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How does low copper mean basically extreme copper toxicity? Is it similar to how someone can have low Iron levels according to testing but actually have a very high iron levels?"Low copper" is basically extreme copper toxicity.
It's not complicated at all.
Given that there are studies that show both high copper and low copper are associated with Parkinsons' disease I would say it is not entirely clear that high copper is associated with PD, hence why i would say it is a complicated relationship.
For example i mentioned that giving my mother tyrosine and phenylalanine has helped greatly with her symptoms well one of the reasons i think this is the case besides the fact that they have both have been shown to help lower serotonin is that tyrosine interacts with copper to produce melanin and there is research to suggest that a dysfunction of melanin production in the brain may be a contributing factor to Parkinsons disease.
Melanin and Neuromelanin: Linking Skin Pigmentation and Parkinson's Disease
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