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How many patients cardiologic patients in Israeli may -at this very moment -benefit from extra copper? No idea, only realizing that I can’t remember a patient who ever got this advice from a cardiologist but it is “impossible” to think about everything. [ Medicine is wider than ” all oceans combined”…..] In many supplement one will find copper but also zinc and the question is if this is the best [to combine them] In food this is of course never a problem as this is created by the Creator Himself.

Although too much copper can be problematic health-wise, researchers at the university of louisville in kentucky and the usda human nutrition research center reported online on the march 5, 2007 in the journal of experimental medicine that supplementing mice with the mineral prevents enlargement of the heart when the organ is stressed. Deficient copper intake has been associated with increased cholesterol levels, clot formation, and heart disease.
Four weeks after the surgery, cardiac hypertrophy (enlargement) was observed. This was significantly reversed during the final four weeks of the study in the animals who received the higher copper diet, while the remainder went on to develop heart failure. The researchers found that supplementing with copper promoted the synthesis of vascular endothelial growth factor (vegf), a protein that increases the growth of new blood vessels, which was reduced in the late phase of cardiac hypertrophy among mice that did not receive extra copper.
The heart needs copper
The human equivalent dose for the high dose of copper used in the study is 2.9 milligrams per day, however, the recommended daily intake is only 0.9 milligrams. “Should similar effects of copper supplementation be found in controlled studies in human patients,” the authors write, “this will point the way to a simple, nontoxic and extraordinarily economical therapy for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.”
Y. James kang and colleagues at the university of louisville school of medicine used a mouse model of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy caused by pressure overload induced by constriction of the ascending aorta. A group of control mice received sham surgeries. The animals received a diet providing rda adequate levels (6 milligrams per kilogram diet) of copper for eight weeks. After four weeks on the diet, some of the animals were changed to a diet providing higher levels (20 milligrams per kilogram diet) for the remaining four weeks

Some remarks about Copper and Zinc

Copper is an essential element often forgotten to consider but too much copper can be just as detrimental as too little.
During my medical training I often saw iron supplements being combined with copper.
Sometimes an anemia willl not react to anything unless copper is added.
Intestinal problems [celiac disease], severe constipation, “bad” intestinal flora can  interfere with the absorption of copper.
Copper deficiencies are in general rare.
Zinc competes with copper absorption and high doses of zinc for even a few weeks [50-75 mcg] per day can cause copper deficiency.
Lack of copper can cause anemia,lack of white blood cells as well as neurological symptoms[spasticity, loss of sensation]
Wearing copper bracelets had been known since long as a well known home remedy for arthritis.
There has been some doubt if it is good to take zinc and copper at the same time [in one supplement] but as far as it seems from the literature this should not be a real problem.
In case one takes zinc as is now common during the Corona epidemic and there is a reason to add copper then take it at separate times.
These were just a few words about zinc and copper because of the article I am sending to you

Maybe you also want to click on the TAG copper to read some other articles about copper

 For example: In the human body copper -even if it is present only in small amounts-has a vital function.
Copper and zinc are very dependent on each other.
Too much copper and low levels of zinc can lead to serious psychiatry problems and even possibly to certain forms of schizophrenia .
Fortunately, zinc food sources also provide copper.And more!