Empowering Education, Support,
& Awareness for
the Epidemic of Copper Toxicity which affects both Physical & Mental Health.
Empowering Education, Support,
& Awareness for
the Epidemic of Copper Toxicity which affects both Physical & Mental Health.
To provide the most comprehensive evidence-based resource and support guide on copper toxicity to help people get real answers to their symptoms and questions; provide much needed research and education to the medical community and general public on the topic; turn the tide of awareness so women may one day receive the fully informed consent they deserve before being put on birth control, and increase professional and social support and understanding for all those affected.
When this site was launched in 2014, very little support or information on this topic was publicly available. In the years since, and through this site and work, we are proud to see education surrounding mineral imbalance and copper toxicity being recognized and adopted by numerous health care professionals. As a result, more and more people are today able to find the answers they deserve and seek.
"Many of the most prevalent metabolic dysfunctions of our time
are related in some way to a copper imbalance." ~ Dr. Paul Eck
"Virtually all MDs, including psychiatrists, still have not heard of this health problem. They practice medicine and psychiatry with an incredible lack of awareness that such a serious health problem even exists. They claim to be practicing “evidence based medicine”, yet they are practicing without the most basic evidence – real laboratory data showing the presence of excess (toxic) copper that has a profound effect on both the physical and mental health of the vast majority of their patients. Ever since Carl Pfeiffer, MD, PhD first wrote about the devastating health effects of copper toxicity in 1975, it has been a challenge for him and others among us to get the message out to the public and health professionals. Until medical doctors and other “health” care practitioners begin to study the mind/body’s mineral system especially as it is reflected in HTMAs, the medical / mineral disconnect will remain. Without HTMA data, medical doctors will not recognize the epidemic nature of the copper toxicity problem. Today, the time is ripe for getting the copper toxicity message out to the public." ~ Dr. Malter, Ph.D.
Copper toxicity may sometimes be referred to as hypercupremia, though it is a misleading term since hypercupremia literally translates to mean 'high copper concentration in the blood' even though blood levels are almost entirely irrelevant in assessing copper toxicity. Symptoms of copper toxicity can very much exist even when blood levels are normal or low. Another erroneously used term being used recently, copper dysregulation, while it eludes to the body's inability to regulate copper due to low ceruloplasmin, is a narrow-minded view that fails to address the bigger picture of why we have this epidemic in the first place, not to mention completely ignoring copper’s proven toxic attributes at high levels. Copper toxicity, as research has shown since the 1970s, is far more than just a dysregulation issue that can be ‘fixed’ by regulating ceruloplasmin. Our modern epidemic of copper toxicity is largely the result of ever increasing exposure to copper with each new generation over the past half century, a concept of paramount importance that is trivialized by using the term ‘dysregulation’. Copper toxicity, in the context of this site, differs somewhat from Pyroluria (a genetic condition in which the individual produces excess kryptopyrrole which in turn causes B6 and zinc deficiency). Copper toxicity, though sharing some similarities with Wilson's Disease, is different in that the latter is an inherited & rare genetic disorder which, like copper toxicity, causes copper to collect in the liver, brain and other body tissues, but has a more dire prognosis than copper toxicity, and for which a different treatment approach is required. As the majority of people have a copper imbalance, copper toxicity should not be seen as a black or white 'label' that defines a person, but rather is a progression to varying degrees of accumulation along a continuum.
Though sometimes referred to as a 'love mineral', this can be misleading as the opposite emotions of fear, apathy, and depression take hold as excess copper accumulates. As a result, copper toxicity can devastate relationships.
Tens of thousands of women (as these cases provide a glimpse of) have lost their health (in some cases even their lives) because of ongoing medical denial, shifting of blame, the intentional blocking of this information, and lack of societal understanding surrounding copper toxicity. The public falls victim to the mass amounts of false information on the Internet. It is the aim of this site to provide evidence-based guidance and support based upon thousands of hours of dedicated copper research, clinical practice, decades of proven mineral-based science, and, not to be forgotten or ignored, the human experience. It is for those affected, and for the generations ahead, that we can make a difference by breaking down and moving beyond these widespread misconceptions.
To move into a healthier world where we can offer better help and support to women affected by copper toxicity, a great paradigm shift in our approach to health is needed. We need to move away from the current model of relying on blood measurements as the key marker of copper status. Nutritional authors, bloggers, and social media forums discussing copper need to begin educating their readership on the dichotomic relationship of copper whereby most copper ‘deficiency’ in the West is caused by excess. Spinning a narrative on widespread copper deficiency is great for the marketing of products that contain copper, but leaves people in the dark behind the real reason of their 'deficiency'. Copper toxicity is not magically solved by adding more copper (even if it's bioavailable copper) into the body, or by dangerous protocols that claim to be an answer for everyone yet address no one bio-individually. We need to acknowledge that copper toxicity is far more than just ‘dysregulation’, as by focusing merely on internal ‘dysregulation’ we’ll never come to address the broader external causes of copper toxicity. Doctors and sexual health websites discussing birth control should be warning of the possibility of copper toxicity and the associated physical and mental changes that can occur, a right to informed consent that every woman deserves to have. Practitioners working with copper detox need to be educated on, and in turn educate their patients on, the potential psychological changes that may occur just as equally as they focus on the physical. Lastly, the fields of both medicine and nutrition need to provide far greater education on the pivotal role minerals and mineral imbalances play in all aspects of health. Clearly, there is a lot of work to be done, but we can all do our part.
Rick Fischer is a Certified Health Coach, advanced HTMA practitioner, nutritional speaker and educator, author of The Healing Workbook, and founder of the ground-breaking mineral-based nutrition and health course Mineral Mastery. His life was profoundly impacted by copper toxicity - witnessing the toll it took on his beloved fiancée. Vowing not to allow the experience not serve a greater purpose, Rick has since devoted his life to furthering the research in this field and helping others by bringing increased support, awareness and understanding to the copper toxicity epidemic. As his research advanced and he began working on the front lines with hundreds (today thousands) of clients, the more he saw the devastation in people's lives, health, and/or relationships as a result of adrenal burnout, copper toxicity, and the subsequent detoxing process when incorrectly administered. In the 7+ years since Rick's mission began and this site was created, discussions around copper toxicity are now becoming more mainstream, many more practitioners are adopting HTMA for proper testing, and the support for women struggling with copper toxicity is greatly improving. Though copper toxicity continues to be misdiagnosed and mistreated by many practitioners, flat-out denied by some, even purposely suppressed by some platforms, this information is getting out there and the tide is most certainly turning in favor of one day this information becoming common knowledge. Rick is a passionate advocate for advancing awakened nutritional awareness and providing informed consent for women on birth control, and is at the global forefront of helping those affected by copper toxicity and improving education on the role mineral imbalances as a whole play in human psychology, physical and mental health, energy, and relationships.
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"This site is dedicated to a forever beautiful woman, inspired by her warmth, love, and our original shared dream of helping women and girls with nutritional knowledge, health and personal growth. I hope through this research we as a community can offer greater support, guidance and understanding to those affected by copper toxicity, providing people in general and women in particular with vital nutritional knowledge, while also reducing the risk of associated symptoms in our children and future generations."
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