Fri, Oct-19-07, 11:46
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Senior Member
Posts: 3,225
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Plan: LCHF
Stats: 74/76/67
BF:29/31/25
Progress: -29%
Location: LA SERENA, CHILE
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Well from what I've read chromium directly competes with copper by sharing the same receptors - even more so than zinc.
Have a look at acu-cell.com under chromium and copper.
I have also read that vitamin C at doses higher than 500mg/day will reduce copper and zinc as well - which is I think why I end up getting pretty sick with colds if I megadose C and don't back it up with enough copper/zinc.
And yes - from my own experience I have become deficient in copper after taking zinc and a multi that didn't have much copper in it. Also on a low-carb diet copper consumption isn't very high unless you eat a lot of mushrooms, liver, nuts/seeds or seafood (not fish).
I had a leg cartilage injury that just would not heal until I started taking copper in a multimineral (as a chelate). I take a lot of magnesium anyway, but I also have to balance that with calcium or I get nervous/tremors/irregular heartbeat.
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