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Re: Biounavailable Copper

Posted by Tooooja on February 17, 2005, at 10:50:39

In reply to Biounavailable Copper, posted by Tooooja on February 14, 2005, at 11:07:50

Larry, can I ask you for your opinion on this??

I wrote the first e-mail shown below to Dr Lawrence Wilson at the beginning of the week. I have read through his website and have a copy of his book which discusses interpreting hair analysis results. Unfortunately many aspects of the interpretation he discusses in his book are not definite or conclusive. I was hoping the book would have rules in them which I could apply to my results. But it's not presented in this way. So to calrify things I worte to him asking him to offer his judgement. The second e-mail below is his response. I am quite dissapointed with what he says, I have after all bought a copy of his book, and am seeking clarification on his ambiguous style of presenting information. Does this smell of money grabbing con merchant to you???


"Hi Dr Wilson,

I have recently become very interested in HTMA as a
holistic tool to help me cure my depression, which I
have endured now for 12 years. The main symptoms of
my depression are low energy(mental and physical),
feeling emotionally disconnected, and low motivation
to do anything, I can spend long periods of time just
blankly staring at things."

"I live in the UK, so I have had my hair tested over
here already, I got the results back but with very
little accompanying information and interpretation.
Fortunately after searching on the Internet I found
your excellent website. I noticed you had a book
published on interpreting HTMA results, so I bought
that and have read it through several times with great
interest."

"From the information in your book I have come to the
conclusion that I am either deficient in copper or
have what you call "hidden copper toxicity". I can
not however decide exactly which one it is, and am not
sure how to proceed. I am hopeful that you would
be willing to help me make this distinction. My HTMA
results are as follows:

Mineral Levels
--------------
- Calcium: 35
- Magnesium: 2.8
- Sodium: 20
- Potassium: 15
- Copper: 1.1
- Zinc: 19
- Phosphorus: 14
- Iron: 1.3
- Manganese: 0.022
- Chromium: 0.07
- Selenium: 0.06
- Molybdenum: 0.004
- Boron: 0.07
- Cobalt: 0.001

Toxic Mineral Levels
--------------------
All were low, except:
- Arsenic: 0.021

Important Ratios
----------------
- Sodium/Potassium: 1.33
- Calcium/Potassium: 2.33
- Zinc/Copper: 17.27"

"As you can see from my results, my copper appears to
be on the low side, and this makes me think that I
should go ahead and supplement copper. However on
page 115 of the 1998 edition of your book 'Nutritional
Balancing and HMA' you introduce the idea of hidden
copper toxicity, with the copper being biounavailable.
You site seven indicators of 'copper imbalance', but
you don't make clear which ones refer to the different
types of copper imbalance(deficient, excess, hidden).
I have quite a low sodium/potassium ration, and I
believe this can indicate hidden copper toxicity. Do
you think this is so in my case? I would be very
grateful to have your opinion."

"Some other facts you may find valuable, is my iron
level on the test is high because I was supplementing
ferrous sulphate at the time of the test following an
earlier blood test diagnosing iron deficiency. I have
also tried supplementing 2mg of chelated copper, and
notice within an hour of taking it a definite
improvement in mood, motivation, energy and alertness,
I do feel more with it and connected. But when I go
to bed I find as I am going off to sleep my mind
becomes very jumpy and confused, and I seem to get
snatches of different thoughts that make little sense,
and agitate me so I cannot get to sleep."

"Thank you for taking the time to read this e-mail, and
I hope you will have the time to reply to me.

Best wishes,

Anthony Jones."


and the response I got from Dr Wilson:

"Dear Anthony,
We would be willing to recommend a program of diet, supplements,
lifestyle and detoxification procedures based on your test and the
other information you sent. The fee would be $150.00 US. You could
pay with a credit card or a check or money order made out in dollars.
Let us know if this is of interest.

Best wishes and we love you,
Dr. Wilson, dear one Megan and Spirit Guides"

To be honest that last bit about spirit guides and loving me I am finding quite freaky. Seems that money is the number one priority with this guy. He doesn't even attempt to discuss the questions I asked.


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