Posts Tagged ‘copper uglies’
August 4th, 2020 by Dr. Hannah Sivak
For normal skin care, any copper concentration is too much copper. Why? Because we need copper in minute concentrations, and we are already getting enough from the environment. No reason to add it more, unless perhaps, for healing skin. Don’t use copper when you are using vitamin C (it will oxidize it). Let’s make things easy: just don’t use copper. I am sure there is copper somewhere in your house, that will supply enough to fulfill the amounts of this metal required at microelement amounts. Of all the bad skincare products that came to the market in the last few decades, those containing copper are an example of what is…
June 13th, 2019 by Dr. Hannah Sivak
Copper is present in our water and air. Depending on how old is your house, there may be too much copper in your water. Depending on where you live, there may be too much copper in your air. But we need copper for good health. How much? We have very important enzymes that depend on copper for activity: cytochrome oxidase, copper/zinc superoxide dismutase, tyrosinase and more. Why is copper so important in these enzymes? Because of its capacity to take and donate electrons. Tyrosinase, for example, is an oxidase that we need to make melanin, the skin and hair pigment. For people who are trying to lighten their skin, or…