Are there areas or places in the world where there is so much or so little copper in the food or environment that it affects mental function for better or worse?
2007-08-14 19:12:02 · 4 answers · asked by syrious 5 in Health ➔ Mental Health
Only if you have a specific, genetic disease called Bright's disease, which is exceedingly rare. Oh, and it's a negative effect if you get any of it in your diet.
2007-08-14 19:19:10 · answer #1 · answered by mannon 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Sorry for addressing the question indirectly,
Normally the body is able to excreet excess copper.
A friend is suffering from WILSON'S DISEASE, the inability to excreet copper from her system. As the copper level rises in her body, she is experiencing many physical and mental problems. Confusion and the inability to speak at a normal pace are two of the first things people notice. Loss of motor function, loss of balance, muscle contraction of the limbs causing strange positioning of arms, hands, and feet are also dominant features. The disease comes from a genetic problem, carried in families.
Untreated, Wilson's Disease is fatal.
2007-08-14 21:06:10 · answer #2 · answered by Hope 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
If you hit someone in the head with a big bar of copper you will lower their intelligence.
2007-08-14 19:50:59 · answer #3 · answered by guy85023 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋
I wear a copper ring and it hasn't lowered my IQ, thankyou very much!
2007-08-14 19:19:33 · answer #4 · answered by ♆Şрhĩņxy - Lost In Time. 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋