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Drug and alcohol intolerance, constipa- sluggish, you will be a slow oxidizer. Slow oxidizers
tion, crowded upper front teeth, a lot of joint Stress from excess copper at first puts the
problems, growing pains might even be part body in a state of fast oxidation. Over time, tend to have
of B deficiency. Tingling sensation, cramping, however, the oxidation rate starts to decline and high calcium
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tremors, ticks, convulsive seizures and epilepsy you go into the resistant stage. This can go on for levels and fast
are very strongly affected by the pyroluria, low years, where you have one foot on the platform
B and zinc along with copper toxicity. Both and one foot on the train, and your body is in a oxidizers tend
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can give you epilepsy and clearing them up can constantly unstable condition of being overly to have high
definitely get rid of seizure disorders. Neuralgia stressed yet unable to fully respond. It is during sodium and
and sciatica are very common in these cases. A that time that the copper starts to build up. You
common symptom is pale skin that will not tan. start to lose your ability to handle the metal. potassium.
Often the most pyroluric member of the family When exhaustion sets in, when your body can’t
will be the lightest one. Other signs are late onset handle it any longer, that is when the oxidation
of puberty, low stress tolerance and prematurely rate becomes slow. This can be masked for a
gray hair. period if you take enough stimulants.
Slow oxidizers tend to have high calcium
SLOW OXIDATION levels and fast oxidizers tend to have high sodium
The other thing that happens with high and potassium. When you see someone’s chart
copper is slow oxidation, because high copper and they have high calcium, which means they
slows down both the adrenal and thyroid glands. are a slow oxidizer, along with a very high sodium
Oxidation means to burn or mix with oxygen. Dr. and potassium, which is the signature of fast oxi-
George Watson, a researcher at UCLA, developed dation, it means they are pumping themselves up
the concept of oxidation types. Those who burn enough to overcome the slow oxidation but the
food at a slower-than-ideal rate are slow oxidiz- calcium brake is still on. The underlying condi-
ers. If your thyroid and adrenal glands are very tion is slow oxidation, and buildup of copper, but
active you will be a fast oxidizer; if they are these individuals are revved up on stimulants.

SCHIZOPHRENIA AND AUTISM

Paranoid schizophrenia is associated with over-methylation, low histamine and high copper. Auditory hallucina-
tions are highly indicative of over-methylation. People with over-methylation tend toward paranoia, obsession and sleep
problems. Supplements that reduce methyl are folic acid, vitamin B and niacin, which is often used as a treatment
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for schizophrenia. Copper and zinc imbalance must also be improved in order to reduce the destruction of histamine.
Schizophrenia is surprisingly treatable by nutritional means. It is really not that hard to control once you know what you
are dealing with. If you do the proper things, it gets better. All the craziness starts to subside very rapidly.
In contrast to schizophrenia, all the markers of methylation are much lower in patients with autism. The nutritional
supplements that often improve autistic symptoms support the normal function of the methylation cycle, that is folinic
acid, DMG, TMG, methylcobalamin (which is B with a methyl group), zinc, B , glutathione, cysteine and sulphate. To
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some degree giving glutathione, cysteine and sulphate is a way to keep the body from diverting the homocysteine into
detoxification pathways. The other problem is metallothionein, which is one of the carrier proteins controlled by the
adrenals. Even before you are born, it is required for immunity, brain and gastrointestinal tract maturation and the regu-
lation of metals. Autistic children seem to be born with a low metallothionein function, so they have impairment in all
these areas. They haven’t matured the way they should and so are vulnerable.
Metallothionein is essential for the proper ratio of copper to zinc. If you have a poor copper-zinc ratio, you will have
metallothionein dysfunction and won’t be able to detoxify heavy metals. The primary nutrient needed in the formation of
metallothionein is zinc. If you have mercury or lead in the gut without any metallothionein there, they are going to react
with sulfhydryl groups. Sulfhydryl groups are a combination of sulfur and hydrogen and they are very much attracted to
mercury, lead and cadmium, especially mercury.
Among the sulfhydryl groups in the intestines are the enzymes that break down casein and gluten. Toxic metals and
low zinc disables these enzymes. This is why you see gluten and casein intolerance in autistic, bipolar and schizophrenic
patients, because they all are lacking in metallothionein production. They may react violently to those foods. Without
exception, high copper with low zinc along with signs of low metallothionein function with elevated levels of all kinds of
toxic metals are seen in every single autistic child tested at the Pfeiffer Center.

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