Hi, all.

I just got the reports of minerals. They drew blood from capillary. The blood work was done differently from thyroid hormone tests.

Zinc 79.35 (76.50-150.0)

Copper 23.33 (11.80-39.30)

Magneisum 1.36 (1.12-2.06)

Calcium 1.34 (1.15-2.10)

Iron 7.56 (7.52-11.82)

So I should start to supplement at least Zinc and Copper rich food or pills directly?

I heard that supplements should be taken with Co Enzyme Q10, why is that?

Thanks

Supps do not have to be taken with coq10...

Sometimes food is not the answer when it comes to increasing low levels or nutrients.
Mushrooms contain the highest amount of copper than any other food. Yet when athletes increased their consumption of mushrooms, their copper blood level did not increase.

Only when the supplemented with pills did their copper levels increase.

Zinc...shellfish have high amounts of zinc..you could increase that as well.
But if you were to take 30mgs before bed with some magnesium(which is always a good thing) I know your levels would increase.

Take your copper midday and you can take it by itslelf...you will not need much. Go to a health food store and buy from a reputable company..Solgar,Solaray, Natures Way, Twinlab..etc.

Good luck

Hi, Gostrydr, Sorry for posting back late.


I do eat a lot of mushroom, I love it every day. But I eat lots of shellfish, too! Why my Zinc level is still so low?

Thanks a lot!

Joyhpo
You just answered your own question..sometimes food is NOT the answer. You eat lots of mushrooms yet your copper level is down..you eat lots of shellfish yet your zinc levels are low.

Folate which is found in food absorbs about 40% less than supplemental folic acid..them are the facts.

Kale is the supreme green when in comes to calcium..yet you only absorb 40% of the calcium contained in these greens.

So just add a little copper and zinc to your daily regimen to get your levels up and see where you are after a retest.

Hiya -

if I were you I wouldn't supplement with copper - your levels are fine and too much copper is BAD NEWS believe me. Especially if your zinc is on the low end.

Get a good chelated zinc supplement - if you are not going to supplement copper, then I would take 20-30mg (no more) zinc a day.

This is not the first time I've seen a low-carber have low zinc levels (in relation to copper that is - the ratio is what counts as well).

Just an idea based on what I've learnt about zinc.

Shellfish is not a good idea either as it is very high in copper relative to zinc. Red meat is your best bet.

Thanks, Loops. But you know I am a hypo patient. Some others told me zinc is a stimulant or it could lower the cortisol level. So they said it is not recommended to supplement it. What do you think?