It also is vital for transforming your body's iron into hemoglobin. Too little and too much copper have a negative effect on your immune system, making you more prone to infections. Your thyroid gland must have just the right balance of copper to properly secrete hormones. In proper balance with zinc , helps protect your heart by keeping HDL, or good cholesterol , high. May extend life by protecting against heart disease.
Helps keep tissues oxygen-rich.
Chronic deficiencies may contribute to higher cancer rate, increased cell damage and aging, and even a shorter lifespan. Pregnant women need supplements because their bodies can't retain copper as well as they should. Frequent miscarriages early in pregnancy may be due to very low copper levels. Leukemia Lymphoma Multiple Myeloma Researchers don't know if it is a cause or a consequence.