IN a recent report 1 it was shown that a scouring disease which affected cattle and sheep on reclaimed swamps and peaty soils in New Zealand was due to a deficiency of copper in the pasture. Affected ...

We think of copper as the stuff of pennies and fancy kitchen pans, but it’s also an essential nutrient. Most healthy people get enough of it from foods like nuts, meats and fish. But when the body is ...

What is the best chelated copper supplement? Copper is a trace mineral that plays an important role with many bodily functions. Along with iron, it aids the formation of red blood cells while also ...

For much of nutrition science history, trace minerals were discussed almost exclusively in the context of deficiency diseases ...