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About Hair Mineral Analysis
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What is Hair Mineral Analysis?
With ever-growing levels of toxic metals in the environment, widespread nutrient and mineral insufficiencies, poor lifestyles and dietary habits; there is an increasing need for a reliable tool to identify of elemental imbalances. Scalp hair has been used since 1929 to assess mineral levels, and is also widely accepted for assessing toxic element exposure.
Hair is an excretory tissue for many essential, nonessential and potentially toxic elements. In general the amount of an element that is irreversibly incorporated into growing hair is proportional to the level of the element in other body tissues.
Clinical research indicates that hair levels of specific elements, particularly toxic elements such as cadmium, mercury, lead and arsenic, are highly correlated with pathological disorders. Symptoms of excess toxic metals can include: fatigue, constipation, insomnia, emotional disturbances, and learning disabilities to name but a few.
Many elements are essential to life, assisting in the production of energy and other important biochemical processes, particularly enzyme reactions. Deficiencies or imbalances among elements lead to health problems.
Sample requirements?
As hair is subject to external contamination, (particularly from hair products such as bleaches, perms, or dyes), hair treated within two months of the test will not provide accurate information. However, in this situation pubic hair that is not contaminated is suitable.
Conditions associated with mineral and toxic metal imbalances:
As well as feeling apprehensive and worried (possibly without knowing why), you may experience some of the following physical symptoms:
- Depression and other mental health disorders
- Hypoglycaemia and hyperglycaemia
- Hypertension
- Arthritis
- Anaemia
- Thyroid disturbances
- Adrenal disturbances
- Digestive disorders
- Kidney dysfunction
- Heart arrythmias and other cardiovascular diseases
Common causes of a mineral imbalance:
- Improper diet
- Medication, including HRT, Birth control pills, Copper IUD’s
- Smoking
- Stress
- Poor digestion and or assimilation
- Pollution and car fumes
- Metal fillings or metal fillings removed without due care
- Occupation exposure to toxic metals
What toxic elements are assessed?
- Aluminium
- Antimony
- Arsenic
- Beryllium
- Bismuth
- Cadmium
- Lead
- Mercury
- Platinum
- Thallium
- Thorium
- Uranium
- Nickel
- Silver
- Tin
- Titanium
What minerals are assessed?
- Calcium
- Magnesium
- Sodium
- Potassium
- Copper
- Zinc
- Manganese
- Chromium
- Vanadium
- Molybdenum
- Boron
- Iodine
- Lithium
- Phosphorus
- Selenium
- Strontium
- Sulphur
- Barium
- Cobalt
- Iron
- Germanium
- Rubidium
- Zirconium
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