The Copper Con How a Toxic Metal Became a the Darling of the ‘Alternative’ Cult
I seem to have developed a reputation for taking away the security blankets of those worshipping at the altar of alternative medicine. Whether it’s telling people that drinking their own urine might not be the golden ticket to health, that parasite cleanses do more harm than good, or that homeopathy is little more than expensive sugar pills with an occult twist — it never fails to draw blood. People are fiercely protective of their remedies. Challenge their beliefs and the claws come out.
A quick search for copper toxicity opened a rabbit hole I wasn’t prepared for. And then I remembered something else: every year, in my rental properties, we’d flush copper sulfate down the toilets to kill invasive tree roots growing into the old clay pipes. It worked like a charm. We rarely had to snake the lines or had any back ups. The copper destroyed the roots on contact. Which means…
Copper is not just some magical, healing, ancient mineral. It’s a poison if ingested, like almost all minerals— one that’s been cleverly marketed as medicine. Again, hand slapped to my forehead-we eat the plants that are high in the minerals that so graciously make them bioavailable for us, not the actual mineral. Ever. I always look to mother nature as the blueprint. Even I forget sometimes and fall for the late night infomercial, even though Matt always looks really flushed and unhealthy.
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