Copper Pipes? Rip 'em out!

Oh Boy, talk about chickens coming home to roost. All of wonderful technological breakthroughs made in a time when we just didn't understand the whole toxicity question. Now a report surfaces saying copper pipes - yes I have 'em, and I'm betting you have 'em... could cause heart disease.

Yes, yes, I know, everything seems to cause heart disease.. but it says it may also cause Alzheimers'! Now that's not funny; forgetting that you have a dicky heart!

The really nasty bit is the fact that this is cumulative (yes, I've been drinking water from copper pipes for all of my life.. and it gets much worse over 50 years of age.)

Apparently evolution keeps stores of copper and iron in excess during our reproductive years because they are so vital to life. But the oxidant damage from these excess stores of metals builds up as we age, and natural selection ceases to act after about age 50 since diseases after that do not contribute to reproductive fitness.

"The study found people over 50 should also avoid vitamin and mineral pills that contain cooper and iron, lowering meat intake and avoid drinking water from copper pipes.

They should also donate blood regularly to reduce iron levels and taking zinc supplements to lower copper levels.

Copper and iron are essential when people are young as they help during the years when people are trying to have children.

But the body can no longer process them effectively when people move beyond 50 years old.The study from the American Chemical Society found that people were at risk from copper as they aged."

Ouch! The only good news for me personally is my new AlkaPure water ionizer that (yes folks, it's true, it was sheer coincidence!) filters out copper, lead, chlorine, chloramines. fluoride, pharmaceuticals,hormones.... but still give me the important alkaline minerals.

As I wrote this article, Cassie reminded me that our excellent Multivitamins we take daily, especially for my apparently genetic predisposition to poor uptake of Vitamin B, also have copper.
Is any vitamin supplement maker listening? Here's a Boomer formulation WITHOUT COPPER or IRON opportunity.

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