Discover the power of HTMA which is mineral balancing

HTMA is a test that analyzes the mineral content and heavy metals in hair. After you cut the hair from yourself, then it’s “prepared in a licensed clinical laboratory through a series of chemical and high-temperature digestive procedures. Testing is then performed using highly sophisticated detection equipment and methods to achieve the most accurate and precise results.” – Trace Elements Inc.

 

Trace Elements utilizes state-of-the-art ICP-Mass Spectrometry (NexION® models) for all trace element determinations.

 

Hair testing is a simple, non-invasive way to test minerals and heavy metals in the body. It’s a powerful and easy tool to monitor mineral levels and a non invasive procedures. Hair provides a blueprint of biochemistry occurring during the period of hair growth and development.

 

Why not use blood instead?

• Hair testing is non-invasive and easy

• Cutting your hair is painless

• No special handling of the sample so it can be mailed in an standard mail envelope 

• Cost-effective

• Blood is a snapshot

 

Blood shows a snapshot of what is happening in your body right now. While this is important information, it doesn’t supply an accurate analysis of the mineral levels over a period of time. The blood will “borrow” nutrients from cells and tissues to create homeostasis in the blood. Blood is like the first kid in line at the ice cream store. He gets what he wants before anyone else.

 

“Blood is homeostatic. That is, blood has the capacity to balance itself in essential minerals at the expense of cell and tissue reserves of these same minerals. – Dr. Rick Malter, PhD, The Strands of Health, 2003.

 

The Cell is  life and it might be losing essential minerals such as sodium and potassium while the blood reveals what appears to be normal levels of these two minerals. What happens at the cell shows up first while the blood is a late indicator. So you might show signs and symptoms of low potassium and sodium deficiency, but the blood results are normal.

 

“The balances between these essential nutrient minerals are more easily disrupted in the cells and tissues than they are in the blood. Deficiencies and excesses of minerals are more readily observed in an HTMA than in a blood analysis or urinalysis. Therefore, an HTMA is often an earlier indicator of a trend towards health problems (physical and psychological) than is a blood analysis or urinalysis. This fact is very important, especially when considering disease prevention or health maintenance nutritional supplement program.” – Dr. Rick Malter, Ph.D. The Strands of Health, 2003.

 

How Does Hair Collect Mineral Information?

Over 40 years ago, Dr. Eck and Watts discovered a nutrient pattern generated from their analysis of hair. They discovered that essential nutrient minerals do not deposit randomly in the hair follicle. The nutrient mineral deposits are in clearly identifiable patterns.

Another reason to test hair is that it’s one of the many places the body unloads excess minerals and heavy metals for storage away from vital organs. The amounts of minerals deposited in the hair uncover several things about your health. 

• Early indicator of health concerns

• Blood Sugar Handling issues

• Thyroid balance

• Sex hormone imbalances

• HPA-D (adrenal fatigue)

• Heavy metal toxicities

• Mineral toxicities

• Mineral deficiencies

• Oxidation Rate (for proper carbohydrate and dietary fat needs)

• ATP - energy production

• Copper Toxicity or Dysregulation

 

Is Hair Testing Accurate?

Like any medical test, no test is 100% accurate. If a client doesn’t follow instructions then the results will not be accurate. The test is accurate enough for the purposes of reviewing the minerals and heavy metals in a your body and giving suggestions for environmental changes and diet adjustment and nutritional supplementation. Heidi reviews each test and makes suggestions based on her professional opinion with years of nutrition and medical practice.

 

It matters where you send your hair test. Some labs wash the hair before analysis. This can skew results. We use Trace Elements Inc and ARL labs. They do not wash the hair. When you wash the hair first with harsh solvents then it washes away the water-soluble minerals like sodium and potassium that are critical for reviewing thyroid and adrenal function.

 

Is Hair Testing Based on Science? 

Yes! Here are some of the studies that utilize hair mineral analysis. Here are a few articles supplied by our lab Trace Elements Inc. If you are looking for more research studies then see their Research Library

 

Highlights from Scientific Studies

 

These studies show the many strengths and the value of hair testing in the health industry:

 

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.