CAN COPPER TOXICITY AFFECT POST POLIO?
written by Tessa Jupp RN References: Nutritional Medicine:fact & fiction Dr Tabrizian 2002 West Aust., Hyperhealth CD-Rom 2002. Trace Elements & Other Essential Nutrients Mertz 1986 NY, Websites -Dr P Eck. Dr L Wilson. Interclinical Hair Analysis What has this got to do with Polio?? Not only can some of the polio health problems we are experiencing be linked to copper levels but because excess copper interferes with our ability to use many other vitamins and minerals – including carnitine production in the body – areas that have been affected by polio can be made worse by the effect copper excess has on problems like spinal degeneration, scoliosis, joint degeneration, osteo-arthritis, tendon and muscle function. We never stop learning and here is a new word to add to our vocabulary – “hypercupremia”. Hyper = excess; cupr = copper; emia = blood; so – it means “excess copper in the blood”. There is a lot written about both copper deficiency and copper toxicity. This is a very complex sub
