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[[Image:ARS copper rich foods.jpg|300px|thumb|right|High copper rich food sources include [[oysters]], [[beef liver]], [[lamb liver]], [[Brazil nuts]], [[blackstrap molasses]], [[cocoa]], and [[black pepper]]. Good sources include [[lobster]], [[nuts]], [[sunflower]] seeds, green [[olives]], [[avocados]], and [[wheat bran]].]]
Copper is an essential trace element (i.e., micronutrient) that is required for plant, animal, and human health. It is also required for the normal functioning of aerobic (oxygen-requiring) microorganisms.

Copper stimulates the immune system to fight infections, to repair injured tissues, and to promote healing. Copper also helps to neutralize "free-radicals", which can cause severe damage to cells.

Copper's essentiality was first discovered in 1928, when it was demonstrated that rats fed a copper-deficient [[milk]] diet were unable to produce sufficient red blood cells. The anemia was corrected by the addition of copper-containing ash from vegetable or animal sources.

As an essential trace element, daily dietary requirements for copper have been recommended by a number of governmental health agencies around the world.

===Dietary sources of Copper===
Copper is an essential trace mineral that cannot be formed by the human body. It must be ingested from dietary sources.

'''Eating a balanced diet with a range of foods from different food groups is the best way to avoid copper deficiency.''' In both developed and developing countries, adults, young children, and adolescents who consume diets of grain, millet, tuber, or rice along with legumes (beans) or small amounts of fish or meat, some fruits and vegetables, and some vegetable oil are likely to obtain adequate copper if their total food consumption is adequate in calories. In developed countries where consumption of red meat is high, copper intake is also likely to be adequate.

Foods contribute virtually all of the copper consumed by humans. The best dietary sources include [[seafood]] (especially [[shellfish]]), [[organ meats]] (e.g., [[liver]]), whole grains, [[legumes]] (e.g., [[beans]] and [[lentils]]) and [[chocolate]]. [[Nuts]], including [[peanuts]] and [[pecans]], are especially rich in copper, as are grains such as [[wheat]] and [[rye]], and several [[fruits]] including [[lemons]] and [[raisins]]. Other food sources that contain copper include [[cereals]], [[potatoes]], [[peas]], red [[meat]], [[mushrooms]], some dark green leafy [[vegetables]] (such as [[kale]]), and [[fruits]] ([[coconuts]], [[papaya]] and [[apples]]).

==See also==
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copper_in_health
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