Cloudhands
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So for some context, last winter my hair started shedding really bad near the front of my hairline. I figured i may be zinc deficient so i started eating oysters everyday and I did a bunch of peat stuff and it started growing back. Upon growing back though, it grew in blonde at first, and then as it kept growing it was gray at the roots. I have dark red hair.
It was obvious, with all of my remaining symptoms, i had low copper. I got blood work done, and my all of my iron panels were high, except for ferritin, and my copper was really low as well. So i decided to eat liver every other day, and continued to eat half of a can of crown prince oysters every day, distributed thruout the day as like 1 oyster before every meal. Fast forward to now, and my hair is much grayer up front. Its not falling out anymore, but i also am experiencing allergy and histamine issues, sneezing and small rashes, and im extremely exhausted in the morning. I was doing a bunch of googling and alas, i found this study about a woman, who ate oysters every day, and developed a severe copper deficiency
So im posting this so i can warn some with my theory, and so that i can be open to criticism and feedback from others, to the idea of oysters causing copper deficiency, despite their high copper content, because of the overwhelming zinc amounts.
It was obvious, with all of my remaining symptoms, i had low copper. I got blood work done, and my all of my iron panels were high, except for ferritin, and my copper was really low as well. So i decided to eat liver every other day, and continued to eat half of a can of crown prince oysters every day, distributed thruout the day as like 1 oyster before every meal. Fast forward to now, and my hair is much grayer up front. Its not falling out anymore, but i also am experiencing allergy and histamine issues, sneezing and small rashes, and im extremely exhausted in the morning. I was doing a bunch of googling and alas, i found this study about a woman, who ate oysters every day, and developed a severe copper deficiency
[Copper deficiency myelopathy probably caused by long-lasting daily excessive intake of zink] - PubMed
We report a 39-year-old woman with slowly progressive spastic gait and paresthesia in the lower extremities. Cervical spinal MRI revealed high intensity in the dorsal column from vertebrae C2 to C7. Laboratory findings showed normal vitamin B12 and low serum copper level. By lifestyle history...
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
So im posting this so i can warn some with my theory, and so that i can be open to criticism and feedback from others, to the idea of oysters causing copper deficiency, despite their high copper content, because of the overwhelming zinc amounts.