"I lost thirty pounds off my arse thanks to a pair of copper socks"

[Eichhörnchen]

Mrs Emmery would need to be even more careful:

https://uk.search.yahoo.com/yhs/sear...ube+mrs+emmery

[limkol]

Isn't copper poisonous? That's why they've stopped using it in some countries as anti-fouling paint on the hulls of ships. So if that's the case, I can understand why it will help you lose weight.

But still it's been used in jewelry and water pipes for centuries. They say copper bracelets should help arthritis sufferers.

Very useful in the moonshine business, so I've heard

[Betonov]

Originally Posted by limkol

Isn't copper poisonous? That's why they've stopped using it in some countries as anti-fouling paint on the hulls of ships. So if that's the case, I can understand why it will help you lose weight.

But still it's been used in jewelry and water pipes for centuries. They say copper bracelets should help arthritis sufferers.

Very useful in the moonshine business, so I've heard

Not really. Copper is a much needed mineral in our bodies and is essential in out metabolic processes and without it we'd die.
Too much of it can destroy our liver though.

Apart from that, copper is injested by eating.
Wearing copper socks has the same effect as wearing cotton socks. Or poliester socks. Or wool socks.
The only difference is, when you wear, cotton, polyester or wool you know you weren't screwed over.

[Eichhörnchen]

I ought to admit to a slight "massaging" of the facts here, in that what I actually saw advertised were copper insoles for your shoes; I just thought copper socks sounded funnier.

[Betonov]

I found this

Copper In Medicine

Copper has been used as a medicine for thousands of years including the treatment of chest wounds and the purifying of drinking water. More recently, research has indicated that copper helps prevent inflammation in arthritis and similar diseases. Research is going on into anti-ulcer and anti-inflammatory medicines containing copper, and its use in radiology and for treating convulsions and epilepsy. Although there is no epidemiological evidence that copper can prevent arthritis, there have been claims that the wearing of copper bangles does alleviate the symptoms.

Copper Toxicity

Acute copper poisoning is a rare event, largely restricted to the accidental drinking of solutions of copper nitrate or copper sulphate which should be kept out of easy access in the home. These and organic copper salts are powerful emetics and inadvertent large doses are normally rejected by vomiting. Chronic copper poisoning is also very rare and the few reports refer to patients with liver disease. The capacity for healthy human livers to excrete copper is considerable and it is primarily for this reason that no cases of chronic copper poisoning have been reported.

That's the problem there. There have been claims.
I also claim central Europe but that won't make it happen

[Buddahaid]

[QUOTE=Betonov;2352799....I also claim central Europe but that won't make it happen[/QUOTE]

Too late! I claimed it first.......

[Stealhead]

The copper that jackets a bullet works wonders. The idea is when the bullet hits your body and breaks apart you get some copper deposited. In this way the little fragments mean that you won't need to buy copper insoles or socks.

[Betonov]

Originally Posted by Buddahaid

Too late! I claimed it first.......

But do you have a lost document that would show your lineage to a member of the Habsburg family putting you in a legal postition to be the 125 584th in line for the Austrian throne