty liver and high blood pressure caused by eating a Western diet.

Sources
NIH
Science Daily
Eureka Alert
New Hope
Riordan Clinic
How Stuff Works

Pfizer CEO confirms mRNA is in the seasonal flu shot this year... So what does this mean? It means that there will be plasmids in the shot that will enter your cells. Stop it. Stop it right now. Do not get a flu shot

Pfizer CEO confirms mRNA is in the seasonal flu shot this year...

and forever...  https://t.co/IDxHfMU9xB pic.twitter.com/xFREdtw9I8

— DR JANE RUBY (@RealDrJaneRuby) November 22, 2023

Don't get a flu shot.  Double up on your vitamin D3.  Go from 5,000 to 10,000.  Or go from 10,000IUs to 20,000IUs.  It's that simple.  Oh, and add zinc.  If you're 60 and older, take up to 50mg of zinc.  Be sure to take copper with the zinc.  So if you take 50mgs of zinc, take at least 2mg of copper.  No more than 4mg.  And don't forget fat-soluble vitamin A.  Be sure to take this vitamin A for a more durable immunity.  

Collagen is the primary building block of your body’s skin, muscles, bones, tendons and ligaments, and other connective tissues. It’s also found in your organs, blood vessels, and intestinal lining.

Great Lakes hydrolyzed collagen has been my go to with some salt and vitamin C.

— Nevyn (@Nevyn05217348) July 3, 2023

Collagen is important for a youthful look.  A good red meat diet is essential but adding collagen as we age is important too for function and appearance. 

WHAT IS COLLAGEN?

Collagen is the most abundant protein in your body. It accounts for about 30% of your body’s total protein. Collagen is the primary building block of your body’s skin, muscles, bones, tendons and ligaments, and other connective tissues. It’s also found in your organs, blood vessels, and intestinal lining.

Proteins are made from amino acids. The main amino acids that make collagen are proline, glycine and hydroxyproline. These amino acids group together to form protein fibrils in a triple helix structure. Your body also needs the proper amount of vitamin C, zinc, copper and manganese to make the triple helix. 

In March of 2020, Birx and Dr. Anthony Fauci were grinning like Cheshire Cats with Duper's Delight as they laid out an unprecedented lockdown strategy which Birx later admitted they pulled out of their asses.

Given how health officials [I would never call them experts, nor would I call a doctor expert; no, I would call them order followers, like good little Nazis.  Seriously] had said one thing, and then changed their statements weeks or months later, then claiming that they didn't have all the science, while claiming in the other breath that we've got the science when they want you to follow them verbatim, I wouldn't trust anything that they say even if what they say lines up with your values or convictions.  What's the phrase, "Opt out"?  Do that.  But it is fun and interesting to see the crooks dance around on hot coals.  

The trial balloons were clearly shot down out of the sky with .22s #DoNotComply #ZeroFscksGiven  https://t.co/3mRI2gWCrN

— Tom Luongo (Head Sneetch) (@TFL1728) September 4, 2023

Here's the link to the ZeroHedge article.

In March of 2020, Birx and Dr. Anthony Fauci were grinning like Cheshire Cats with Duper's Delight as they laid out an unprecedented lockdown strategy which Birx later admitted they pulled out of their asses. 

By the way, if you're not familiar with the term Duper's Delight, here's a definition, 

Duping delight is a micro-expression that betrays a person's enjoyment of controlling and deceiving another person. It is a form of body language reserved for pathological character types such as psychopaths. Psychopaths are obsessed with control and power over others, and they often display duping delight when lying to others.0 Duping delight can manifest through subtle facial expressions, body language, or vocal cues.1 It is hard to contain duping delight, and those who feel it want to share their accomplishments with others, seeking admiration for their exploits. 

More from ZeroHedge,

Now that we're revisiting mask mandates over the latest Covid-19 surge, Birx and Fauci are seemingly on different sides of the debate.

"We don't need to mandate," Birx told Newsmax on Saturday, in response to reports that an increasing number of hospitals and businesses are now requiring masks again.

"We need to actually empower people with the information that they need for themselves and their families because every family is different," she continued. "And by the way, outside is safe, and playgrounds are safe."  How is it that each and everyone of the health officials look so ugly.  

Paul Mango looks like Lon Chaney who played the phantom in the 1925 version of The Phantom of the Opera.

And Mango simply parrots what Birx said about information, but it's precisely the information that has formed the raging propaganda campaign in the war on the American people.  Again, how can anyone start to think that the information they the gov't officials have and WANT TO SHARE is of any value.  They pimped the promises of Remdesivir and others as they buried and demonized the true remedy of Ivermectin, Hydroxychloroquine, vitamin D, and zinc.  Yet information is still buried.  We're still being lied to.