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Copper and Tumor Prevention
"In this study, 'animals] fed 'a] low copper diet had significantly more small intestine tumors than 'animals] fed the adequate copper diet," reported scientists from the Grand Forks Human Nutrition Res. division of the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture.*

DETAILS: Copper is a nutrient present in minute amounts in the body, and 2 milligrams is the recommended dosage for adults. Excessive copper can be harmful.

*Drs. Cindy D. Davis & W. Thomas-Johnson, in The Journal of Nutrition, vol. 132; 2002

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