57: Copper Toxicity- The Copper IUD‪ ‬ The Birth Lounge Podcast

Is your IUD poisoning you? Could your copper IUD being causing your body to be overloaded and needing a serious detox? Kirby Costa Campos is joining HeHe to chat about her experience with copper toxicity, the downward spiral it caused in her life, her journey of healing, and her mission to get the copper IUD taken off the market. Dive into the symptoms and detox process of Copper Toxicity and what a copper friendly diet looks like. Happy Tuesday, yal! 
 
90 day program:  http://kirbyamour.com/copperdetoxprotocol
 
Wilson's Disease: https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/wilsons-disease/symptoms-causes/syc-20353251
 
Oxidation: https://www.drlwilson.com/articles/Oxidation%20Types%201104.htm
 
Instagram Handle: @kirbyamour
 
Copper Toxicity Friendly Diet Example: 

Foods to Completely Avoid Lamb, pork, pheasant quail, duck, goose, squid, salmon, organ meats including liver, heart, kidney, brain; shellfish including oysters, scallops, shrimp, lobster, clams, and crab, meat gelatin, soy protein meat substitutes, tofu, nuts and seeds, vegetable juice cocktail, mushrooms, nectarine, commercially dried fruits including raisins, dates, prunes; avocado, dried beans including soy beans, lima beans, baked beans, garbanzo beans, pinto beans, dried peas, lentils, millet, barley, wheat germ, bran breads and cereals, cereals with >0.2 mg of copper per serving (check label), soy flour, soy grits, fresh sweet potatoes, chocolate milk, soy milk, cocoa, desserts that contain high amounts of ingredients rich in copper, candy with nuts, chocolate, or cocoa, instant breakfast beverages, mineral water with high copper content, soy-based beverages, copper-fortified formulas, brewer’s yeast, multiple vitamins with copper or minerals, jams, jellies, and candies, fruit juices, fruit- flavored beverages, lemonade
Foods to Eat, But Limit to Once A Week Fish, dark meat turkey and chicken, peanut butter, bean sprouts, beets, spinach, tomato juice and other tomato products, broccoli, asparagus, mango, papaya, pear, pineapple, dehydrated and canned soups, potatoes in any form, pumpkin, parsnips, winter and summer squash, green peas, carbonated beverages, ketchup, coffee, tea
If you choose to eat GRAINS limit these chooses to once a week also: whole wheat bread, Melba toast, whole wheat crackers, instant oatmeal, instant RalstonTM, cereals with 0.1 to 0.2 mg of copper per serving (check label)
Eat As Much As You Want (less than .1 mg of copper) beef, eggs, white meat turkey and chicken, cold cuts and frankfurters (that do not contain pork, dark turkey, dark chicken, or organ meats), all others not listed on high or moderate list, most vegetables including fresh tomatoes, most fruits except as listed to above (fruits dried at home are permitted), butter, cream, margarine, mayonnaise, non- dairy creamer, sour cream, oils, salad dressings (made from allowed ingredients), most milk products, milk flavored with carob, cheeses, cottage cheese, soups made with allowed ingredients
If Eating Grains: Breads & pasta from refined flour, rice, regular oatmeal, cereals with