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There are actually many things that inhibit ceruloplasmin production as well. Obviously the biggest problem with creating sufficient ceruloplasmin is our overloaded livers from environmental toxins. Preventing the liver from becoming sluggish is key to making ceruloplasmin available. Loving your liver is one of the KEY things to do to heal from a copper imbalance, as well as healing your adrenals.
Ceruloplasmin in is the key to regulating copper and iron. CP is also needed for neurotransmitter health, management of yeast, parasites, and other nasty stuff, and it is important for ATP regulation (aka energy production!)
So how we do love our livers?
My favorite remedies include:
- Bone broth, gelatin,or collagen
- Apple cider vinegar
- Aloe vera
- Milk thistle
- Dandelion root decoctions or tea
- garlic, turmeric, ginger, cayenne
- Herbal infusions like nettles, oatstraw and red raspberry leaf. Infusions are extremely nourishing to the body, and most of them help with liver, lymph, kidneys, and the adrenals.
- Castor oil packs (read about castor oil packs here!)
- Whey protein is also an amazing helper for the liver since it helps the body create more glutathione.
- Gaia Herbs “Sweetish” Bitters . Bitters are especially helpful for bile flow, improving stomach acid, and helps assimilate nutrients.
- Sunflower Lecithin: Sunflower Lecithin is not something well known yet, but it is gaining popularity.
- This form of lecithin is rich in phosphatidyl choline, which is a B complex vitamin that has extremely important roles in fat metabolism and liver health. It helps with stimulating bile flow and can help flush fat out of the liver, and it is also extremely important for brain health.
EST liver helpers is actually liver itself. Beef liver is one of the most nutrient dense foods on the planet- but if you are like most people and cannot stand the thought of eating it, you can also get beef liver capsules or powder!
- Or check out Perfect Supplements for all of their amazing detox support supplements! (Don’t forget to use my code SASSY for 10% off!)
There are SO many ways to help the liver out. The key is to use herbs and foods that assist and aid the liver, hopefully as gently as possibly. We don’t want to do harsh liver cleanses (the liver doesn’t actually get dirty, just sluggish) unless you are already familiar with them, or you are under the care of a knowledgeable practitioner.
Copper is a trace mineral, meaning it is needed in a very small quantity. Its primary role is to help form hemoglobin and collagen in the body.
A deficiency in copper results in poorly formed red blood cells, known as anemia. It also is an antioxidant, helping with the elimination of free radicals.
Copper deficiency symptoms can include increased parasitic infections, weakness from anemia and leaky gut.
Copper must stay in balance with zinc and iron in the body as well and if you consume too much of one it can throw the others out of balance.
The RDA for copper is 900 mcg/day. The Daily Value is 2 mg.
Top 10 Copper Rich Foods List
1) Beef liver3 oz: 14 mg (over 100% DV)
2) Sunflower seeds¼ cup: 0.63 mg (31% DV)
3) Lentils1 cup: 0.5mg (25% DV)
4) Almonds¼ cup: 0.4 mg (20% DV)
5) Dried apricots1 cup: 0.69mg (34% DV)
6) Dark chocolate1 square: 0.9 mg (45% DV)
7) Blackstrap molasses2 tsp: 0.28 mg (14% DV)
8) Asparagus1 cup: 0.25 (12% DV)
9) Mushrooms1 cup: 0.43 mg (20% DV)
10) Turnip greens
Best Vitamin B6 Food Sources
Vitamin B6 can be found in high levels naturally in the following 13 foods (percentages based on 1.3 milligrams daily for adults under 50 years old):
- Turkey Breast (3) — 3 ounces: 0.7 milligrams (53% DV)
- Grass-Fed Beef (4) — 3 ounces beef tenderloin: 0.5 milligrams (38% DV)
- Pistachio Nuts (5) — 1/4 cup: 0.5 milligrams (38% DV)
- Tuna (6) — 1 3-ounce can: 0.4 milligrams (30% DV)
- Pinto Beans (7) — 1 cup cooked: 0.4 milligrams (30% DV)
- Avocado (8) — 1 raw: 0.4 milligrams (30% DV)
- Chicken Breast (9) — ½ one breast: 0.3 milligrams (23% DV)
- Blackstrap Molasses (10) — 2 tablespoons: 0.26 milligrams (20% DV)
- Sunflower Seeds (11) — 1/4 cup: 0.25 milligrams (19% DV)
- Sesame Seeds (12) — 1/4 cup: .25 milligrams (19% DV)
- Chickpeas/Garbanzo Beans (13) — 1 cup cooked: 0.2 milligrams (15% DV)
- Amaranth Grain (14) — 1 cup cooked: 0.2 milligrams (15%DV)
How to get through Copper Dumping
There are many ways to help decrease the intensity of copper dumping. Keeping your liver working well is key, as well as reducing the stress and anxiety that comes along. To Help get through copper dumping:
Castor oil packs, red raspberry leaf tea, nettle infusions, full-fat dairy (calcium helps slow the effects but doesn’t stop it), salt water (1/4 tsp in a glass once or twice a day), dandelion root tea, milk thistle.
Magnesium and potassium are also helpful as dumping copper can “waste” these nutrients, consumption of a food high in molybdenum, manganese, or sulfur.
Testing for copper dysregulation:
Candida albicans
Another possible symptom has to do with yeast or candida buildup in the body. This is associated with copper toxicity in many cases.
Another possible symptom has to do with yeast or candida buildup in the body. This is associated with copper toxicity in many cases.
As the copper is removed, usually the candida problem just goes away on its own without any other therapy.
If a lot of copper is eliminated quickly, it could cause a shift in candida symptoms, such as more gas and bloating, some brain fog or other physical or emotional symptoms associated with candida or other yeast infections.
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Removing copper may sound like a simple idea, but it is not simple. Excess copper is quite poisonous for the body.
It is mainly a powerful oxidant, but it has other toxic qualities as well, such as its effect on neurotransmitter synthesis and the properties of copper as an electrical conductor.
The qualities of copper are discussed in the article Copper Toxicity Syndrome.
The qualities of copper are discussed in the article Copper Toxicity Syndrome.
WHY COPPER REACTIONS OCCUR
The copper stored in the tissues must first be transported into the blood. It then circulates through the blood for a while until it is taken up by the liver and kidneys, primarily.
From there it must be removed through the feces, bile or some other route such as the skin or even in other body secretions. This is a complex process.
1. The body may not be able to clear or remove it from the blood rapidly enough. Then this toxic substance is floating through the blood, essentially damaging everything it touches.
2. The liver, kidneys absorb so much copper from the blood that they become overloaded and stop functioning properly.
The liver is the usual place this occurs. In this case, the person will often feel nauseous, and perhaps will feel some pain or fullness in the area of the liver until the liver recovers.
The liver is the usual place this occurs. In this case, the person will often feel nauseous, and perhaps will feel some pain or fullness in the area of the liver until the liver recovers.
A temporary deficiency of the copper binding proteins occurs.
To avoid toxicity, copper should always be wrapped up or bound to certain protein molecules in the blood and elsewhere.
These are called copper binding proteins. These grab onto the free or unbound copper in the blood and safely transport it to the liver, kidneys and elsewhere.
They include ceruloplasmin, metallothionein and perhaps others as well.
Many binding proteins contain sulfur, among other elements. The sulfur-containing amino acids found in eggs and meats are helpful for removing copper, for example.
This is an important reason why vegetarians who do not eat meat or eggs have much more problems eliminating copper in most cases.
Adequate adrenal glandular activity may also be required for the liver to produce enough copper binding proteins.
This is an important reason why vegetarians who do not eat meat or eggs have much more problems eliminating copper in most cases.
Adequate adrenal glandular activity may also be required for the liver to produce enough copper binding proteins.
If a lot of copper is dumped into the blood at once, the body may not have enough binding proteins available to handle it.
As a result, free or unbound copper floats through the blood, damaging tissues and organs as it does.
One could also feel nausea or even depressed for a few hours or even days if the copper elimination is intense.
As a result, free or unbound copper floats through the blood, damaging tissues and organs as it does.
One could also feel nausea or even depressed for a few hours or even days if the copper elimination is intense.
Die-off reactions related to the death of yeast or candida allbicans infection in the intestines.
Die-off or even a flare-up of an infection that was “hiding” near a deposit of copper or in some other way related to copper toxicity.
Copper toxicity is associated with infections of all kinds. As copper is eliminated, many people experience a temporary flare-up of symptoms related to a cold, flu, sinus condition, or some other infection.
Copper toxicity is associated with infections of all kinds. As copper is eliminated, many people experience a temporary flare-up of symptoms related to a cold, flu, sinus condition, or some other infection.
SOLUTIONS
To stop or reduce the symptoms of copper elimination, here are several options:
· Rest a lot more.
· Avoid constipation
· Drink 3 quarts or more distilled water for a few days to a week as your only beverage.
if you are drinking spring water or filtered tap water, switch temporarily to steam distilled water and no other beverage.
This can be most helpful to reduce stress on the liver and kidneys, and allows the body to move through the copper elimination as quickly and as easily as possible.
if you are drinking spring water or filtered tap water, switch temporarily to steam distilled water and no other beverage.
This can be most helpful to reduce stress on the liver and kidneys, and allows the body to move through the copper elimination as quickly and as easily as possible.
It may be possible to slow down the elimination by stopping the supplement program, and perhaps even changing the diet to add more animal protein and fewer cooked vegetables.
This should slow all metal elimination. However, stopping the supplements and even the diet for a day or two may be helpful.
This will take care of many copper elimination symptoms.
This should slow all metal elimination. However, stopping the supplements and even the diet for a day or two may be helpful.
This will take care of many copper elimination symptoms.
Stay on the regular diet and add some milk thistle, dandelion or perhaps burdock root to promote liver activity.
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Vitamin B6
This is another copper antagonist that may be helpful during a copper elimination for up to a week.
Molybdenum binds with copper to reduce its toxic effects. It also helps the liver eliminate copper.
However, molybdenum is slightly toxic, so it is not a preferred method to deal with copper elimination.
Sulfur also binds with copper, reducing its toxic effects. Sulfur is also important for liver detoxification.
Zinc
While zinc is a major copper antagonist, taking more zinc during a copper elimination can cause the body to remove more copper from the liver.
Zinc can replace copper in the liver and elsewhere. However, this might force more copper into the blood stream, aggravating copper elimination symptoms.
Therefore, extra zinc is not usually the best answer.
Vitamin C
Vitamin C is an excellent copper chelator, but by stimulating adrenal activity may cause more copper to be dumped into the blood stream.
THE BENEFITS OF COPPER ELIMINATION
· A much stronger immune response. This means a much lower chance of infections and other problems.
· This means less tendency for anxiety, depression, mood swings, panic disorder, seizures and even schizophrenia.
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· Other benefits: much better energy, better skin, hair and nails, a more normal blood pressure, and less risk of all liver disease.
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| Tomatoes | 1 cup | 32.4 | 9.00 | 20 | 11.1 | excellent |
| Romaine Lettuce | 2 cups | 16.0 | 5.64 | 13 | 14.1 | excellent |
| Cucumber | 1 cup | 15.6 | 5.20 | 12 | 13.3 | excellent |
| Celery | 1 cup | 16.2 | 5.05 | 11 | 12.5 | excellent |
| Eggs | 1 each | 77.5 | 8.50 | 19 | 4.4 | very good |
| Carrots | 1 cup | 50.0 | 6.10 | 14 | 4.9 | very good |
| Bell Peppers | 1 cup | 28.5 | 4.60 | 10 | 6.5 | very good |
| Fennel | 1 cup | 27.0 | 4.35 | 10 | 6.5 | very good |
| Yogurt | 1 cup | 149.4 | 11.27 | 25 | 3.0 | good |
| Walnuts | 0.25 cup | 196.2 | 8.85 | 20 | 1.8 | good |
| Green Peas | 1 cup | 115.7 | 6.89 | 15 | 2.4 | good |
| Almonds | 0.25 cup | 132.2 | 6.78 | 15 | 2.1 | good |