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Elwin Robinson interviews Morley Robbins. In this long video Robbin’s discusses his research into the relationship between copper and iron and how the balance of copper being inside inside ceruloplasmin rather than outside in the bloodstream relates to iron levels. In his opinion this relationship impacts hormone production as well as being the root cause of all disease.
Dr Peats article is mentioned as a starting point for Robbin’s initial interest in this work.
@Zack Vegas I wonder what your opinions might be on Robbin’s research and opinions?
Excellent. I’ve always liked Morley, have met him a few times at conferences, just never did a deep dive into his protocol. I’m looking forward to this! Thank you.
Morley Robbins certainly has some good ideas. Every time I’ve heard him, his main focus seems to be on keeping iron near deficiency, which in itself will likely improve health and likely extend life for many. He also advocates for extra magnesium, and warns of the dangers of seed oils and fluoride. Those four steps would probably benefit almost everyone these days.
Some of the other parts of his protocol I question. He warns against vitamin D supplements. Yet D3 supplements seem widely beneficial, both in studies and the real world. Doctors used to prescribe massive vitamin D doses (on the order of 300,000 IU a day), and Dr. Coimbra uses similar type doses (from 50,000 to 300,000 IU a day) and gets excellent improvements in people suffering from “Auto Immune” conditions. So, most D3 supplements are likely very safe and beneficial or neutral for the vast majority of the population.
He also warns against Ascorbic Acid, but Linus Pauling was 100% fine with Ascorbic Acid, and the beneficial effects that Pauling found, both anecdotally and in studies, all used either Ascorbic Acid or Sodium Ascorbate. This isn’t to say that Pauling was right about everything, but I do think if you are going to contradict someone like Pauling, you should have either solid reasoning or solid evidence, and I have never seen enough of either from Robbins to make his opinion on this more solid than Pauling’s.
He also recommends against other supplements, but I have personally seen benefits from some of the types of supplements that Robbins says to avoid.
Because of this, I am wary of his “Root Cause Protocol” as a blanket sort of recommendation to all. Dr. Peat did give sort of general advice, but always encouraged experimentation, and didn’t recommend any sort of protocol except “Perceive, Think, Act.” I think the way Dr. Peat gave advice was the wiser way.
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