Copper and Iron’s Role in Health with Morley Robbins

Morley Robbins is the author of Cu:re Your Fatigue, Creator of the Root Cause Protocol and Institute as well as founder of the Magnesium Advocacy Group.

In this interview, Morley explains the relationships between iron and copper and how they influence Estrogen, Progesterone, and Testosterone.

Here are the highlights:

  • Most people (including cycling women) have toxic levels of unbound iron - most especially men and postmenopausal women

  • No such thing as iron deficient anemia, only lack bioavailable copper

  • Glyphosate, high fructose corn syrup, sorbitol and fourth generation antibiotics all prevent copper absorption

  • Iron is the most abundant element on earth

  • Top 3 most oxidative elements on earth are Fluorine, Oxygen, Iron 

  • We accumulate 1mg/day every day we’re alive

  • Oxidative stress, glycation, and iron accumulation are the 3 top theories of aging

  • Iron causes oxidative stress and glycation (AGE)

  • The only way to get iron out is through blood loss via donation, phlebotomy, or menstruation

  • In 1941 FDA required iron to be added to grains and doubled it in 1969. This is seen as “enriched” or “fortified” in the ingredient list.

  • We replace 2 trillion RBCs every day and only takes 25mgs to do this

  • 24 of the 25 mgs is recycled by the Reticuloendothelial System which is governed by Ceruloplasmin, a copper-dependent protein

  • Under stress, humans lose large amounts of magnesium

  • Sodium and Potassium are needed to make cortisol and adrenaline precursors

  • Emotional stress (cortisol) is severely disruptive to mineral balance and increases iron toxicity by lowering Ceruloplasmin

  • In men, if testosterone is too high (from TRT), iron accumulates in the prostate and causes cancer

  • If ceruloplasmin is low, estrogen will increase to provide backup antioxidant support

  • Progesterone is often low due to a deficiency in magnesium and B6, caused by stress

  • If ceruloplasmin is optimized, magnesium is optimized

  • Xenoestrogens unbind copper from ceruloplasmin taking the iron recycling system offline

For more about Morley go to https://therootcauseprotocol.com/

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