Other Food Notes &
Comments
Vaccines: are loaded with toxins that deplete copper
from the body, specifically targeting the liver, where the greatest percentage
(~10%) of the body’s copper is stored.
Poultry: when
pH testing numerous poultry items (chicken, turkey, Cornish hens, gaming hens),
the pH level was found to be above 7.5, with most testing at least 8.0 pH level,
even after being cooked. These poultry items were from regular grocery stores
and natural health food stores. Some were labeled 100% organic, free range,
anti-biotic & hormone free, natural, etc.
They were all found to be saturated with alkaline chemical/s.
Red Meats:
all red meats are copper negated because the animals are fed copper
deficient and copper depleting diets with sulfates, phosphates, and zinc in
abundance in particular. Much of the animals’ diets consist of Genetically
Modified (GM) food sources which are alkaline proteins. Most cows/cattle are
butchered between the ages of 18 – 22 months, before they start displaying
signs of “mad cow”, copper deficiency symptoms.
(Ref 1)
Fish: most
fish is loaded with omega-3 “essential fatty acids”. Omega-3’s are blood
thinners, so this will further deplete body copper stores, especially when
there is no copper being replenished from other food sources.
Genetically Modified (GM): GM foods are being labeled “ORGANIC” now.
High copper protein food crops should be acidic; copper has an acidic pH level
of about 5.5, and if the pH of the food tests higher than that, the copper
status is decreased and is negated. GM food proteins have been modified to a
higher pH than the copper contained in them in order to negate the copper in
the food, and will test higher than 5.5. Monsanto praises their GM protein food;
now farmers can cut down on the amount of (alkaline, copper negating)
fertilizers/pesticides and this provides environmental safeguards. In reality
the alkaline fertilizers/pesticides are not needed now because they have built
in the copper negating effects right into the plant itself by changing the
acidic protein to an alkaline protein. Other protein foods have been modified
by adding additional sulfur amino acids into the amino acid sequences. Sulfur
binds with copper and pulls it out of the body, thereby depleting copper
status. (Refs 2, 3)
“High Copper” Foods: we have been given a long list of “copper
rich” foods that supposedly provides us our dietary requirements for copper,
however, when checking their “official” list you will notice that these foods
have sulfur in abundance. The sulfur
binds with copper and further depletes the copper stores in the body, and
negates any copper that may have been present in the food. You will also note on packages of various
nuts and grains, there is no mention of ANY copper contained in the item. If
there is even 1 – 2% of the
Herbs & Raw Food Diet:
most herbs we are “permitted” to have access to, are those
herbs that are blood thinning, alkaline, and deplete copper status of the body.
Very harmful herbs
to copper status are those herbs which are astringent, diuretic, liver, and
bile promoting herbs. Binding herbs are
very harmful to copper status as well. They bind with copper and move it out of
the body.
Some herbs (and
supplements) may make you feel better for a short while – this is because
the herbs are binding with the unbound copper in the body and making it
temporarily available for the body to use.
However, when the unbound copper runs out you are in worse condition
because the copper is further depleted. Remember, we no longer are getting (miniscule
if any) copper replenished because it is no longer in the food or food chain.
Partial Herb List: dandelion, alfalfa, chlorella, licorice root,
cascara sagrada, yellow dock, burdock, pau d’arco, hyssop, sarsaparilla,
goldenseal, Echinacea, kelp, bladderwrack, red
clover, buckthorn, barberry, rehmannia, codonopsis, dong quai, ginseng,
motherwort, chaste tree, white oak bark, ginger, ashwaghanda,
garlic, gotu kola, astragalus,
juniper, parsley, saw palmetto, prickly ash bark, burdock, plantain, milk
thistle, Oregon grape, barberry, corn silk, horsetail, couch grass, gravel
root, uva ursi, nettles,
cilantro, bugleweed, irish moss, St John’s wort, shizandra, mushrooms,
chaparral, red root, artichoke leaf, fringe tree, bayberry, cayenne, chamomile,
rosemary…..
Raw food diets which
are alkaline, further deplete copper in the body and
increase severity of copper deficiency symptoms. (Note: raw food diet and herbal knowledge was gained
mainly through recent experience.)
Naturapathic/Alternative protocols: these protocols further deplete
copper stores in the body. Colonics,
coffee enemas, infra-red saunas, ionic baths, magnetic
clay baths, chelation “therapies”, homeopathic
“remedies”, etc.
Other Sources That Deplete Copper in the Body: radiation (depleted uranium, computers,
televisions, high power lines, cell phones), vaccines. Vaccines can act very quickly with many
people in depleting their copper stores – this is why so many, especially
children, are having so many health problems at an early age.
Fillers, Binders, & Excipients.
Minerals, Vitamins, & Amino Acids that deplete
copper: molybdenum, iodine,
manganese, zinc, chlorine, fluoride, phosphorus, sulfur, cysteine
& methionine (sulfur amino acids), glycine, tryptophan, alpha-lipoic acid, glutathione, all vitamins. The electrolytes
(calcium, magnesium, potassium & sodium) will deplete copper, since there
is no copper available in the food chain any more. In order for the body to be
able to use the other minerals properly, there has to be sufficient copper in
the body and the diet.
Enzymes: especially protease enzymes.
OTHER ANTI-COPPER INGREDIENTS
This list is ONLY PARTIAL – there is no way to list the thousands of
alkaline, blood thinning, & copper antagonist chemicals in this
writing. You can find these on food and
personal care product labels. Any
chemical name with an electrolyte (calcium, magnesium, potassium & sodium)
as part of the name has a very high pH level and is toxic to the body when
copper is already deficient in the body and the diet. Also, anything derived
from phosphorus, sulfur, alkaline amino acids, is very harmful to the body as
well.
Other Ingredients Found on Food Labels: high
fructose corn syrup, corn syrup, sugar, oils (soy, corn, cottonseed, etc),
phosphoric acid, aspartame, MSG, calcium carbonate, barley malt, enriched
flour, phosphates, monocalcium phosphate, di-calcium phosphate, tri-calcium phosphate, calcium
sulfate, colors, whey protein, sodium tripolyphosphate,
sodium stearoyl lactylate,
soy protein….
Other Ingredients Found on Personal Care
Product Labels: sodium
laurel/eth sulfate (sulfur based), most herbs that are used, parabens, betaine, propylene
glycol, sodium stearate, anything with a number in
it, tetrasodium, D&C colors, sodium bicarbonate,
sodium monofluorophosphate, oils, potassium benzoate,
potassium myristate, potassium stearate…..
Remember, since copper is not
getting replenished, most if not all minerals and chemicals are harmful to the
body. And, since 95% of us are already
copper deficient these chemicals are further depleting existing copper stores
in the body.
References:
1. http://www.unveilingthem.com/MadCowCopperDeficiency.htm
A Case For the Role of Copper Deficiency in “Mad Cow” Disease and Human
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease……Research has suggested
that copper also has an important role to play in the prevention or moderation
of certain neurodegenerative diseases including the polyglutamine
diseases (such as Friedrich ataxia and Huntington's Disease), Parkinson's
Disease, Wilson's and Menkes' Diseases, amyotrophic
lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig's Disease, also called
"Motor Neuron Disease" in the UK), and Alzheimer's Disease.
2. http://www.agrichem.com.au/education/ Increased phosphorus and iron availability in
soils decreases copper uptake by plants.
3. http://www.das.psu.edu/user/dairy/newsletter/fullstory.cfm?newsID=376 Copper availability is lowest at near neutral
soil pH (6.5 - 7.5), but as pH decreases copper availability increases.
4. http://www.unveilingthem.com/FoodsRichInSulfur.htm
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