What about iron overload? Excess iron is so involved in heart disease
(not in every single individual) that it seems to me anyone with heart
issues should have their iron status and ferritin level checked.
I forget exactly the relationship, but copper and iron metabolism and
deficiency/excess are closely linked............I have read that most
men over 50 have too much iron.
sol
Dr. Matthias Weisser wrote:
I read about that Dr. Joel Wallach knew about this:
http://www.thewallachfiles.com/wallach.htm
Copper deficiency - a cause of aneurysms?
Wallach should be given credit for drawing attention to the important
role of copper deficiency in the pathogenesis of aneurysms. Wallach
has not said that all aneurysms are caused by a copper deficiency. He
only claims that aneurysms are most frequently caused by a copper
deficiency, which has been shown in studies of many animal species
(pigs, guinea pigs, rabbits, cattle, chicks, turkeys, etc.)[19,20].
Copper is needed for elastin synthesis, specifically for the oxidative
deamination of lysine. Diminished deamination of this amino acid
causes less lysine to be converted to desmosine, the cross-linking
group of elastin[21,22]. This results in fewer cross-linkages in this
protein, which, in return, results in less elasticity of the aorta.
Copper deficiency in humans was considered rare but is now becoming a
concern primarily in pregnancy. In a recent study with 20 pregnant
women on self-selected diets, positive balance was observed only if a
copper supplement was consumed[23]. Copper deficiency need not be
caused solely by low dietary copper intakes; copper deficiency may be
induced by dietary components, notably fructose and ascorbic acid;
some also consider excessive zinc as a possible risk factor.
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