Copper! and Copper levels in 4 yrs old kid

[Banumathy Prasad]

Shannon,

Thanks so much for taking to look for this.

So now should I do a hair analysis? Will this give me some kind of picture about her condition? Any other tests recommended?

Regards,

Banu

[Shannon Nelson]

I haven't finished going through all the links in the article -- time is so short right now... But it seems to me that he is recommending hair test from one of a couple of specific labs, which he names, and analyzed in a specific way. I hope and assume that somewhere he mentions how to have this analysis done, whom to contact!

But you have already found that her copper levels are high. (Am I right in my impression that this would be considered *very* high?) Faaaaar down that page, he gives a specific diet outline for reducing high copper levels, and states that he finds diet and lifestyle modification to be far more successful for it than "simpler" approaches such as chelation etc. He explains....

Unfortunately part of what he says, is that some animal protein is necessary in order for the patient to balance the copper with other minerals, esp. zinc. He explains.

And at one of the embedded links > is more specific information (assuming she is a "slow oxidizer", which he says that most high-copper people are, and I have not yet read wherever that is explained further). I think it's a pretty wonderful article, tho you can safely skip over large chunks that do not relate to your concerns. I wish he made specific mention of epilepsy...

Maybe tonight I will be able to read more! I am really intrigued by the article...

Best,
Shannon