Today is a very special episode of the podcast. I’m joined by Morley Robbins, a brilliant man who I’ve followed for years and wields one of the best informed perspectives on nutrition and biochemistry in the world. 

He’s a renowned expert in iron, magnesium, and especially, copper – how they interact in our bodies and how misunderstood they are in our society. This is copper like you’ve never seen it before. After you hear this one, you too, will be surprised at the relative anonymity of this truly amazing and multifunctional mineral.

We also unpack the truth behind widespread anemia misdiagnosis, the challenge of understanding and deciphering the loud voices of health gurus from all across the spectrum, good sources of copper in food and supplements, and so much more. 

We spend the last hour studying my own blood work, uncovering a few numbers I can be proud of and a few others that require further research to understand. The journey of learning and expansion never ends; that’s the fun of it all.

00:05:06 — Getting to Know Morley Robbins

• Praising the scientific contributions of Albert Szent-Györgyi
• Praising the scientific contributions of Dr. Leslie Klevay
• Praising the scientific contributions of James F Collins, Ph.D.
• Extreme Health Radio + Mitolife Radio
• EpiEnergetics: The Miraculous Healing Powers of Donny Epstein #138
• Challenging childhood and medical inspirations 
• Discovering the innate healer 
• Root Cause Protocol
• Reconciling rigid health advice 
• Cu-RE Your Fatigue by Morley Robbins
• Ray Peat on iron toxicity
• It all comes back to energy 

00:23:05 — Energy, Intelligence & Copper

• Painting a different picture of copper 
• Starting his journey with magnesium 
• Carolyn Dean's Magnesium Miracle
• The role of oxidative stress in our body
• Celebrating ceruloplasmin
• The Golden Plow and iron farming equipment
• Recalling the work of Viktor Schauberger
• The iron fortification of our food (1941)