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Jun 4Liked by Courtney Snyder MD

Excellent piece, thank you!

Courtney, how would you treat a Cu:Zn ratio out of whack and/or pyrrole disorder?

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Thank you very much. Addressing a copper zinc ration depends on how big the disparity is and what the levels are. If zinc is low and copper is high (using the Walsh ranges), a nutrient protocol will usually bring the copper into check. Sometimes we use molybdenum in the protocol. Pyrroles also require a nutrient protocol with three of the main nutrients being zinc (depending on the level), B6 (or the active form P5P) and magnesium. If pyrroles are especially high we use EPO. I have a newsletters that addresses the lab ranges, copper zinc imbalances and on my website there is a post on pyrrole disorder. Thank you for your question.

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