It is stored in the liver, kidney's, heart, brain, muscles, and bones. Copper aids in the formation of bones, conversion of iron into hemoglobin, and works with zinc and vitamin C for the production of elastrin.
Copper helps convert tyrosine into a pigment that colors the skin and hair.
It is involved in the healing process, taste, healthy nerves, and the formation of collagen. Copper imbalance raises cholesterol by destroying proper HDL to LDL balance. Excess calcium, iron, zinc, lead, silver, molybdenum and sulfur reduce copper utilization. High levels of copper have been detected in victims of malignancies, tumors of digestive system, lung and breast, Hodgkin's disease, systemic cancers like leukemia, lymphoma, multiple myeloma. Brown facial spots, brown nipples, headaches, fatigue, constipation, PMS, schizophrenia.