Mass Copper deficiency
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The biggest mineral deficiency of our times is copper and its by far the most important mineral, without copper nothing works. it’s a predictable outcome of modern diets, medical advice, and agricultural practices. Copper is a trace mineral, which means it’s easy to miss and even easier to deplete. Industrial farming has stripped soils of minerals, so even “healthy” foods contain far less copper than they did decades ago. People assume variety equals adequacy; it doesn’t when the baseline is already depleted.
Dietary trends make it worse. High intake of refined carbohydrates, sugar, and ultra-processed foods provides calories without minerals. On top of that, zinc supplementation is aggressively promoted for immunity, acne, and testosterone, often without any warning that zinc directly antagonizes copper absorption. Many people are quietly inducing copper deficiency while thinking they’re being proactive about health.
Medical practice adds another layer of damage. Copper is rarely tested, poorly understood, and often dismissed as irrelevant or dangerous due to outdated fears of toxicity. Meanwhile, long-term use of PPIs, antacids, iron supplements, and high-dose vitamin C all reduce copper absorption.The result is widespread but unrecognized dysfunction: anemia that doesn’t respond to iron, low energy, poor stress tolerance, connective tissue issues, and neurological symptoms. Copper deficiency isn’t rare it’s simply ignored.
