Giraffe said:post 101454 YuraCZ has linked an interesting interview with Morley Robbins here post 101430. Peat will not agree with everything Robbins says, but they do agree on quite a few things.
I wonder if this interview could give you some new ideas on how to tackle your migraines.
Finally making time to start watching these. NOw litened to the first 2 in Yura's post - first interview with Morley Robbins. So I haven't got the the migraine references yet. Very interesting speaker. Very cool hearing him describing many places where copper is key to good function, and in particular the ceruloplsmin itself.
So far what I'm taking from Morley Robbins is different from what Yura seems to have got. Yura talks a lot about excess copper; Robbins seems to talk about many problems associated with deficiency.
I'm taking from it:
- Copper is essential, but it is only useful (bioavailable) when attached to the transport protein ceruloplasmin. Without the Cp, it causes trouble. I think this is consistent with Peat's views.
- Lack of bio-available copper (may involve excess of unbound copper) can contribute to many kinds of trouble, including weaknesses in skin and connective tissue, steroid synthesis, thermal regulation, CNS damage, iron disregulation, lack of SOD - free radical damage, lack of active cytochrome C oxidase and resultant ATP production, congestive heart failure, aneurisms, strokes, low dopamine, overactive immune response, hypercholesterolemia, and on through the body.
- Various factors can help or hinder the formation of ceruloplasmin. (Consistent with Peat.)
- Help: adequate magnesium (consistent with Peat)
- Hinder: excess unbound iron, ascorbic acid (want the more complete vitamin C molecule from whole foods, not the disruptive ascorbic acid), excessive ACTH (high stress, low Mg) (consistent with Peat)
- Excess supplemental calcium and vit-D can mess with magnesium metabolism, and therefore copper metabolism. This could be a disagreement with Peat, but I'm not sure. It seems to me that Peat also recognises the value of generous magnesium when out of balance, and the need for adequate vit-A and vit-K, both of which shoud I think help counter high blood calcium that can arise from supplemental calcium and vit-D.
- Recommends liver for a well balanced supply of copper, zinc, and iron. He speculates that copper in liver may already be bound to ceruloplasmin (unlike plant sources). Calf, lamb and turkey higher than beef, chicken.
- About half the people he tested seemed to have low plasma ceruloplasmin, and probably most of those hypersupplementation of xcess vit-D supplementation
- He reckons thyroid metabolism usally aries from mineral deficiencies/imbalances, and restoring minerals can rectify thyroid function (probably consistent with RBTI, not sure about Peat)
- People under stress produce more mast cells. More mast cells means more sensitive to histamine, either in food or as triggered by histamine reactions. Copper, Mg, B6 needed for enzymes to regulate this well. Histamine can be out of range from both copper excess and copper deficiency.
Mineral deficiency and/or imbalance is key to most dysfunctions ('medical' diseases). Consistent with Peat and Reams.
Looking forward to listening to part 2. Thanks Yura and Giraffe.
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