However, sufficient amounts of chromium are rarely used, so in practice, copper and potassium will just come down closer to normal, while chromium levels stay the same. Only after copper and potassium have been reduced to normal levels, chromium may at that point start to go up. One major reason why some people require a much higher intake of Vitamin C compared to others is that they exhibit very high levels of copper, which in these people interferes with nickel and Vitamin C metabolism (see ' Vitamin C Supplementation').Īlthough chromium appears to be normal on the following graph, it is very low in ratio to copper, its associated element, so when supplementing chromium, its level will generally not go up at first, but it will gradually lower copper instead, and in the example below, potassium, since they are high in ratio to chromium. Many people exhibit high levels of zinc and copper, in which case a common denominator such as Vitamin C has to be supplemented in larger amounts to help lower both, while foods such as shellfish, nuts, wheat germ (containing high levels of copper and zinc), should be avoided. The only time zinc could become a threat to copper is in situations where either copper levels are already on the low side and high amounts of zinc are ingested, or when potassium and calcium - being 'synergistic allies' to copper - are well below normal. There are other copper antagonists such as zinc, however while zinc is generally documented as such in the nutritional literature, it is not only the weakest of all copper antagonists, but its action on copper takes place only on an intestinal level, so once copper goes into storage, zinc will have no effect on lowering copper any longer. Of thousands of patients tested since the mid 1970s from different continents around the world, nearly 90% exhibited a chemical profile that in addition to their own unique chemistry, contained an underlying pattern that reflected the impact of elevated copper levels on various opposing nutrients, which include Vitamin C, chromium, sulfur, nickel, molybdenum, and hesperidin, an essential flavonoid, among others. Copper on the other hand is elevated in the majority of patients, which creates a chronic copper / chromium conflict ratio-wise in these individuals. While neither one - with few exceptions - is generally found to be very deficient level-wise, chromium is on average always lower than copper, with virtually no exceptions. Next to calcium and magnesium, chromium and copper are important nutrients for their anti-inflammatory properties. |Ĭhromium (Cr) and Copper (Cu) are associated trace elements, and considered essential to human health.

Chelated chromium benefits