I came across this information today that maybe helpful to some...
PLEASE NOTE: if you think you may have excess copper, please have the Zinc Copper blood test to confirm.
reason 1 - Its not just the copper level that is important, the ratio to Zinc level is very important.
reason 2 - Taking lots of zinc and lowering copper levels and causing copper deficiency can cause just as many health issues as excess copper.
http://www.holistichelp.net/blog/copper ... ed-levels/
Highlight was done by me...Additionally, Dr. Lawrence Wilson, tells us that one may become attracted to a vegetarian diet and feel better on it initially because they have already have high copper and low zinc levels for other reasons. Glandular activity is stimulated by eating meat, which stimulates the release of excess copper and copper also inhibits one’s ability to digest protein, both of which cause a variety of undesirable symptoms like nausea, sluggishness, bloating and even a repulsion of all protein. When this happens the individual mistakenly believes that the meat is the problem, but it is really the imbalance in copper and zinc. If meat is reintroduced into the diet and other steps are taken, then zinc and copper levels would become balanced and these symptoms would dissipate.
Full article by Dr Wilson about Copper
http://drlwilson.com/articles/copper_to ... ndrome.htm