Invisible Allies
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Copper Never Sleeps, It's Always Fighting an Infection
Copper is an element that the body uses at very very low levels For so many of its metabolic processes Where it gets toxic. Mike says Copper never sleeps, it's always fighting an infection He believes that it will save lives Wait, I have two questions for you Yes Question one, given the fact that carbon likes to just sort of throw around its electrons very loosely Does it hurt people at all? That's a really great question too It depends how much you have of it So then if you're not using copper You might be using something like steel If you ingest too much copper you can hurt your liver and your kidneys and your intestine Okay The thought is though is that if it's just on
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