A hair tissue mineral analysis (HTMA) is a screening test that measures the mineral content of your hair. However, a hair tissue mineral analysis is much more than a test for minerals.
Mineral Blueprint
Trichology is the scientific study of hair and dates back to the mid-1800s. Providing a mineral blueprint of one’s biochemistry, a hair tissue mineral analysis can provide pertinent information about one’s metabolic rate, energy levels, sugar and carbohydrate tolerance, stage of stress, immune system, and glandular activity.
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. Our service uses the most advanced and sophisticated instrumentation available today, the Perkin Elmer Elan 9000 ICP Mass Spectrometer, to assess mineral levels in parts per million or parts per billion.
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 collect as the hair grows. Although hair is dead tissue, 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 body that took place over the past three to four months, depending on the rate of hair growth. It’s like the rings of tree.
Our Hair Analysis Unique
Several factors combine to make our hair tissue mineral analysis the best in the industry!
Washing hair samples at the laboratory has been shown to erratically wash out the water-soluble elements, so our service doesn’t do it. This produces much more accurate results. In a 2001 study in the Journal of the AMA (Seidel, S. et al., Assessment of Commercial Laboratories Performing Hair Mineral Analysis, JAMA, 285(1) Jan 3:67-72.) the two laboratories that did not wash the hair showed superb reliability.
Any reading that is out of a normally expected range is retested, provided sufficient hair is available for a second sample. Test results are printed on an easy-to-read graph, unlike many of the other laboratories. The printed graph includes the mineral results, major mineral ratios and the oxidation type.
We offer the only complete individualized test interpretation by the method developed by the late Dr. Paul C. Eck. This 15-20 page report is unique as it includes information related to one’s metabolic rate, energy levels, sugar and carbohydrate tolerance, immune system, autonomic balance, glandular activity and metabolic trends, a personal dietary supplement program, basic diet recommendations and other information that can be inferred from the test results.
The report offers a personalized transition dietary plan based entirely upon the results of one’s hair tissue mineral analysis. This 25 page report includes three transition diets, menu plans and a wealth of information covering food preparation, eating habits, changing one’s habits, cooking, shopping and other valuable information.
It’s simple, inexpensive, and effective. Call today for a consultation.
