Let’s just start with the disclaimer, this is not medical advice. That being said, I have seen more doctors than I can count, and this test put me on the right direction in my healing.
Hair Tissue and Mineral Analysis (HTMA) is:
- Metabolic Type: the rate shows how quickly your body is metabolizing energy and what macro ratios are ideal for you.
- Mineral Status: this shows an overall snapshot of the major minerals in your body and if any are very high or low.
- Heavy Metal Excretion: this can indicate if you are being exposed to any specific heavy metals and whether your body is excreting (or storing) them.
- Mineral Ratios: all minerals affect each other to some degree, so these ratios highlight which systems need the most nutritional therapy support.
Remember, everything starts on a cellular level. Meaning- you can supplement all you want around stage 7-8 of disease, but you need to address stage 1 to get out of the hole.
What is the Sodium (Na) Potassium (K) pump?
The Sodium Potassium Pump (Na/K Pump), is on every single cell. The proper nutrient level needs to be adequate intracellularly and extracellularly. Blood is intracellular tissue, where hair tissue is extracellular. Only x amount of certain minerals are stored in these intracellular tests. For example, Magnesium is only found 1% in intracellular tests, and 99% in the extracellular tissue (your hair tissue, skin, etc.) —Yet we continue to standardize blood work for these values.
Western Medicine does not approve of this test due to their are no consistent standards to these values. For example, a high result of a mineral can be a lack of absorption and therefore it being excreted into the hair.
This is why you need to chose a practitioner that can analyze the accuracy of the test with other functional labs and correlated deficiency symptoms.
Let’s Talk Heavy Metals:
Heavy Metals can affect nutrient levels on a HTMA. They can also hide if they are not currently being excreted. Your main minerals should ideally be within range prior to detoxification. This will allow for safe detoxification without leaving you more deficient.
Heavy metals bind to sites that are malnourished. So, if your sodium or potassium is below optimal level, a heavy metal may fill in. Our body needs the real mineral, but holds on to the heavy metal easier.
I do not start with detoxification. I prepare clients to do so with nutrient dense foods bio-individualized based off your nutritional analysis and functional labs (like HTMA).
Detoxification should always be done alongside a professional. Especially if supplements are used. For this reason, I only prescribe detoxifying supplements for heavy metals, Lyme, parasites etc., to package purchasing clients.
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