We need the following information in order to process your test kit: Name of person being tested: Natural Hair Color: Name of Shampoo: Any dyes used in hair: List of all medication you are currently on: Ethnic Origin: Pregnant: Yes or No Age: Address: Phone: Date of Birth: List of all your symptoms:

Many symptoms are associated with mineral and vitamin deficiencies and heavy metals; Testing done with full personalized nutritional program (8-15 page chart/report) designed for you or your child. Mineral imbalances reduce needed vitamins in our bodies, cause arthritis, depression, frontal headaches, high blood pressure, weight gain, adrenal fatigue, tendancy toward hypo- or hyper- thyroidism, hypoglycemia, osteoporosis, immune difficulties, and contribute to learning difficulties, etc.! We utilize the leading lab in the US for our HTMA.

Minerals interact not only with each other but also with vitamins, proteins, carbohydrates and fats. Minerals influence each of these factors, and they, in turn, influence mineral status. Minerals act as enzyme activators, and vitamins are synergistic to minerals as coenzymes. It is extremely rare that a mineral disturbance develops without a corresponding disturbance in the synergistic vitamin(s). Therefore, evaluating mineral status provides good clues of vitamin status and requirements.

Hair tissue mineral analysis (HTMA), is an analytical test which measures the mineral content of the hair. The sampled hair, obtained by cutting the first inch and one-half of growth closest to the scalp at the nape of the neck, is 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.

Hair is ideal tissue for sampling and testing. First, it can be cut easily and painlessly and can be sent to the lab without special handling requirements. Second, clinical results have shown that a properly obtained sample can give an indication of mineral status and toxic metal accumulation following long term or even acute exposure. A HTMA reveals a unique metabolic world: intracellular activity, which cannot be seen through most other tests. This provides a blueprint of the biochemistry occurring during the period of hair growth and development. Hair is used as one of the tissues of choice by the Environmental Protection Agency in determining toxic metal exposure. A 1980 report from the E.P.A. stated that human hair can be effectively used for biological monitoring of the highest priority toxic metals. This report confirmed the findings of other studies in the U.S. and abroad, which concluded that human hair may be a more appropriate tissue than blood or urine for studying community exposure to some trace elements. Call our office NOW for your test kit 1-888-918-9352!or order online!

WHAT IS A HAIR ANALYSIS?

Hair analysis is much more than a test for minerals. From a small sample of hair, you can learn about your metabolic rate, stage of stress, immune system, and adrenal and thyroid glandular activity. The test offers accurate information about carbohydrate tolerance, energy levels and tendencies for over 30 illnesses, often years before they manifest. You can also tell if you are eating enough protein, eating too many carbohydrates, and whether a vegetarian diet is working for you.

Mineral patterns also reflect mental and emotional conditions. A hair analysis can identify personality tendencies, how you handle stress and your stress level. It can also detect biochemical imbalances and associated with nutrient deficiencies, toxic metals and hypoglycemia. As a nutrition consultant it can reduce the guesswork in recommending nutritional products using a hair analysis. Each metabolic type requires different foods and varying amounts of vitamins and minerals. Even toxic metal poisoning is often passed on from mother to child. Future mothers, midwives and obstetricians can use hair analysis to help remove toxic metals in the body before they are passed on to the next generation.

Why wait until a costly disease arises? The chemical imbalances related to many conditions often develop years before the symptoms show up. Correcting the imbalances may prevent the disease altogether. Did you know that even our "furry friends" can be helped by accurate hair analysis... animal owners and veterinarians who use this method find hair analysis an excellent method of monitor, prevent, assess and guide correction of health conditions in dogs.

How is all this possible from a few snips of hair? It is possible because minerals are involved in all body functions. The chemical elements are the basic building blocks of our bodies. Even more telling are the RATIOS between minerals. Ratios represent relationships and balances in the body. Even in our bodies, the quality of relationships determines our health. Acidity and alkalinity, good cholesterol and bad cholesterol, hyperthyroid and hypothyroid -- all are balances. Using hair analysis to assess balances and relationships provides information about every body system.

Hair analysis is actually a "soft tissue mineral biopsy". A biopsy is an analysis of a body tissue, in this case to detect mineral levels. Hair analysis provides a reading of the mineral deposition in the cells and interstitial spaces (spaces within the tissue) of the hair over a 2-3 month period. Testing the hair allows one to infer what is occurring in other tissues of the body. Hair makes an excellent biopsy material for several reasons: it is simple and non-invasive; it is a stable biopsy material, mineral levels in the hair are about ten times that of blood making them easy to detect in the hair and it's cost effective.

Hair provides a unique cellular reading of the mineral levels. The cells, not the blood nor urine, are the major site of metabolic activity. Blood tests are excellent, but do not provide the same information for the following reasons: mineral levels are lower in the blood, making detection of trace elements more difficult; mineral levels are kept relatively constant in the blood even when pathology (a condition produced by a disease) is present; toxic metals are not found in high concentrations in the blood except right after acute exposure; blood tests can vary from hour to hour depending on diet, time of day and many other factors. Hair analysis is acknowledged to be one of the few ways to detect toxic metals. Toxic metals concentrated in the soft tissues, not in the blood or urine.

I see many individuals who go to local health food stores or pharmacies or deal with individuals who are newly "selling" hair tissue mineral analysis... the good thing is that more attention is being put on natural health solutions... the only thing to look out for is this: is the person offering you the hair testing fully versed and trained in "reading" the test results and how many years of experience do they have doing this and how many clients have they helped and do they offer follow-up? All of that makes a huge difference. There is much more to understanding the test results from the lab than just accepting what the lab itself sends out.

At Optimum Solutions we are constantly learning and getting the most up-to-date information to better serve you. This is a vital point in hair testing. If you have ever had a test done and didn't get a full understanding of the results and want help, we can provide that for you. Just give us a call.

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