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THE LOW COPPER Diet Plan & Shopping Guide Grass-fed beef Organic White Meat Poultry Venison Pasture-raised eggs Lam Duck Wild-caught Fish Grass-fed Raw Milk & Cheese Bison Antelope Pheasant Stock Bones and Bone Broth Organ Meats Shellfish (Oysters, Scallops, Shrimp, Lobster, Clams) Nuts Chocolate Sunflower Seeds Sesame Seeds Artichokes Asparagus Broccoli Cabbage Celery Cilantro Cucumbers Dill Weed Kale Lettuce Rhubarb Squash Bell Peppers Arugala Bok Choy Brussel Sprouts Cauliflower Chard Collard Greens Dandelion Fennel Leeks Parsley Spinach Watercress Eggplant Beans/Legumes Mushrooms All soy including fermented forms such as tempeh, miso, natto Brewer’s Yeast MEAT VEGETABLES Coffee (no more than 1 cup daily) Basil (moderation) Sea Salt (moderation) Sea Vegetable (moderation) Spirulina & Chlorella (moderation) All other herbs are great HERBS & OTHERS Coconut Products Pumpkin Seeds Olives & Olive oil (moderation) Avocados (Moderation) Grass-fed Butter/Ghee Seeds (chia, flax and hemp – moderation) Quinoa (in moderation) GOOD FATS Artificial Sweeteners Table Salt Preservatives Avoid all GRAINS Organic Vegetable Broths are also Excellent! Granny Smith Apples Blackberries Coconuts Grapefruits Raspberries Pineapple Watermelon Apples Grapes Avocados (moderation) Blueberries Lemons/Limes Goji Berries Strawberries Mango Cantelope Oranges Tomatoes Nectarines Dried fruits (raisins, dates, prunes) FRUIT The copper content in a food can vary depending upon the copper content of the soil it was grown in and the method of processing the food. In general, the low copper diet is meant to restrict foods that are usually high in copper, especially organ meats, shellfish, dried beans, peas, whole wheat and chocolate. Alcohol and sugar both deplete zinc levels and can lead to elevated copper-zinc ratios. Best to avoid alcohol and eat a lower carbohydrate diet Avoid Copper Cooking Utensils Avoid Supplements with Copper in them Get High quality water filtration to avoid drinking copper rich water (copper pipes can release copper too) and avoid commercial beverages which may have high copper Pesticides and Herbicides are often high in copper compounds. Always look for organic meat and produce Extra Notes: Items in Blue are the recommended choice. Items in Red are to be avoided.

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Page 1: Blue are the recommended choice. Red · 2017-05-24 · THE LOW COPPER Diet Plan & Shopping Guide Grass-fed beef Organic White Meat Poultry Venison Pasture-raised eggs Lam Duck Wild-caught

THE LOW COPPERDiet Plan & Shopping Guide

Grass-fed beefOrganic White Meat PoultryVenisonPasture-raised eggsLamDuckWild-caught FishGrass-fed Raw Milk & CheeseBisonAntelopePheasantStock Bones and Bone BrothOrgan MeatsShellfish (Oysters, Scallops, Shrimp, Lobster, Clams)

Nuts ChocolateSunflower Seeds Sesame Seeds

ArtichokesAsparagusBroccoliCabbageCeleryCilantroCucumbersDill WeedKaleLettuceRhubarbSquashBell Peppers

ArugalaBok ChoyBrussel SproutsCauliflowerChardCollard GreensDandelionFennelLeeksParsleySpinachWatercressEggplant

Beans/LegumesMushroomsAll soy including fermented forms such as tempeh, miso, nattoBrewer’s Yeast

MEAT

VEGE

TABL

ES

Coffee (no more than 1 cup daily)Basil (moderation)Sea Salt (moderation)Sea Vegetable (moderation)Spirulina & Chlorella (moderation)All other herbs are greatHE

RBS

& OT

HERS

Coconut ProductsPumpkin SeedsOlives & Olive oil (moderation)Avocados (Moderation)Grass-fed Butter/GheeSeeds (chia, flax and hemp – moderation)

Quinoa (in moderation)

GOOD

FATS

Artificial SweetenersTable SaltPreservatives

Avoid all

GRAIN

S

Organic Vegetable Broths are also Excellent!

Granny Smith ApplesBlackberriesCoconutsGrapefruitsRaspberriesPineappleWatermelonApplesGrapesAvocados (moderation)BlueberriesLemons/Limes

Goji BerriesStrawberriesMangoCantelopeOrangesTomatoesNectarinesDried fruits (raisins, dates, prunes)

FRUI

T

The copper content in a food can vary depending upon the copper content of the soil it was grown in and the method of processing the food. In general, the low copper diet is meant to restrict foods that are usually high in copper, especially organ meats, shellfish, dried beans, peas, whole wheat and chocolate.

Alcohol and sugar both deplete zinc levels and can lead to elevated copper-zinc ratios. Best to avoid alcohol and eat a lower carbohydrate diet

Avoid Copper Cooking Utensils

Avoid Supplements with Copper in them

Get High quality water filtration to avoid drinking copper rich water (copper pipes can release copper too) and avoid commercial beverages which may have high copper

Pesticides and Herbicides are often high in copper compounds. Always look for organic meat and produce

Extra Notes:

Items in Blue are the recommended choice.Items in Red are to be avoided.