Am I making myself worse? 
markrule
9 y
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hello,
looking for some help please! over the past couple of months I have been trying to stop/reverse my premature grey hair through diet and supplementation but the more I read the more I find how each supplement antagonizes each other which can cause further problems. I don't feel any better in fact I feel nauseous and my grey hair seems worse even though its early days. I am concerned about heavy metal toxicity but admit I know very little about it here is the supplementation I am taking mainly for grey hair:
-b-complex (stresstabs)(overall wellbeing/hair)
-kelp 1000mg(iodine)(for hair)
-probiotic (for previous Antibiotic use)
-iron (I have a ferritin/iron deficiency)
-copper sebacate 3mg elemental (for hair)
-zinc 125mg (I have Acne also for hair)
-vitamin c 1000mg (for hair)
-fo-ti 560mg (for hair)
-PABA 500mg (for hair)
Is this a normal combination or could I be making things worse. I was considering dropping supplementation and getting hair dye instead but I noticed the rare hair growing dark.
Thanks
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- Re: Am I making myself worse? Pbateman7
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- Re: Am I making myself worse? BurntMarshmallow
9 y
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This is a reply to # 2,279,773Hi there! I noticed you are taking 125mg of zinc, and that's way too much! Excess zinc (more than 50mg a day) is known to CAUSE copper deficiency. Your body produces metallothionein when it's exposed to too much zinc in order to limit absorption of excess zinc. BUT, metallothionein has a higher affinity for copper. So too much zinc will cause copper to not be absorbed.
http://ajcp.ascpjournals.org/content/123/1/125.full.pdf
Copper excess does not have the same effect on zinc, however. I would stop taking the zinc supplement completely for a while if I were you, and supplement only with copper for 6 to 8 weeks.
The upper limit of copper is 10mg. A four ounce piece of beef liver has over 10mg of copper as well as other important nutrients like choline and vitamin A. So that's a great food source.
ALSO, vitamin C and iron will interfere with copper absorption. Take your copper with your calcium, and take your vitamin C and iron a few hours before or after.
:)
- Re: Am I making myself worse? Pbateman7
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