Ascorbic acid prevents copper transport?

[Blanko]

"Because ascorbic acid in supplements prevents copper transport. Refer to the work of Morley Robbins. Book called Cure Your Fatigue. You could actually end up in unbound copper and iron built up in your tissues with supplements. I feel better off them."

Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/Supplements/co ... pplements/

[Blanko]

"One can conclude from numerous medical articles that copper deficiency contributes to, and probably causes, Alzheimer's disease, ischaemic heart disease, some myelodysplastic syndrome and postmenopausal osteoporosis. These chronic diseases have low organ copper and impaired metabolic pathways dependent on copper. They improve with supplements containing copper. Thus, they exhibit classical characteristics of deficiency."

Source: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9554529/

[ofonorow]

Because ascorbic acid in supplements prevents copper transport.

What is "copper transport?"

It has been "known" for decades that vitamin C regulates copper levels, i.e. helps to increase low levels, and helps to detoxify high levels.

[ofonorow]

This is part of a thread on Russell jaffe from our archives on heavy metal detox.

https://vitamincfoundation.com/forum/vi ... 521#p31448

Dr. Jaffey Explains that the shape of the L-ascorbate molecule makes it unique in nature for detox.

2010 version of the 2009 Jaffee lecture originally posted. This is a better explanation of how/why vitamin C works!

Russell Jaffe, MD, PhD discusses safe detox methods IAOMT 2010 Galloway

youtube direct link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fnfa48mjL8

"Safer removal of toxic metals"

"complexing, mobilizing and safely excreting toxic metals"

"ascorbate loves to scavenge toxic metals.. double valent catons - such as lead, mercury etc will bind to ascorbate.

Original contribution: how much toxic metal can a gram (5 mmol) of ascorbate bind with a toxic metals. Conservative methods find a gram of ascorbate finds 10 mcg of Hg.

Ascorbate is the molecule cells like most... Cells accumulate ascorbate levels 30x over plasma

Typical population "calibrates (ascorbate requirement) more than 10 g, and less than 130 g of ascorbate.

Ascorbate safely protects, mobilizes, complexes, and excretes toxic minerals.

60% in urine, 30% in feces, 10% in sweat

Healthy levels of magnesium/zinc are synergistic and assist ascorbate chelate (He speculates
because these promote a more alkaline state) How many in healthy alkaline state? Very few.

Sulphur sources in diet can help ascorbate (conjugation) toxic metals (lower the burden)

Objective: reduce oxidative stress

Always means buffered form of ascorbate (never acidic form) in this talk

Can find out alkaline status with First Morning Urine. Test for metabolic acidosis. 6.5 to 7.5 is
healthy range.

selenomethionine - the beneficial form of selenium - other forms do not work well.

To enhance excretion - selenomethionine and sulfur rich foods (eggs, onions, garlic, ginger, brassica sprouts)

sulfur rich foods promote GSH store

metalothionein - natures protection for heavy metals - combines with metal, frees mg/zinc, lower levels better.

ascorbate is the most effective way to raise GSH (Alton Miester was right all along) (min 27)

Minute 35 - Ascorbate Calibration method.

Healty - 1.5 g every 15 min
Moderately ill - 3 g every 15 min
Chronically ill - 6 - 12 g every 15 min

for two hours until "evacuation" - contrast with bowel tolerance, slow buildup, which can recirculate toxins! This will flush toxins.

http://www.PERQUE.com - ascorbate calibration procedure

After discussion of Sulphur foods - requirement,

talks about bioflavonoids/polyphenols

Lipoic acid protects the nucleus (antioxidant) (around min 52 )

Discussion why " ascorbate is never a pro-oxidant in biological systems. " (min 53)