Phred, Ann Louise Gittleman has a book about copper. There are a couple of good sites with a lot of information. There are a couple of ways to do it, some requiring a lot of hair mineral analyses and supplements, some simply reducing high copper foods and making sure to eat foods with zinc and enough protein. Part of it can be that the adrenals are fatigued and the body is short on metallothionein and ceruloplasmin, two things that handle copper correctly.
I prefer to try to reduce copper intake so that the copper and zinc balance out better. Someone clued me into carnosine, a copper handler so effective that the Japanese have made a supplement, zinc carnosine, that cures h pylori. (H pylori is attached to the stomach epithelial cells through copper, somehow. I took zinc citrate for a couple of days, but for me the jury is still out about taking metal supplements besides magnesium.
Notice how the adrenals are involved! Mast cells once again. Everything is tied together. Copper is not being used correctly and not available for production of DAO, thus histamine intolerance.
One of the probably most controversial thoughts about copper toxicity, and the least seen on the web is found in the thread B2 I Love You here at Phoenix Rising. This thread has meant so much to me because I doubt that I will ever see this information anywhere else. I have to watch my wording because there are some people that take offense, but the author said that B2 mobilizes copper and iron removal from the liver and other glands and organs. I would recommend thinking about this to anyone considering trying to deal with possible copper toxicity. I very quickly saw the proof that what the author of the most important information in the thread said with respect to dogs. My dog had one of the symptoms, and giving it B2 cleared it up in just a couple of weeks.
It's complicated, and my brain is still fuzzy, so if you find anything interesting, let me know.
PS: When I first started reading about it this time around I found some messages by Laredo 7 at curezone who was able to get it out and recuperate.
