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Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis:
Minerals? - There are 21 essential mineral elements necessary for the human body. The earth also contains these same minerals in an inorganic form. To utilize minerals in our bodies they must be in the organic form. When we eat fruits, vegetables, nuts, and grains, we get the organic minerals, however current day farming practices may result in mineral deficiencies in the soil and unfortunately also our sustenance.
What do they do? -
Energy production - Oxygen is a prerequisite for producing energy. Our red blood cell transport oxygen to all our cells, where energy can then be generated. This is where heme, a component of iron, comes into play, binding to oxygen so that it can be carried. Not enough iron in our blood can lead to anemia, a source of fatigue and weakness.
Skeletal - several minerals – calcium chief among them – are involved in building and maintaining our bones and teeth.
Immune system - minerals are involved in our immune health; including the trace mineral, zinc. It assists our body in warding off infections while also working to heal wounds and repair cells.
Nerve and muscle function - What potassium does is help regulate the water balance in the cells of nerves and muscles, allowing nerves to generate impulses for our body movements and for muscles to contract and flex.
Enzymes. These simply won’t work without minerals, and cells can’t function without enzymes – this is where we get our vitality.
Tissue growth. Our muscles are connected to bone at the joints by connective tissues known as tendons and ligaments. Minerals working in tandem with vitamins can help repair damage and reduce inflammation of these tissues.
pH balance. Minerals play a vital roll in maintaining a proper balance between acidity and alkalinity in our blood, with a reading on the 0-to-14 scale of 7.4 – slightly alkaline – considered optimal.
So issues like chronic fatigue, brain fog, lack of focus, insomnia, thyroid issues, adrenal issues, weight gain, inability to lose weight, hormone imbalance, GI dysbiosis, anxiety and depression can all be symptoms of mineral imbalances?
Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis show us how mineral imbalance induced by stress could lead to thyroid, adrenal, cardiac, glucose and other health problems, months or years before a blood serum test will. HTMA is effective at identifying the root cause of problems.
HTMA is considered to be a great strategy for determining cellular mineral levels & but also stored heavy metals. Once done, it can determine optimal nutritional and detoxification protocols to greatly improve health and vitality and relieve symptoms, to live healthier.
And with detoxification protocols it is important to know when to detox, what and how or otherwise it could be displacing toxins to somewhere else in the body?
If you struggle with any of the following issues
ADD/ADHD
Addictions
Anxiety and Panic
Brain fog
Chronic Fatigue
Cognitive Issues
Constipation
Digestive
Diarrhea
Hormone Imbalances
Joint Pain and Stiffness
Osteoarthritis
Osteoporosis
Thyroid Issues
Weight Gain
If just want more energy, more vitality, or to improve your health with nutrition book your HTMA with me.
Embark on a sustaining journey towards healing, Body, Mind and Soul, I am here to guide you!
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Also please note that I offer discount packages for 2 or more HTMA’s + Consultation Follow-up Apts, either for 1 person for successive HTMA’s or for 2, or 4 people. This is so family members can all benefit from HTMA.The packages are listed in the Book Now scheduling app. The package consists of a HTMA, A 15min pre-consultation, then a 60 min follow-up consultation once your HTMA is returned. This will include a report and a recommendation protocol.
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Read the studies below - HAIR TISSUE MINERAL ANALYSIS used in RESEARCH:
Where Else is Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis Utilized?
HAIR TISSUE MINERAL ANALYSIS FINDINGS: Click on the + to expand
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Hair samples were analyzed in fifty women along with their coronary calcium scores, bone mineral density. They found that coronary calcium scores were negatively correlated with bone mineral density and hair calcium levels.
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Hair mineral analysis was performed on over three-hundred adult females with BMI's ranging between low, normal and high. Significant differences were noted in zinc levels between women with a low BMI compared to those with a high BMI. The obese group had the lowest zinc levels as well as the lowest ratios of sodium/potassium, iron/copper and zinc/copper.
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Higher values of scalp hair mercury and lead content were observed in men and women with increased body mass index independently of their age.
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Hair, blood and urine minerals analyzed in diabetic patients compared to non-diabetic controls showed that the mean levels of zinc, manganese and chromium were significantly lower in the blood and scalp hair of patients diagnosed with diabetes. Higher levels of copper and iron were also found in the scalp hair of the diabetic group as well.
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Various mineral imbalances as revealed by hair analysis can indicate metabolic dysfunctions before any symptoms occur, and that hair analysis of minerals is used not only for diagnostic purpose but also to monitor the nutritional state of the patient until treatment benefits are achieved and the effects of the program have been stabilized.
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The patients were divided into three groups of ten; one group was studied two years after total hip replacement, one at four years, and one at six years. High levels of titanium and aluminum were found in the hair, especially in the group studied six years after implantation, while the levels of the three ions in the blood and urine were not significant.
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The pathogenesis of liver cirrhosis/cancer has been associated with changes in the balance of certain essential trace and toxic elements. It was observed that the status of Se and Zn in addition to some biochemical parameters was improved in biological samples of both groups of patients after sixty days treatment with mineral supplementation.
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Mineral levels of one hundred and twenty male lung cancer patients were compared to one hundred-fifty controls. The study showed that the average cadmium concentration was high in the blood and scalp hair of lung cancer patients at different stages compared to controls.
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A study of men over a period of thirteen years found that for each microgram of mercury found in the hair, the risk of acute coronary events increased by an average of eleven percent and cardiovascular disease death rate by ten percent.
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It is well known that nutritional mineral deficiency can impair neurological development. Some transitional nutrients can cause later-life health disturbances when deficient in the diet, but in excess can be just as harmful and include iron, copper, manganese, zinc and others. Heavy metals such as lead, cadmium, mercury and arsenic are also neurotoxins and when present early in life can contribute to impaired neuro-development and detrimental health effects later in life and have been called the "fetal origins of disease." Hair concentrations of cadmium compared to reference groups were found to be higher in children with mental retardation, learning disabilities, dyslexia and lower I.Q.
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Zinc deficiency was found in the hair of 88% of the study group. Serum zinc was found low in 55% of the affected group. Zinc therapy resulted in improvement in clinical signs and symptoms in most of the children including increase in body weight, appetite and growth.
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Results showed that hair copper concentrations could be correlated with the degree of severity, in that the higher the copper burdens, the more severe the autism. Levels of lead and mercury were also found higher in the affected group and increased with the degree of severity. Whereas, selenium and magnesium were significantly different in the low functioning group of children compared to others in the affected group as well as controls
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This study demonstrated an independent association between chronic stress measures and hair mineral levels in young girls, indicating the importance of physiological stress-mineral pathways independently from individual or behavioural factors.
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This study explored calcium and magnesium levels in patients diagnosed with fibromyalgia compared to matched controls. Findings revealed significantly higher hair levels of both calcium and magnesium in the affected group. "Wilcoxon rank sum tests showed that patients with fibromyalgia had significantly higher calcium and magnesium levels than the control subjects at alpha = .025 and .05, respectively
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Older pregnant women had lower hair zinc, vanadium and cadmium content and higher boron compared to younger women. Their data indicates that lifestyle factors has an influence on age-related changes in hair trace elements during pregnancy that may impact the outcome of pregnancy.
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High infant hair selenium mirrored a natural high mother to fetus trans placental transfer of bio elements in the last trimester of pregnancy.
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Nickel- sensitive women had significantly higher levels of nickel in nails, hair and plasma than control subjects.
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There is now a considerable body of literature on the use of hair in forensic science, in the diagnosis of disease states, and in the assessment of nutritional status.
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Research literature supports the view that trace element content of the hair and nail reflect body intake...from which one can conclude that hair and nail are suitable samples for evaluating body stores.
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Several research programs for studying and establishing hair trace mineral concentrations have been implemented since 1965 by the International Atomic Energy Agency. These research programs have been coordinated under "Nuclear-based Methods for the Analysis of Pollutants in Human Hair." Hair was chosen by the I.A.E.A. due to the concentration of minerals in the hair and its reflection of both external and internal contamination. The bulk of data on trace element concentrations has been reported from hair samples obtained from the scalp.
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