Hair Analysis

What Is A Tissue Mineral Analysis?

     Trace mineral analysis is a test which measures the mineral content of your hair. Mineral content of the hair reflects the mineral content of the body's tessues. If a mineral deficiency or excess exists in the hair, it usually indicates a mineral deficiency or excess within the body, or biounavailability.

Example: If your hair reveals an elevated calcium level two or three times normal, then your calcium level within the body may be elevated also. If this the case, a strong tendency ecists for arteriosclerosis ( hardening of the arteries due to calcium placques).

If your calcium level is low, then a tendency exists toward osteoporosis (demineralization of bone), increased tendency to bone fractures, dental caries, periodontal disease, muscle cramps,etc.

Various mineral imbalance, as revealed by hair analysis frequently lead to metabolic dysfunctions before any symptoms become manifest.

Other Conditions Which May Result Or Be Aggravated By A Mineral imbalance Are:

* Depression                           * Headache                          * Hypoglycemia
* Hypertension                        * Hyperactivity                      * Arthritis
* Hair Loss                             * Anemia                              * Thyroid Disturbance
* Prostate Disorders                * Digestive Disturbance          * Diabetes
* Musculo-Skeletal                  * Cardiovascular Disease       * Skin Rashes
  Disorders                            * Emotional Problems            * Allergies

Why Test For Minerals?

Minerals are the "sparkplugs" of life. They are involved in almost all enzyme reactions within the body. Without enzyme activity, life ceases to exist. A trace mineral analysis is preventive as well as being useful as a screening tool.

Who Need A Hair Analysis?

Anyone who is found ill and no explanation can be found, or when the cause seems to be found but hte eherapy is not wholly effective. Hair analysis opens up a whole new vista for the solving of your own particular problem by recognizing your biochemical individuality.

Even if you are not expriencing a severe problem, abnormal changes in body chemistry and nutritional deficiencies may result in early, subtle changes in the body such as:

* White spots in fingernails -- indicates a possible zinc deficiency
* Longitudinal ridging in nails -- indicates an iron deficiency
* Brittle hair and nails -- calcium and copper imbalance
* Deep groves across nails -- calcium dificiency
* Stretch marks -- zinc deficiency
* Lack of growth -- zinc deficiency
* Mood swings -- possible toxic metal accumulation such as lead, murcury or cadmium.

The above indicators are early signs of metabolic disturbances and may lead to serious problems if left unchecked.

COMMON CAUSES OF A MINERAL IMBALANCE

-Improper diet-such as excessive intake of refined carbohydrates and sugars, strict vegetarian diets or other exclusive diets or other exclusive diets.

-Taking vitamins and minerals which are not compatible with your current body chemistry.

-Medications

-Birth control pills

-Stress

-Accumalation of toxic metals from the environment, job or hobby.

-Inheritance of mineral patterns from parents.

*Hair analysis is an invaluable screening tool which allows a correct program of diet and supplementation to be designed for each individual’s specific needs. Never before has there been available a metabolic blueprint with such a degree of applicable scientific accuracy. For further information, see your doctor, or nutritional consultant

DID YOU KNOW?

-Women’s pre-menstrual headaches are often caused by too much copper in their system?

-Arthritis pain can be caused by lead condmium or mercury poisoning?

-Eating the wrong diet can contribute to conditions such as constipation, diverticulosis, and even heart disease?

-Taking too much of one vitamin can be harmful?

-Too much vitamin C can actually make an infection worse, in certain metabolic types?

-Hair analysis is the most efficient means of determining exactly what vitamins and minerals you need?

-Adolescent acne can be caused by lead, or copper poisoning as well as a zinc deficiency?

-Approximately 80% of our population lack necessary enzymes and natural stomach acids to digest their food?

-Hyperactive children often have too much lead in their systems?

-Obesity is frequently caused by chronic blood sugar problems?

-Mercury toxicity in the mother’s system can kill her unborn child?

-Magnesium supplements may prevent brain damage of alcoholics?

-The male prostate gland contains more zinc than any other organ in the body? Because of this, adequate zinc levels are important for male potency.

-Diuretics, often prescribed for patients with high blood pressure and heart trouble, can decrease your potassium supply?

DID YOU KNOW?

-High blood pressure and strokes may be caused by too much sodium chloride (salt)

-Many baby foods contain too much salt?

-High levels of copper and iron in the body tissue can cause migraine headaches, and even schizophrenia?

-Adequate zinc intake helps to regulate blood sugar levels?

-Lead toxicity is linked to multiple sclerosis?

-Zinc deficiency can retard bone development and produce malformed sex organs?

-Doctors often diagnose heart attacks by the amount of mineral manganese in the body?

-Chromium, magnesium, manganese, and vitamin B6 deficiency are related to diabetes?

-Vitamin C, the B Complex, zinc and manganese are being used to treat schizophrenia?

-Vitamin B2, folic acid, vitamin E, zinc and chromium are important for users of birth control pills?

-Magnesium deficiency is related to epilepsy, leukemia, heart disease and kidney disorders?

-As many as 250,000 women in the U.S. at any given time may be suffering from iron deficiency anemia?

-Beryllium, lead, cadmium, nickel and arsenic poisoning can cause cancer?

-The mineral lithium is being used to alleviate many of the problems associated with manic-depressive illness.

Instructions for hair sampling

The requirements for getting an accurate representation of the present trace mineral levels from a hair analysis include taking a proper sample. These instructions describe the correct procedure to follow:

Sampling: Hair should be clean and dry when it is being sampled. The sample should be taken between four and twenty four hours after washing. For the best quality results the sample should not be dyed, bleached or permed. Retest samples should be taken from the area as the original sample if at all possible.

Sampling Location: Head hair taken from the nape of the neck will provide the best sample. The hair here is relatively steady and should give good, consistent results.

As an option, axillary hair, pubic hair, or other body hair may be used. The growth pattern here varies and is rather sporadic, but it produces adequate results. Note, however, that samples from the head and different parts of the body should not be mixed together.

Sampling axillary or pubic hair is also a very good way to confirm that elevated toxic minerals which have been found in the head hair are present in the whole system.

Equipment Needed: A standard ratailed comb and a regular stainless steel scissors are all that is all basically needed. For short hair, thinning shears may be used to keep from disturbing the hair style as much as possible. With long hair, a hair pin or clip may also be useful.

Cutting a Sample: Comb and lift a section of hair at the nape of the neck. Enter pin or clip the section or have the patient hold it up out of the way. Separate a smaller section and cut the hair as close to the scalp as possible. For short hair –1 and a half in length, or less—use the entire sample. For long hair--over1 and a half length—cut off and use 1” to 1 and a half of the hair from the end that was next to the scalp. Discard the rest.

Take several small samples from different spots and combine them. This will help assure an accurate, representative sample on the average, while leaving no noticeable “bald” places in their hair style.

Weighing the Samples: Set up the card weight scale, following the instructions printed on it. Placing the small samples inside the circle on the card, continue sampling until the scale tips, indicating that there is approximately 125mgs in the total sample. This should be about one heaping tablespoonful.

Once an adequate sample is accumulated, put the hair into the provided sampling envelope and enclose it and the completed order form in the attached order envelope.