Where did the myth that copper is toxic came from & does it make people demented?
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The amounts in animal feeds is currently limited to 170mg/kg, but it used to be higher before it got regulated. It's extremely unlikely human requirements are so much lower (especially if we consider our massive brains it could be even higher). Now when I mostly fixed my deficiency, I can see the sign of deficiency related dementia in people as young as 30.
There is evidence for other diseases, like NAFLD, also being caused by copper deficiency.
There is also evidence that fructose consumption may deplete copper, so it isn't fructose intake itself, but the fact that it makes existing copper deficiency worse.
There doesn't seem to be any reason why copper started to be classified as a heavy metal, all I could find was mild nausea from old unwashed kettles etc. Up unil the early, possibly mid 20th century, copper was believed not to be toxic and people regularly cooked in it. By late 20h century, it was a highly toxic heavy metal. How did that happen?
The amounts in animal feeds is currently limited to 170mg/kg, but it used to be higher before it got regulated. It's extremely unlikely human requirements are so much lower (especially if we consider our massive brains it could be even higher). Now when I mostly fixed my deficiency, I can see the sign of deficiency related dementia in people as young as 30.
There is evidence for other diseases, like NAFLD, also being caused by copper deficiency.
There is also evidence that fructose consumption may deplete copper, so it isn't fructose intake itself, but the fact that it makes existing copper deficiency worse.
There doesn't seem to be any reason why copper started to be classified as a heavy metal, all I could find was mild nausea from old unwashed kettles etc. Up unil the early, possibly mid 20th century, copper was believed not to be toxic and people regularly cooked in it. By late 20h century, it was a highly toxic heavy metal. How did that happen?
