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i would like to discuss the number one

nutrient in boosting your

collagen now it’s not vitamin c even

though vitamin c definitely helps

collagen but it’s something else now

what is collagen collagen is that

protein that connects everything

together out of all the protein in your

body about 35

of it is collagen so it’s a connective

tissue it makes up your cartilage your

muscles your tendons your ligaments

your eyes the fascia the stuff that

holds all your muscles together it’s

below your skin right on top of your

muscles it makes up your bone

even your teeth and it’s all around your

skin and i think a lot of people are

trying to boost their collagen by

consuming collagen when in fact they’re

missing something else and this talk is

inspired by

this book that i’ve been reading soil

grass in cancer the link between human

and animal health and the mineral

balance in the soil it’s a fascinating

book on nutrition talking about the

relationship between the animals that we

eat and the animals that eat the grass

that comes from certain soils so if

there’s some mineral missing in the soil

it’s going to be missing in the plant

which the animals eat and then we eat

the animals so we’re going to be

deficient as well and the number one

nutrient to boost collagen is

copper so copper has a direct effect on

making collagen preventing the loss of

collagen making elastin which is a

a protein that supports the structural

integrity of collagen and so this trace

mineral needed in a very small amount is

necessary

in the enzymes that allow proteins to

form and so the copper enzymes are all

about structural integrity so if you are

deficient in copper there are several

things that can happen with your body

tissue number one it can lead to

something called swayback or lordosis

now this happens in animals as well like

horses but it also happens in humans

where you have this excess lower back

curve and that occurs because you don’t

have the structural stability to hold

everything together so things are

becoming a little bit too loose now can

also show up in your skin as loose skin

and as a side note copper has a lot of

additional benefits

including

being able to tolerate the sun longer

now what about hernias well there’s some

great research i’ll put the link down

below it shows the relationship between

people having hernias with a significant

deficiency in copper and that goes for

all different types of hernias whether

they’re inguinal or hiatal because you

need the structural integrity

that copper gives to hold everything

together real nicely copper supports

your joints so if your joints are weak

or they’re falling apart

chances are there could be a copper

deficiency and also with muscles if your

muscles are weak you may be deficient in

copper athletes that have sufficient

copper have more endurance they’re more

hydrated they can go longer without

drinking water so just think about

exercise and the involvement of collagen

and connective tissue i mean you’re

talking about joints muscles

everything your lower back discs need

copper to make them very very strong

your blood vessels need copper to

prevent things like varicose veins so

those are all the things that connect

copper to collagen but let’s talk about

some other benefits of copper if you

have an iron deficiency anemia situation

and you don’t have enough copper and you

take iron you’re not going to be able to

fix your anemia copper is really

necessary with your your immune system

your white blood cells

as well as the size and shape of your

red blood cells if you’re deficient in

copper you can have a disorder where

you’re sweating excessively and copper

is also involved with melanin which

gives you that pigment so if you’re

deficient in copper you can gray

prematurely copper also supports the

brain and it can help you keep your

balance

in the dark

or when your eyes are closed so if you

close your eyes and you feel dizzy or

disoriented that could be a copper

deficiency so let’s say for example

you’re going to take a shower and you

take off your shirt that momentary lack

of light can affect your equilibrium and

your balance having enough copper can

also keep your uric acid in check copper

is necessary to detoxify fluoride and by

the way the more fluoride you have in

your body the less copper you’re going

to have and copper has been known to

help warm up feet and that could be

because it helps you transport iron

which is necessary in hemoglobin all

right so now what are the foods that are

high in copper liver

kidney

oysters shellfish

shiitake mushrooms and sesame seeds now

what are the common causes of a copper

deficiency well the probably the biggest

cause is that we just don’t have enough

copper in our soils which then translate

to a copper deficiency in the foods that

we eat you’re also going to see a copper

deficiency after gastric bypass surgery

you can also get a deficiency if you

take too much ascorbic acid okay which

is

part of the vitamin c complex normally

copper is supposed to be part of the

vitamin c complex as an enzyme

but if you’re taking just a lot of

ascorbic acid out of the normal complex

that can create a deficiency of copper

too now another common cause of a copper

deficiency

is by someone taking too much zinc and

so recently a lot of people have been on

the bandwagon to take a lot of zinc and

they’ve probably been taking zinc out of

the

complex of a lot of trace minerals

including copper and taking too much

zinc over a period of time can throw off

your copper ratios having you be

deficient in copper so too much zinc can

lower copper too much copper can lower

zinc both zinc and copper work together

and this is why i always recommend that

you get your trace minerals in a complex

too much sugar especially fructose can

create a copper deficiency alcohol can

create a deficiency as well as consuming

too much fiber now i’m not talking about

the fiber from your foods

that come with these trace minerals i’m

talking about all these new

functional fibers that people are adding

in the so-called keto-friendly bars or

different foods now since we’re on the

topic of collagen and probably a lot of

people are interested in anti-aging

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