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VITAMINS & MINERALS?
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MINERAL: COPPER
Copper is an essential mineral element that helps the body produce red blood cells and plays a key role in metabolism. It is distributed in all major organs (heart, liver, kidney, brain...) and is transported in blood by a protein called ceruloplasmin. It is also contained in many enzymes responsible for metabolism. Copper is easily lost by the body through daily perspiration but can also be stored by the body so daily intake is not required.
Having low blood copper is a condition called hypocupremia. Extreme deprivation may cause convulsions, premature gray hair, loss of bone density and anemia due to iron deficiency and poor growth from interfering with how the nervous system and thyroid gland function. Copper deficiencies are often associated with iron deficiencies. Having too much causes vomiting, liver damage, diarrhea and a metallic taste in the mouth.
Copper is found in a variety of foods such as vegetables (with cooper in the soil), seafood, liver and brewer's yeast but with the use of copper piping in most people get it from their drinking water.
It should be noted that copper in jewelry (ei: copper bracelets) may look nice but is not a means of supplementation.
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References
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The Vitamin Alphabet: Your Guide to Vitamins, Minerals and Food Supplements
by Christina Scott-Moncrieff
All in color! Make sure that you are getting all the vitamins and nutrients you need! Written by a physician who uses both conventional and homeopathic medicines, this must-have guide is a handbook for good health. More than 50 nutritional supplements are presented with explanations of what they do, what they can be combined with for enhanced effect, in which foods they can be found, and the recommended daily allowances. Recipes for quick nutritional boosts, case studies, and deficiency checklists are included. In addition to providing information on such common supplements as Vitamins C, A, D, E, and the B-complexes and important minerals like calcium, potassium, iron, and zinc, this authoritative reference also features information on common herbal supplements, including garlic, echinacea, ginseng, and ginkgo biloba. A cross-referenced lifestyles section highlights the special supplement needs for pregnancy, child development, athletics, immune system boosting, and mor
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The Columbia Encyclopedia of Nutrition
by Brian L. G. Morgan, Jaime Rozovski, Myron Winick (Editor), Columbia University Institute of Human Nutrition (Corporate Author)
Useful sourcebook from the Institute of Human Nutrition of the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons provides an authoritative compendium of information relating to a wide variety of topics. Short articles, alphabetically arranged, proffer concise and up-to-date discussions of such subjects as food additives, vegetarianism, vitamin deficiencies, food processing, sources of iron, macrobiotic diets and nutrient requirements during pregnancy. Not all the articles are about nutrition, however, and there are lucid writings on related topics like stress and exercise. Welcome dietary recommendations are given without pep talks or filler, and the evenhanded work doesn't take a dogmatic approach to controversial issues. In its entry on vitamin C, for example, the book states that "there are no definitive answers about consuming large doses," citing one study demonstrating that the vitamin supplement reduces the severity of the common cold and another study that was unable to prove any differences between those taking and those abstaining from the supplement.
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Nutritional Resources @ myfoodcount.com
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