mineral · for high cholesterol
Copper
An essential trace mineral. Sold in several salts, which the research does not treat as interchangeable.
How strong is the research?
Not verified evidence
Five small trials in 176 people tested copper. Total, LDL and HDL cholesterol were all unchanged.
Different group studied
1 paper read, 1 against.
Tested as: Oral copper. The pooled report does not say which salts the five trials used.
Who was studied: Adults across five trials. Nobody reports their copper levels. They were not short of it to begin with.
We found 1 study on this. We have not finished reading them yet, so we are not ready to say either way.