The Copper Connection To Your Hormones & More! 

IT'S MORE IMPORTANT THAN YOU THINK!

When it comes to male and female sex hormone balance, there are many factors involved.  It's  a very delicate dance between various organs in the body to keep hormones moving smoothly.  Many times through poor diet, environmental toxicities, nutritional deficiencies, stress, aging, and medications the balance can become upset.   For women all too common symptoms include painful periods, anxiety, missed cycles, fertility issues, low libido, anemia, insomnia, and difficulty pregnancies.  Men can be hit with symptoms of low testosterone like loss of muscle mass, anxiety, fatigue, ED (erectile dysfunction), low libido, and fatigue.  

During my studies, it kept being brought up how much copper imbalance is an epidemic!  A leading cause of  mistaken and misdiagnosed symptoms for millions of people.  I realized just how right my mentors and studies had been, it was everywhere!   The worst part, no one really knows about it. 

The most common causes of a copper imbalance are birth control (all forms, every single kind, no exceptions), copper water piping (HUGE!), vegan/vegetarian style of eating, and bioidentical estrogen therapy (often used for post menopausal women).  Think hard, think way back, have I had these exposures?   Exposure counts even if it is in the past!  It doesn't have to be current.  Copper excess, like any metal, can stay in the tissues of the body for years and years.  Quietly breaking down the body metabolically.  If you have participated in any of these, it is very likely you are dealing with a copper imbalance.  

Correcting copper imbalance takes time and the most important step is removing the cause of it.  It's not an overnight fix but working on strong diet, supporting the liver, using gentle detox practice, dedication,  and mineral balancing are keys to turning the situation around.