Can gut bacteria cause zinc and copper to stay low? / should I donate blood ?

[Kayaker]

Both hair mineral analysis and a blood test have found a high zinc-copper ratio for me. The serum ratio is 1.0.

Blood donation reduces iron and it's a good way to get copper and zinc up if iron status is normal or high.

My iron status is on the upper end. A higher rate of iron absorption and retention may be from hypothyroidism, which I had for many years.

 

[Motif]

Both hair mineral analysis and a blood test have found a high zinc-copper ratio for me. The serum ratio is 1.0.

Blood donation reduces iron and it's a good way to get copper and zinc up if iron status is normal or high.

My iron status is on the upper end. A higher rate of iron absorption and retention may be from hypothyroidism, which I had for many years.

My iron ferritin transferrin were ok in blood.

My old HTMA results. Anybody knows how to read this?

Would be great if you could help me! first of all my symptoms: histamine into which leads to seborrhoic eczema, dermatitis , hair loss. -running thoughts/ bad concentration -chronic tight neck/ shoulders / back for 20 years -myopic Blood tests always showed pretty low zinc copper and...

raypeatforum.com

 

[Kayaker]

The sky-high selenium should be investigated more.

Acute Selenium Toxicity Associated With a Dietary Supplement

Selenium is an element necessary for normal cellular function, but it can have toxic effects at high doses. We investigated an outbreak of acute selenium poisoning.A case was defined as the onset of symptoms of selenium toxicity in a person within 2 weeks ...

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

 

[Motif]

The sky-high selenium should be investigated more.

Acute Selenium Toxicity Associated With a Dietary Supplement

Selenium is an element necessary for normal cellular function, but it can have toxic effects at high doses. We investigated an outbreak of acute selenium poisoning.A case was defined as the onset of symptoms of selenium toxicity in a person within 2 weeks ...

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

I will get blood tests for it. But i think it’s been good in blood