Hair Mineral Analysis

From this assessment you will learn:

• Metabolic Type (the exact fuel/food your body needs for optimal energy, vitality and metabolism)
• Stage of stress
• Mineral Balance which gives you information of the functional effectiveness of your adrenal, thyroid and digestive system
• Presence of Toxic Metals

The Hair Mineral Analysis (HMA) provides the information for a comprehensive nutritional balancing program. The information from this analysis reflects a Whole Person approach to your stress:

• Mental, emotional patterns, personality  characteristics, how you handle stress and your stress level
• Dietary patterns: are you getting enough protein, are carbohydrates out of balance
• How your body adapts and compensates when stressed
• Everyone has a unique biochemistry and solutions need to be tailored to this individuality

How is this possible?

Hair analysis is a soft tissue mineral analysis to detect mineral levels in the hair. Minerals deposit in the cells and hair over a 2-3 month window. This is not an assessment of the mineral content of your body. It is a screening test and allows for a reference of what is going on in the body.   By evaluating ratios and patterns you can learn alot about the metabolic activity of your body, your stress levels and toxic metals. Toxic metals deposit in soft tissues and do not stay in the blood or show up in urine. Heavy toxic metals contribute to many disease processes as the metals interfere with vital processes at the cellular level. 

Your body is an energy generating machine!

You may not feel this way but your body is designed to generate the energy your body needs to fulfill the demands of your body. Your body uses glucose, amino acids, fatty acids and converts this to ATP – the fuel used at the cellular level for energy. This report reflects your body’s ability to create energy. For you to have the energy you need your cells need to be able to produce this energy and sustain it. Having the raw ingredients depends on diet, digestive health and other factors.  One indication of health is your ability to bounce back from stress. Your body adapts and compensates based on the interaction of minerals in the process of generating sufficient energy. Over time your body continues to adapt and without sufficient nutrients, your body breaks down, ultimately leading to disease. This report helps you see to what degree your body is effective in generating the needed energy. This information provides the basis for a tailored nutritional regimen and Wellness Program.

A hair tissue mineral analysis is a screening test for the level of 20 minerals and toxic metals in a sample of hair. It is a tissue mineral biopsy that is non-invasive, relatively inexpensive and extremely accurate.

A hair tissue mineral analysis is considered a standard test used around the world for the biological monitoring of trace elements and toxic metals in humans and animals species. The same technology is used for soil testing and testing of rock samples to detect mineral levels.

Hair, like all other body tissues, contains minerals that are deposited as the hair grows. Although the hair is dead, the minerals remain as the hair continues to grow out. A sample of hair cut close to the scalp provides information about the mineral activity in the hair that took place over the past three to four months, depending on the rate of hair growth.

Documentation

• 1972, Dr. Paul Eck, pioneered Hair analysis
• 1979, EPA, 300 page study, concluded that  hair is a “meaningful and representative tissue for biological monitoring for most of toxic metals.”
• 1991, Dr. L. Wilson, Nutritional Balancing and Hair Mineral Analysis