First, I am going to post the AI overview. To find it, just type in “The Copper Revolution Healing with Minerals” at google. Or click here: https://www.google.com/search?q=the+copper+revolution+healing+with+minerals Their overview will likely change over time, so preserving it here now may be helpful.
Afterwards, I will add my clarifying comments:
Google AI overview:
The Copper Revolution: Healing with Minerals is a 2022 self-published alternative health book written by Jason Hommel that argues widespread health issues are driven by severe, undiagnosed copper deficiencies. Hommel promotes a high-dose mineral protocol, claiming that standard medical guidelines vastly underestimate human copper requirements and mistakenly overstate the risks of copper toxicity.
However, mainstream medical organizations like the CDC strongly warn against the extreme doses suggested in the book, noting that excessive daily copper intake can cause severe gastrointestinal distress, liver damage, and kidney failure.
Core Claims and Ideology of the Book
Widespread Deficiency: Hommel asserts that the vast majority of the population is copper-deficient due to modern agricultural practices and a lack of copper-rich foods (like organ meats) in standard diets.
Rejection of Toxicity: The book fundamentally rejects conventional concepts of copper toxicity, claiming instead that symptoms typically blamed on excess copper are actually signs of deficiency or heavy metal detoxing.
The “Unprotocol”: The book outlines a regimen built around taking high doses of copper (often via inexpensive copper sulfate), balanced with zinc and vitamin C to manage cellular synergy and prevent induced secondary deficiencies.
Healing Potential: The author attributes a vast range of healing properties to copper, including cellular energy production, collagen formation, hair repigmentation, and the reversal of chronic inflammatory diseases.
Table:
Comparison: Alternative Protocol vs. Medical Consensus
Category
The Copper Revolution Claims (CR)
Mainstream Medical Consensus (MM)
Recommended Daily Intake:
(CR) Suggests starting at 5 mg and scaling up to 30–100 mg daily.
(MM) Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) is 0.9 mg for adults. The tolerable Upper Limit (UL) is 10 mg.
Toxicity Risk:
(CR) Believes copper is inherently non-toxic at high levels when correctly balanced.
(MM) High intake causes nausea, vomiting, and can lead to permanent liver and kidney damage.
Primary Sources:
(CR) Advocates for aggressive supplementation, explicitly preferring copper sulfate.
(MM) Recommends meeting copper needs naturally through whole foods like nuts, seeds, seafood, and dark chocolate.
Diagnostic Validity:
(CR) Claims standard blood tests for copper are misleading and unreliable.
(MM) Uses serum copper and ceruloplasmin tests as proven diagnostic markers for clinical imbalances.
The book has garnered a dedicated online community on platforms like Facebook and Goodreads, where followers share their personal experiences with mineral blending and high-dose routines. Independent health experts caution individuals to consult a physician and request a blood panel before experimenting with multi-milligram copper protocols.
If you would like to explore this further, let me know:
Are you looking for information on how to safely test your mineral levels through standard lab work?
Would you like a list of natural, copper-rich foods to incorporate into your diet safely?
Are you researching a specific health symptom you hope to target with mineral therapy?
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high dose? That’s an opinion statement. We aim for the optimal dose, not a high dose. In our book, we reference Rademacher, who advocated for temporary doses of 260 mg. Compared to him, the 30 mg that we take are moderate, and low. https://revealingfraud.com/2022/09/health/cure-all-copper-in-the-1850s-32-260-mg-rademacher/
RE: “mainstream medical organizations like the CDC strongly warn against the extreme doses suggested in the book, noting that excessive daily copper intake can cause severe gastrointestinal distress, liver damage, and kidney failure.”
I went to the CDC page. I read it. No, the CDC page does not mention our book, nor any doses whatsoever, nor does it define extreme doses, nor any doses suggested in our book. Read the CDC page for yourself and note that the page does not say what the AI claims.
https://wwwn.cdc.gov/tsp/ToxFAQs/ToxFAQsDetails.aspx?faqid=205&toxid=37
The CDC fails to define excess copper intake, failing to mention any milligram amounts that might cause toxicity.
Nobody in our group on our moderate, low, optimal copper intake of 30 mg has ever complained of liver damage, or kidney failure. Rather, my book has chapters explaining why copper is good for the liver and the kidneys.
https://revealingfraud.com/2023/08/health/chapter-59-liver-disease-and-copper/
https://revealingfraud.com/2023/08/health/chapter-57-nephritis-nephrotic-syndrome-and-nephrosis-kidneys-and-copper/
I also go over the government’s established upper limit of 10 mg, showing that the government admits it did not establish it, and should, as follows, this is their words, quoted in my book in chapter 40:
https://revealingfraud.com/2026/01/health/chapter-40-usa-upper-limit-for-copper-10-mg-another-scam/
“Define the adverse effects of chronic high copper consumption for establishing upper intake levels and to evaluate the health risks of copper supplements.”
In other words, they have never defined, nor established, any upper intake levels for copper supplements. But another researcher did try, which I quote in chapter 10:
Copper was studied up to 20 mg in humans, and it was found it does not harm the liver:
https://revealingfraud.com/2022/02/health/the-copper-revolution-ch-10-copper-at-10-mg-to-20-mg-does-not-harm-the-liver-olivares/
In Chapter 40, linked further above, I cover three extremely high doses of copper intake that never harmed the liver. One man reportedly took 2000 mg daily for 4 months. No harm to the liver. One man took 70,000 mg of copper in a single dose. No harm to the liver. One man took 100,000 mg of copper in a single dose. No harm to the liver.
It was found that 10 mg a day of copper causes no harm to the liver. It was also found in animals that the human equivalent dose of 2300 mg of copper daily causes no harm to the liver. (NOT RECOMMENDED).
The U.S. Government has NEVER FOUND any level of copper that causes liver damage in humans, which they admit, here:
“RESEARCH RECOMMENDATIONS FOR COPPER
Determine the specific health risks associated with marginal copper deficiency.
Define the adverse effects of chronic high copper consumption for establishing upper intake levels and to evaluate the health effects of copper supplements.
Determine the involvement of low and high copper intakes on neurological and cognitive function.”
So the google AI is quoting the CDC saying that “excessive daily copper intake can cause liver damage”, yet neither the AI nor the CDC, nor the NIH ever say how many milligrams that would be that causes liver damage. They are thus refuted and exposed.
Next, regarding: “(CR) Suggests starting at 5 mg and scaling up to 30–100 mg daily.”
Yes and no. We take 30 mg daily. My wife has never take more than 80 mg daily for short periods, and I have never taken more than 65 mg in a single day. Some others in our group have reported taking up to 100 to 200 mg, but I have never suggested scaling up to that much. I believe you likely can, for short periods, take up to 100 mg without harm, because that’s what we see from the many reports of people in our group, and in the science, but it is not recommended, because 30 mg works, and because most people who go up that high do it only temporarily and come back down. They report excess energy and excessive thoughts and they intuitively end up taking less to feel more normal.
Next:
Toxicity Risk:
(CR) Believes copper is inherently non-toxic at high levels when correctly balanced.
(MM) High intake causes nausea, vomiting, and can lead to permanent liver and kidney damage.
We actually define doses. The mainstream medical does not. So who is telling the truth here?
Next:
Diagnostic Validity:
(CR) Claims standard blood tests for copper are misleading and unreliable.
(MM) Uses serum copper and ceruloplasmin tests as proven diagnostic markers for clinical imbalances.
I am not making claims. I am reporting claims. And by who? The mainstream medical establishment themselves!
From my page here:
https://revealingfraud.com/2022/10/health/copper-is-not-toxic-and-blood-tests-prove-nothing/
I quote three sources that say blood tests for copper are INVALID, as follows, and the first is from the NIH, the government itself.
“no biomarkers that accurately and reliably assess copper status have been identified [2].”
https://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/Copper-HealthProfessional/
Two other researchers agree:
Present situation of biomarkers for copper status — Olivares, 2008
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18779309/
“no traditional laboratory indicators have been identified as potential early markers of copper excess. It is possible that the biomarkers studied so far are not sensitive enough to detect an increase in body copper before the appearance of functional or clinical effects or that the homeostatic mechanisms are so strong that no significant changes in body copper occur with mild-to-moderate copper exposure. The identification of appropriate biomarkers for early detection of an increase in body copper represents a major challenge for further research”
Impact of copper deficiency in humans — Prohaska, 2014
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24517364/
“The challenge for future scientists will be to identify the mechanisms underlying the pathophysiology of copper deficiency so appropriate screening and treatment can occur. The need for a strong copper biomarker to aid in this screening is critical.”
Therefore, the AI and mainstream medical are both refuted again.
“serum copper and ceruloplasmin tests as proven diagnostic markers”… No, they are not proven. They don’t work.
Furthermore, excess copper in the blood, when detected, can be evidence of copper deficiency, as copper rises in the blood due to inflammation and disease. Correlation is not proof of causation, and high copper in the blood cannot be the cause of inflammation if it is the result of inflammation.
https://revealingfraud.com/2022/10/health/copper-is-not-toxic-and-blood-tests-prove-nothing/
Finally, our protocol is not just three things: copper, zinc and vitamin C — those are the suggested things to start with. Our protocol is much bigger and includes around 50 major instructions, 20 things to take and 30 to avoid, and if you consider other instructions like drinking distilled water, avoiding trans fats, etc., then we have maybe up to 70 major instructions.
These links are right on our main page, and nearly impossible to miss, but the AI missed it:
Here is our Protocol Guide:
https://revealingfraud.com/2024/06/health/the-copper-revolution-protocol-june-2024/
https://revealingfraud.com/2025/12/health/a-re-introduction-to-the-copper-revolution-protocol-for-2026-how-and-why-it-works/
We take about 20 Vitamins and Minerals:
https://revealingfraud.com/2022/06/health/minerals-and-vitamins-im-actually-taking/
We specifically avoid 30 other supplements:
https://revealingfraud.com/2022/09/health/supplements-to-avoid/