""Copper toxicity is rare in the general population."

Not according to Ann. Esp. with vegan and vegetarian diets"

Huh? Vegetarian especially tend to be copper deficient. I am a vegetarian and have read several articles about this. I don't take a multivitamin. I take separate supplements. I am males and therefore do not use birth control pills. Many multivitamins have no copper or 1 mg or less.

"I was diagnosed with sub-clinical hypothyroidism a couple years ago"

Why didn't you try taking large doses of iodine? For 2 months I took 50 mg a day of iodine. Now I cut it back to 25 mg. I think this helped solve my problem of below normal temperatures. Perhaps you might be selenium deficient. Selenium is important for converted T4 to the active T3, and mercury binds with selenium and makes it biologically unavailable. If you haven't already, perhaps you should try taking 50 mg a day of iodine, and 200 mcg a day of selenium.

"I started the no copper high zinc diet and since then, my symptoms have slowly dissipated. "

You might feel better since the zinc is helping fight infection.
You still haven't shown any proof of copper overload.


Imo your problem is probably not copper overload, but perhaps iodine deficiency, selenium deficiency, and also perhaps heavy metal(especially mercury and lead) poisoning.

Large milk intake, which results in huge calcium intake but little magnesium to balance it can result in bone loss and a loss of magnesium. Are you taking magnesium supllements or eating plenty of magnesium rich foods? Perhaps your fatigue might be due to magnesium deficiency? That would make sense.

"And this all started with a vegetarian diet. "

One other consideration. You might be carnitine deficient. Carnitine is crucial for energy production. Vegetarians have much lower levels of this than meat eaters, even though the body can make it. I take 1,000 mg a day of carnitine, but am considering increasing this. Vegetarians also have lower levels of creatine than meat eaters. This is another thing I supplement.
Vegetarian diets also tend to be low in zinc. Many vegetarians don't combine proteins properly. Perhaps you were protein deficient? Many vegetarian are iron deficient.