| A healthy human body is maintained by thousands of biochemical processes and reactions in equilibrium that have evolved over time. As we age, we expose our body to processes that disrupt the equilibrium of these biochemical processes and reactions.
The general term used is inflammation.
These inflammatory processes can be what or what we don't eat, our environment, and our physical activity or lack of. And when I say "healthy human body" I am excluding genetic influences.
But I would recommend that before taking any supplement because you just feel that it may solve a physiological problem I would do the following first:
1. Take a month and log all that you eat or consume.
2. See your doctor and order a complete blood workup to include all your vitamin and mineral levels.
3. Do some research on the below topics: Antinutrients
Anti-inflammatory diets
Minerals: http://themedicalbiochemistrypage.org/minerals.php
Vitamins: Water and Fat Soluble - http://themedicalbiochemistrypage.org/vitamins.php
Essential Fatty Acids - http://qualitycounts.com/fpfats.htm Equilibrium of biochemical processes can be easily upset by upsetting other biochemical processes. So increasing the concentration of one mineral may adversly affect the concentration of another mineral and just may adversly affect another biochemical process. I take over 80 different supplements (vitamins, minerals, amino acids, enzymes, etc..). And yes, I have been told I am crazy. While it took me several years to get to this point, I am not alone. And I was kind of surprised when I found this out, because I started this effort doing my own research. It did help since I have a Chemistry degree and took a lot of biochemistry in college. Eventually retired as an EE. Search:
Ray Kurzweil - http://www.lifeextension.com/Magazine/2005/9/report_kurzweil...
Rick Rosner - http://www.lef.org/Magazine/2015/4/Rick-Rosner/Page-01?p=1 I don't always agree with some of their points and I don't go to the extreme that they go, it was a pleasant surprise. I have been told, "just eat a balanced diet!". There are several reasons that just does not work for me.
1. For minerals, agricultural processes do not deliberately replenish all minerals in the soil.
2. As we get older, our GI system becomes more inefficient in extracting the minerals and vitamins the body requires.
3. Exposure to environmental sources of inflammation cannot be easily avoided.
4. Without a gallbladder, my digestive system has been compromised.
5. Medications I have to take from time to time also have an effect. And the Super Bowl is around the corner, search on "Tom Brady Diet" Do note, you will find counter info for everything. It is up to you to decide. One thing for sure, get a blood test! Consuming something just because it is over the counter doesn't make it a wise idea. |
Linus Pauling coined the term because the adverse effects are almost next to non existent even in very huge doses compared to almost all of allopathic medicines (except nootropics). I am taking bunch of nutrients in megadozes for last 7 years, some in what others consider extrimes like A (10-100K IU),D(5-50k IU),C(5-100g),B(50-500mg) etc, some occasiionaly and some every day like C. I never had any side effect worth mentioning. Its VERY hard to poison yourself with vitamins and minerals, you really have to take ludicrous amounts. Iron is probably the only one that man do not have to supplement because it accumulates without blood donations.
I typically scan medical journals for adverse effects before experimenting and devise the dose based on what was used in studies and depending on what I try to achieve.
The only thing that got me was 1+ mg of iodine as Lugols solution, but it seems that I am somewhat alergic to it or it starts up some strange metabolic process in me. That does is very safe even in toddlers.
Talking about copper, I wonder why would anyone supplement it - its certain that copper water pipes continually leak copper in the tap water. Unless you drink water from the bottle, chances are probably low that you have copper deficiency. There are many other more probable things that affect lypolisys like Vitamin C, D, Chromium, Choline, Carnitnine, Iodine, Mg, Retynol, K2, CoQ10. I would bet on any of them prior to copper. For each there is known biochemical pathway that influences lipolysis and all people are typically deficient in almost all of them.