I was just wondering if anyone here tested for heavy metals/ vitamins via hair sample?
also, how reliable is it? for example, if it comes back that I have high levels of zinc , or low levels of copper etc… will the doctor even consider anything or will I just waste 400$??
check out what this guy wrote…
"Hello , a year ago I decided to suplement with 200 mg of zinc per day(I know it was very stupid).This killed my libido completely.Some months later I had blood test done that showed:
ceruloplasmin -> 0,20 mg% normal range -> 0,15-,0,60
zinc ->89,0 ug/dl normal range -> 50-120
ferritin ->66,0 ug/ml normal range ->30-437
My doctor said that those levels were normal and that I shouldnt worry about it.
Some months later after doing my research I figured out that I probably have caused a copper deficiency.
Coper deficiency leads to low ferriting and low DHT(which is responsible for erections)
I then started suplementing with copper(25 mg per day)
My libido went up IMMEDIATLY but it did not get back to the way it was.
After 5 days on 25 mg of copper per day my libido started lowering again.
Then I decided to test my blood levels of copper and zinc."
one of the users who seems he knows what he is talking about replies the following:
Very easy . Zinc lowers magnesium which makes copper biounavailable. This will lower your serum manganese. Since serum manganese goes down your IRON cant come out into the serum. IRON is what makes DHT sensitive.
Calcium magnesium copper zinc manganese supplement will fix you up. Copper alone 25mg will increase sodium too much and that will lower magnesium and basically ceruloplasmin will tank , even if you take 25mg which is insane.
Bottom line, copper when you take it , it tanks potassium and puts pressure on magnesium. When potassium tanks on taking 25mg copper, body will increase sodium extraction and will try to retain potassium by increasing 3 beta hsd, and will retain magnesium. Since you dont have enough magnesium , you taking copper is doing nothing.
This is the biggest mistake of people taking copper. Copper only should be taken with potassium and magnesium and sometimes manganese. Otherwise taking copper will never raise your ceruloplasmin.
This is what happened to you. when you took zinc, your potassium in the cell went up since zinc increases 3 beta hsd.
Then you took a little bit of copper and your drive sex drive went up. But you took so much copper that your potassium tanks from high to low. Now body is retaining zinc and gettting rid of copper LOL
I would love to see a study showing that iron makes dht sensitive
its not my finding, i got it off a forum I found…
Thanks bro
Would be interesting cause I’ve had several high iron tests , serum, ferritin, TIBC and I don’t have the hemochromatosis gene so I wonder if it’s my body craving androgen sensitivity. Who knows. Maybe someone else knows about dht and iron but I can’t find anything supporting it online
I am currently saving up to do a heavy metal/+mineral test via hair sample… Its quite pricey but way I see it is this…
I have low dht,low e2, liver enzymes up, something is obviously wrong. It could give me an answer…
We have seen people getting “pfs” like symptoms from supplementing with zinc (high doses) High doses of zinc have a negative effect on copper levels. Lots of minerals interact with eachother and have effects -><- against each other, so maybe something is out of balance here.