Unless you suffer from a disease that prevents the absorption of copper, I would be very careful with supplements or copper-heavy diets. I made the mistake of (accidentally) following a diet that had a high copper content and would definitely not recommend having a copper overload. Two years later and I'm far from done from the recovery. Once copper goes up, it's hard to reduce it because it weakens the adrenals and impairs digestion and you end up with a chicken egg situation where you need the adrenals to reduce copper and you can't because you don't have them. Just follow a normal diet. The chances of having low copper levels are small, while the opposite happens more often.
At last, an argument I can use to justify buying a copper bowl to whip egg whites for desserts.<p>Doesn't have to be a very good argument, just has to succeed.
Anecdote: be careful with metal supplements. A doctor suggested that I try a larger than usual dose of Zinc (with Copper) to see if it would help with my psoriasis. Worst headache of my life, metallic taste in my mouth, felt like death for about 12 hours
Interesting...100 or more years back, indians would regularly eat and drink from copper dishes & cups<p><a href="http://www.sanskritimagazine.com/ayurveda/why-copper-was-used-by-our-ancestors/" rel="nofollow">http://www.sanskritimagazine.com/ayurveda/why-copper-was-use...</a>
Beware that TOO much copper is toxic on the body and causes ill effects.<p><a href="http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2017/01/10/copper-toxicity/" rel="nofollow">http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2017/01/10/copper-toxicity/</a>
The catch with the green revolution in agriculture is that many foods have fewer minerals than they used to. Basically plants have been bred to grow fast and have more mass (more carbs than minerals).
This study suggests that dietary copper may help convert fat to energy. A while ago copper's antiseptic role in hospital environments was revealed and may result in the wholesale replacement of stainless steel with copper and bronze surfaces such as doorknobs and tabletops (stainless steel became ubiquitous in hospitals based on its appearance, resistance to rust, and ease of cleaning).<p>It's my hope that these new findings didn't result from a sneaky plot by a mining conglomerate to increase demand for copper.
In India many people use copper vessels (jugs, pots) to store drinking water and then drink it from them. Supposedly for some health benefits. Don't know if there really are any or not.<p>Anecdotally, though, I liked to wear a copper ring, and used to imagine as a kid that it keeps the body cool in summer (due to its high conductivity :) [1]<p>[1] of heat, but must have assumed here that good electrical conductivity implies good heat conductivity, don't think I checked (kid).
Chris Masterjohn just releases a podcast on managing copper status.
<a href="https://chrismasterjohnphd.com/2017/02/03/manage-copper-status/" rel="nofollow">https://chrismasterjohnphd.com/2017/02/03/manage-copper-stat...</a><p>I haven't listened to this one yet but typically his stuff is top notch.
A healthy human body is maintained by thousands of biochemical processes and reactions in equilibrium that have evolved over time. As we age, we expose our body to processes that disrupt the equilibrium of these biochemical processes and reactions.
The general term used is inflammation.
These inflammatory processes can be what or what we don't eat, our environment, and our physical activity or lack of. And when I say "healthy human body" I am excluding genetic influences.
But I would recommend that before taking any supplement because you just feel that it may solve a physiological problem I would do the following first:
1. Take a month and log all that you eat or consume.
2. See your doctor and order a complete blood workup to include all your vitamin and mineral levels.
3. Do some research on the below topics:<p>Antinutrients
Anti-inflammatory diets
Minerals: <a href="http://themedicalbiochemistrypage.org/minerals.php" rel="nofollow">http://themedicalbiochemistrypage.org/minerals.php</a>
Vitamins: Water and Fat Soluble - <a href="http://themedicalbiochemistrypage.org/vitamins.php" rel="nofollow">http://themedicalbiochemistrypage.org/vitamins.php</a>
Essential Fatty Acids - <a href="http://qualitycounts.com/fpfats.htm" rel="nofollow">http://qualitycounts.com/fpfats.htm</a><p>Equilibrium of biochemical processes can be easily upset by upsetting other biochemical processes.<p>So increasing the concentration of one mineral may adversly affect the concentration of another mineral and just may adversly affect another biochemical process.<p>I take over 80 different supplements (vitamins, minerals, amino acids, enzymes, etc..). And yes, I have been told I am crazy.<p>While it took me several years to get to this point, I am not alone. And I was kind of surprised when I found this out, because I started this effort doing my own research. It did help since I have a Chemistry degree and took a lot of biochemistry in college. Eventually retired as an EE.<p>Search:
Ray Kurzweil - <a href="http://www.lifeextension.com/Magazine/2005/9/report_kurzweil/Page-01?p=1" rel="nofollow">http://www.lifeextension.com/Magazine/2005/9/report_kurzweil...</a>
Rick Rosner - <a href="http://www.lef.org/Magazine/2015/4/Rick-Rosner/Page-01?p=1" rel="nofollow">http://www.lef.org/Magazine/2015/4/Rick-Rosner/Page-01?p=1</a><p>I don't always agree with some of their points and I don't go to the extreme that they go, it was a pleasant surprise.<p>I have been told, "just eat a balanced diet!".<p>There are several reasons that just does not work for me.
1. For minerals, agricultural processes do not deliberately replenish all minerals in the soil.
2. As we get older, our GI system becomes more inefficient in extracting the minerals and vitamins the body requires.
3. Exposure to environmental sources of inflammation cannot be easily avoided.
4. Without a gallbladder, my digestive system has been compromised.
5. Medications I have to take from time to time also have an effect.<p>And the Super Bowl is around the corner, search on "Tom Brady Diet"<p>Do note, you will find counter info for everything. It is up to you to decide.<p>One thing for sure, get a blood test! Consuming something just because it is over the counter doesn't make it a wise idea.