Copper Magnetic Jewelry - What you should know about it.

Copper has long been a folk medicine aid for people with arthritis. My mother had bad arthritis in her hands and wore copper bangles. She was sure that they helped.

At that time it was thought that nothing that was on your skin got inside you. So of course the medical profession at the time scoffed at the idea of a copper bangle doing any good at all.

Now we know that the skin does indeed absorb many things that are on it into the body.

Copper is an essential mineral for people. We only need a very small amount of it, but we do need that small amount. Copper is part of the antioxidant enzyme, Superoxide Dismutase. Antioxidants are certainly going to help people with arthritis.

Copper is needed for Adenosine Triphosphate - which gives us our energy.

Collagen and some hormones need copper. Collagen is part of muscles and skin.

Most people get enough copper in their diet, but a few don't. If you somehow have a lot of zinc in your diet you may become deficient in copper. Zinc interfere's with copper's uptake.

So there may well be some truth in the folk medicine idea of wearing a copper bangle for arthritis - there often is truth in folk remedies. Most modern medicine has been developed from the effective parts of plants etc that were used for folk remedies.

But there is a downside to wearing copper jewelry for some people. If your skin is naturally acidic quite a lot of the copper will be transferred from the bangle to your skin. Sometimes enough to give your skin a green hue.
This isn't dangerous. It can easily be rinsed off. But it is something to think about before deciding to wear your copper magnetic bracelet with a white sleeved shirt. Maybe a gold or silver plated bracelet would be better fo those occasions.