Depression, Anxiety and Copper Toxicity

Samantha Gilbert
Eat For Life
Updated October 22, 2021 (originally May 1, 2019)

What is Copper Toxicity?

“Copper toxicity, often hereditary, is an inability to effectively eliminate excess copper. It is not the same as Wilson’s Disease, a life-threatening and rare genetic disorder where copper accumulates in vital organs and glands.

Copper has the ability to profoundly affect every system in the body especially the reproductive, nervous, and glandular systems, and it has a devastating effect on mental health.

As I already shared, oral contraceptives and the copper IUD make this condition worse.

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