Info: 100 Capsules
New Roots' Copper Citrate is an excellent source of copper, as it's been chelated or bound together with citric acid (which is found in lemon juice) to enable it to be absorbed by the intestines much better than in its native state, at a very affordable price point.
Info: 100 Capsules
New Roots' Copper Citrate is an excellent source of copper, as it's been chelated or bound together with citric acid (which is found in lemon juice) to enable it to be absorbed by the intestines much better than in its native state, at a very affordable price point.
Product Notes:
Copper is an essential trace mineral found in every body tissue; it helps produce red blood cells and connective tissue; it works with iron to metabolize food into hemoglobin, which enables us to use oxygen; it can increase our ability to resist stress and disease, partly by working with enzymes, such as by catalyzing the antioxidant superoxide dismutase; it can even help prevent the loss of pigmentation in the hair and skin.
Left to their own devices, minerals like copper might form chemical bonds with other foods or nutrients it encounters in the digestive tract, including insoluble compounds like certain fibres, which would then all get excreted together rather than absorbed by the intestines. The process of 'chelating' or binding it in advance with a water-soluble, readily absorbed nutrients like citric acid ensures it can be taken up rather than simply expelled by your body.
Although copper is found in many foods, people can develop a deficiency in it nevertheless if they are supplementing with zinc, since the two compete for absorption in the GI tract.
Related: Also see Sovereign Copper.
Ingredients:
Each caplet contains: 2 mg Copper (from copper citrate).
Non-medicinal ingredients: Vegetable magnesium stearate, microcrystalline cellulose, and silicon dioxide in a non‑GMO vegetable capsule made of vegetable carbohydrate gum and purified water.
Contains no: Gluten, soy, wheat, corn, eggs, dairy, yeast, citrus, preservatives, artificial flavour or colour, starch, or sugar.
Suggested Usage:
Children 6 to 8 years old: Take 1 capsule daily or as directed by your healthcare practitioner.
Children 9 to 13 years old: Take 1 to 2 capsules daily or as directed by your healthcare practitioner.
Adolescents 14 to 18 years old: Take 1to 3 capsules daily or as directed by your healthcare practitioner.
Adults: Take 1 to 4 capsules daily or as directed by your healthcare practitioner.
Warnings:
Keep bottle out of reach of children.
Health Canada Natural Product Number: 80119472.
Supporting Science:
Chen, Ji et al. “The molecular mechanisms of copper metabolism and its roles in human diseases.” Pflugers Archiv: European Journal of Physiology, 2020.
Gombart, Adrian F et al. “A Review of Micronutrients and the Immune System-Working in Harmony to Reduce the Risk of Infection.” Nutrients, 2020.
Guengerich, F Peter. “Introduction to Metals in Biology 2018: Copper homeostasis and utilization in redox enzymes.” The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2018.
Myint, Zin W et al. “Copper deficiency anemia: review article.” Annals of Hematology, 2018.
Robinett, Natalie G et al. “Eukaryotic copper-only superoxide dismutases (SODs): A new class of SOD enzymes and SOD-like protein domains.” The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2018.