[ConservativeMind]

For metals to be rather higher in an active ALS patient versus a control means the patient is getting these metals on a frequent current basis and/or had built up a high reservoir of these minerals. We excrete metals all the time, normally, so finding high levels in urine and blood really is a bad sign, once already diagnosed with ALS.

Selenium, copper, and zinc were noted metals identified in ALS patient fluids.

[ConservativeMind]

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[shotgun]

That would explain Lou Gehrig, baseball’s Iron Man.

[from occupied ga]

Cause or correlation? I see nothing here that eliminates correlation.

[ladyjane]

Yes, most people excrete those metals and they are fortunate because they won’t be harmed by them. But some people are not able to excrete them and they build up. The average person can continue to eat their regular foods and even take their daily vitamins and minerals.

[devere]

Selenium, copper, and zinc are all essential to good health in small amounts, and toxic in excess. Personally I doubt that they cause ALS, and am guessing that their excretion is due to a disease process. An environmental toxin called β-Methylamino-L-alanine (BMAA) from cyanobacteria has been linked to significantly increased occurrence of sporadic ALS in populations with frequent dietary consumption of food sources containing high levels of BMAA — including the Chamorro population of Guam where ALS incidence is approximately 100 times greater than other populations https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19929726/ .

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Uh oh...I’ve been taking a zinc supplement since COVID started.

[Chode]

maybe, but it’s genetic

my Wife, her Father and her Brother all died of it, so...

[rexthecat]

I had a friend who worked his way through college in the early 70’s making beverage cans. He complained that he often came home covered in tin and steel dust. He died a few months ago of ALS. Thanks for posting.

[Bob434]

Wow- lots of folks take zinc, especially during covid-