The Missing Links in Health: Myth-Busting Iron Dysregulation & Copper Deficiency w/ Morley Robbins #441

Today is a very special episode of the podcast. I’m joined by Morley Robbins, a brilliant man who I’ve followed for years and wields one of the best informed perspectives on nutrition and biochemistry in the world.

He’s a renowned expert in iron, magnesium, and especially, copper – how they interact in our bodies and how misunderstood they are in our society. This is copper like you’ve never seen it before. After you hear this one, you too, will be surprised at the relative anonymity of this truly amazing and multifunctional mineral.

We also unpack the truth behind widespread anemia misdiagnosis, the challenge of understanding and deciphering the loud voices of health gurus from all across the spectrum, good sources of copper in food and supplements, and so much more.

We spend the last hour studying my own blood work, uncovering a few numbers I can be proud of and a few others that require further research to understand. The journey of learning and expansion never ends; that’s the fun of it all.

00:05:06 — Getting to Know Morley Robbins

• Praising the scientific contributions of Albert Szent-Györgyi
• Praising the scientific contributions of Dr. Leslie Klevay
• Praising the scientific contributions of James F Collins, Ph.D.
• Extreme Health Radio + Mitolife Radio
• EpiEnergetics: The Miraculous Healing Powers of Donny Epstein #138
• Challenging childhood and medical inspirations
• Discovering the innate healer
• Root Cause Protocol
• Reconciling rigid health advice
• Cu-RE Your Fatigue by Morley Robbins
• Ray Peat on iron toxicity
• It all comes back to energy

00:23:05 — Energy, Intelligence & Copper

• Painting a different picture of copper
• Starting his journey with magnesium
• Carolyn Dean's Magnesium Miracle
• The role of oxidative stress in our body
• Celebrating ceruloplasmin
• The Golden Plow and iron farming equipment
• Recalling the work of Viktor Schauberger
• The iron fortification of our food (1941)
• Iron: The Most Toxic Metal by Jym Moon PhD
• Iron metabolism vs. sugar metabolism
• Metabolical by Robert Lustig
• Commenting on the work of Bruce Ames
• Iron in the blood vs. iron in the tissue
• Iron, COVID, and the jab
• Energy and intelligence
• Copper as the God particle
• 50,000 atoms of copper in each mitochondria

01:08:37 — Myth-Busting Anemia in America

• Three most important iron markers in blood work
• Recycling systems in our body
• Why and how anemia is misdiagnosed
• Course record for iron infusions
• Does anemia exist?
• Iron deficiency vs. iron dysregulation
• Full Monty iron panel blood test
• Advising (or not) blood donation
• Unprocessed milk and iron
• Good sources of copper
• Pure Natura Icelandic Organ Meat (LUKE15 for 15% off)
• Sovereign Silver
• Beekeeper’s Naturals Bee Pollen
• Rosita Cod Liver Oil
• Reverse Skin Aging (topical)
• Recuperate IQ

01:39:37 — Luke’s Full Monty Blood Test Results

• Looking at Luke’s aluminum levels
• Iron, Vitamin A, and Vitamin D
• Relationship between zinc and copper
• Citing older research (untouched by outside influence)
• Reading through Luke’s chart
• Magnesium and red blood cells
• Cross-referencing tests
• Studying the work of Pat Coleby

02:12:36 — Root Cause Protocol

• The Root Cause Protocol website
• Find a practitioner near you
• 16-week training program
• Changing conventional medicine
• Doing his life’s work

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