"ADVANCED MEDICAL AWARENESS"

The old Chinese physicians had a saying, and four decades of practice have only deepened my respect for it: copper is the general, and iron is the foot soldier. You do not run an army with foot soldiers alone. You do not run a body that way either. And yet that is precisely what conventional medicine has been trying to do since 1941, when our flour was first dosed with iron filings, and the generals were quietly demoted out of the textbook.

Copper is an essential trace mineral. Many functions within our bodies are made possible by this absolutely essential nutrient. Copper is an essential trace element required in various physiological processes in the human body... Copper serves as a cofactor for numerous enzymes involved in energy metabolism, neurotransmitter synthesis, and antioxidant defense... Copper deficiency is also recognized as a major contributing factor to the development of atherosclerosis.

Without enough bioavailable copper your body simply cannot produce all of the energy it needs, and you cannot stay healthy. Copper plays crucial roles in the energy production cycle. It is required for optimal enzyme activity and the transfer of electrons in the cell and is an integral part of the five part mitochondria's respiratory chain that produces our MG-ATP.

Specifically, copper is what enables electrons to be transported along the membrane of the mitochondria because of how it aids the pivotal enzyme known as cytochrome C oxidase (complex IV) To accept electrons and hydrogen ion (H+) atoms. Copper is also necessary for generating cytochrome C oxidase. Complex IV is the final electron acceptor in the cycle of energy production and passes electrons to molecular oxygen. The electrons and oxygen then bind with H+ atoms to produce water and release ATP.

Copper plays many other important roles in the body, including helping to maintain the health of the liver. It is in the liver that some of the highest concentrations of copper are found. Your liver is one of your body's most important organs and also one of the most overworked, being responsible for carrying out more than 500 vital functions, all of which are directly or indirectly dependent on the liver's copper stores and copper- dependent enzymes.

Bioavailable copper helps protect against oxidative stress, copper also helps protect the thyroid gland, as well as all other organs and tissues in the body, from being damaged or impaired by ROS and antioxidants. Copper deficiency can result in thyroiditis, and inflammatory condition in which the thyroid gland becomes injured. Lack of copper, in particular, can cause an increase in ROS, especially superoxide, hydrogen peroxide, and other damaging oxidative molecules...