Iron is killing you
What if the root cause of all chronic illness lies in the relationship between iron, magnesium, and copper?
In this video interview Jeremy Nell (Jerm) interviews Morley Robbins. Morley Robbins is a health researcher and founder of the Root Cause Protocol (RCP). His central argument is that many chronic health problems stem from disrupted mineral metabolism—especially involving copper, iron, and magnesium—rather than from conventional disease processes as understood by mainstream medicine.
What Morley Robbins Advocates
1. Copper is the key mineral in human health
Robbins argues that copper is essential for energy production, oxygen metabolism, iron regulation, immune function, and many other biological processes. He describes copper as the mineral that keeps iron and oxygen properly regulated and claims it is largely ignored in medical education.
2. Most illness is fundamentally an energy problem
His core thesis is that poor health results from cellular energy deficiency, particularly within the mitochondria. He argues that when cells cannot produce enough energy (ATP), symptoms develop and are later labelled as diseases by doctors.
3. Chronic diseases are caused by mineral imbalance rather than distinct diseases
Robbins contends that conditions such as diabetes, heart disease, kidney disease and other chronic illnesses are not separate disease entities but manifestations of:
- Mineral dysregulation
- Oxidative stress
- Impaired energy production
- Poor copper-iron balance
He explicitly states that “there is no disease” in the conventional sense and that symptoms arise from metabolic dysfunction.
4. The “terrain” matters more than pathogens
Drawing on ideas associated with 19th-century scientist Antoine Béchamp, Robbins argues that microbes thrive when the body’s internal environment (“terrain”) is unhealthy. He contrasts this with the germ theory associated with Louis Pasteur and suggests that energy deficits and mineral imbalances are more important than pathogens in explaining chronic illness.
5. Iron overload is a bigger problem than iron deficiency
A major theme of his work is that excess or improperly regulated iron contributes to oxidative stress and disease. He argues that many cases diagnosed as iron deficiency are actually problems of iron regulation and recycling rather than insufficient iron intake.
6. Remineralisation and lifestyle change
The Root Cause Protocol promotes:
- Improving mineral balance
- Supporting copper status
- Reducing stress
- Supporting mitochondrial function
- Taking greater personal responsibility for health
Robbins describes this as helping the body restore its natural energy production and self-regulation.
I found this episode both complicated and fascinating. Complicated, because Morley Robbins dives into scientific concepts well beyond a layman’s grasp—but fascinating, because once the penny dropped, I was hooked.
Morley is a former hospital executive who walked away from the system after realising it had his own diagnosis backwards.
Basically, his core argument is that chronic disease is a mineral dysfunction problem, not a germ problem, centred around:
- too little copper and magnesium to regulate iron,
- too much unregulated iron accumulating, and
- a medical system that keeps treating the downstream symptoms.
Jeremy Nell explains:
This is such an interesting angle because it goes to the absolute root cause, as per the name of his protocol.
‘Fix the terrain and the germs become irrelevant.’
In his conversation with me, he mentioned Antoine Béchamp’s work, which sadly most people don’t know about. He was a contemporary of Louis Pasteur — who was a fraud, according to a book I read called Béchamp or Pasteur? — and essentially argued that it’s not the germ that causes disease, but the terrain. The internal environment of the body — its mineral status, its cellular energy, its ability to regulate iron — determines whether you get sick, not the presence of a pathogen.
Nell adds:
Béchamp believed that microorganisms arise from within the body when the terrain is compromised, rather than being the primary invaders from outside that Pasteur made them out to be.
In other words, fix the terrain and the germs become irrelevant. This is a view held by numerous guests on my podcast, thankfully. You’re welcome to listen to the following conversation with Morley on most podcast apps. This conversation was recorded for my UK Column show.
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very old white guy
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The iron problem is real and as an elderly man with 12 times the normal iron in his blood the symptoms are varied and real.
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ALL men and postmenopausal women should give blood every 2 months. If you are not on any medications that prohibit giving, do so, today…this means you, vog….Iron accumulates around the heart muscle as well as other organs. When you have a heart attack, it is the iron bursting out that can be fatal. If you are on medication, find a doctor that will take it and dispose…or go for a bunch if blood tests every couple months😉
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very old white guy
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We have been working on it, extra blood work, diet, a few other things to be discussed in the coming weeks.
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Draw as much blood as possible. You cannot rid the body of excess iron…can only remove it. Ferritin levels are what matter…and not all testing gives you the right answer. See ‘Protein Power Lifeplan’ by Dr’s Michael & Mary Dan Eades…specifically the chapter dedicated to Iron….then read the rest if it, please…😏
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JFK
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Giving blood also means giving your DNA.
I don’t know how safe this is in the long-term…
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How old do you have to be to worry over whether someone has your DNA? 5 years old?
Seriously, consider what possible ramifications there are before creating bogey men…because if you’re an older individual, what could it possibly matter?
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JFK
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Nowadays there are bioweapons that target individuals based on genetic fingerprints.
On top of that, there are all kinds of weird experiments going on using human DNA (cloning, culturing of cells indefinitely, making hybrids, etc). You have no idea what someone will do with your DNA. And, after C19, it is crystal-clear that we have zero control or overview on our medical systems.
Also, by having your blood, someone gets a better overview of your health, biological functions, ancestry, etc. Things that not even you might know about yourself. And with digital IDs and all the centralized control put in place, all personal information will be centrally stored and easily stolen.
And, personally, I was always suspicious of the insistence of specific people that don’t seem to care much about human life to get people to donate blood. Neither did I ever understand the need for such huge quantities of blood. As far as I can tell, in most countries, the number of donations is higher than the number of required transfusions. Neither did I ever understand why direct transfusions (e.g. directly giving your blood to a relative) stopped being allowed.
I think that our medical system has a lot of explaining to do, for many events, decisions, actions, and what not.
And I don’t think I will be trusting them even with my feces…
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