Video Library

The effect of magnesium and calcium on bone health, reasons for magnesium deficiency, and why blood tests usually miss this imbalance.

A brief look at how greater emphasis on bio-individual nutrition and minerals can be used to address a variety of health conditions.

While natural Vitamin D is healthy for us all, contrary to popular myth supplementing with Vitamin D pills can actually be quite harmful.

A brief look at the importance of iodine and why people have been led to fear it.

Potassium is one of the most important nutrients in our body, yet almost everyone is deficient. Learn why this goes unrecognized, and how it can affect health.

A quick overview of why many are overloaded with copper (copper toxicity), deficient in zinc, and how this imbalance affects health.

How people, when they take most vitamins sold out there, could be making their body more nutritionally deplete.

Do we need more iron? More copper? While a small demographic can benefit with taking iron, the issue for most people stems from a copper imbalance, and supplementing more of either can be detrimental.

Dr Malter, PhD was one of the very first to successfully integrate HTMA into clinical psychology practice.  Taught directly by the pioneeers of HTMA-based nutritional balancing (Drs Eck & Watts), and with insight into HTMA spanning 4 decades, this video offers a rare look at the history of HTMA and why it's not more commonly used (ie: the reasons behind its suppression).

Dr. Karen von Merveldt-Guevara is a German trained physician who combines her knowledge of modern medicine with orthomolecular medicine and the wisdom of ancient healing practices. With a profound understanding of biochemistry and minerals, and the ability to successfully adopt HTMA into her detox protocols, I have great respect for the work she does. In this interview she discusses her approach to detox, the importance of HTMA work, copper toxicity, and methylation

Rachel Neumann was also one of the very first to ever use HTMA in clinical practice. In this rare interview, she shares her background, her experience with copper toxicity and detoxing, the importance of using HTMA for informed healing protocols, and the mind-spirit-mineral connection.

How to Detox Copper

One-size-fits-all approaches and erroneous suggestions to "just take zinc" or some other supplement to "detox copper" miss the bigger picture. Not only is the correct approach highly individual, but it is also not just about trying to get rid of all the copper. Copper is an essential nutrient and must be supported, just as the other mineral imbalances occurring in the body must also be considered.

Rick Fischer and Dr. Robert Selig have both spent years researching copper toxicity, bringing about awareness, and supporting patients affected. In this video we discuss why copper toxicity is so poorly recognized, health implications, detox approaches, etc. [[Ricks side note on the necklace wardrobe malfunction- next time cameraman asks to swing necklace around back to avoid it hitting the mic, just take the darn thing off! :-P ]]

A short clip from discussion with Dr. Malter PhD on the mental health and relationship effects of copper toxicity.

Does Copper (or my IUD) Cause the Symptom of ______ ?

Copper is an essential nutrient, but in excess it can create symptoms. Some symptoms can be directly from the copper, but to really understand symptoms, we need to look beyond just copper at the other mineral imbalances which are created in the process.

Honored to be interviewed for the very first episode of the Human Optimization Podcast, in this interview with kettlebell world-champion and health/fitness coach Lisa Pitel-Killah, we discuss the health epidemic of copper toxicity and the important role of HTMA for nutritional mineral testing.

A discussion on copper toxicity with Kirby Campos who herself dealt with copper toxicity and today together with Rick provides support for those affected.  In this video we discuss testing, eliminating the guilt surrounding the copper toxicity label, and creating a support network. 

How Long Does it Take to Get Copper Toxicity from an IUD?

While many IUD users struggle with the effects of copper toxicity, it's important to remember that the IUD is not the only contributing source. As this video explains, many variables must be considered as to how long a person may tolerate the IUD without symptoms.

If you're on the copper IUD and having symptoms...  So many of the symptoms that arise from the copper IUD go unrecognized because doctors aren't generally trained to recognize the physical and psychological symptoms that arise when excess copper accumulates in the body. In addition, blood testing, which most are led to rely on, provides a poor indicator of copper status.

Rick Fischer is featured in the upcoming film documentary Inner U Diagnosed, in which he discusses how Copper IUDs are affecting women's health physically, mentally and hormonally.  Learn More about the Inner U Diagnosed film project at innerudiagnosed.com..