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Copper Facts
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Copper Facts
Copper is one of at least nine minerals that are found in the human body in small enough concentrations to call trace minerals, yet are still essential to life. Copper is needed at all ages of development from the fetus to old age. However,...
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Copper Functions
Copper serves as a cofactor for many different enzymes. Within the cells, various “copper chaperons” transport the copper to the enzymes that need it in order to function properly. If the body is deficient in copper, these enzym...
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Copper Health Benefits
Because the copper plays such a vital role in many different aspects of the body’s functioning, its benefits are numerous. The following are a few of them. • Improved immune system functioning and fewer illnesses and infe...
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Copper Health Risks
Copper is vital to our health and well-being. Either too little or too much can not only cause unpleasant symptoms but pose serious health risks. Fortunately life-threatening deficiency and toxicity of copper are both uncommon, but wh...
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Copper Digestion and Absorption
The absorption of copper takes place mainly from the small intestine and to a lesser extent from the stomach. Prior to the absorption of copper in the cuprous (Cu+) state being able to take place from the small intestine, the copper needs t...
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Copper Factoids
• Copper, the chemical element with the symbol Cu, is essential to life. However, the 50 to 150 mg of copper found in the average adult human body is less copper than the amount used to make one copper penny. • The wo...
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