Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis
Your Health and Lifestyle Deep Dive
Have you been told you’re fine but you’re feeling anything but? Do you have niggles that don’t go away, a gut that seems to react to different things every day or persistent low grade issues that just hang around. Have blood tests shown you to be in great health … but you don’t feel great? Have you been told you have an autoimmune condition and will have to take medication for the rest of your life? Are you sick and tired of being sick and tired? If so, Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis (or HTMA) could very well be your answer.
Think of your body as having a bank account of all the vitamins, nutrients, amino acids and minerals you need to make healthy cells. Blood tests show you what you are spending. A Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis shows you how much you have left in your bank account. If you are always spending without topping up your bank account, or checking what you have in your account, you can easily run out of money or go into debt. The body is the same! Many health conditions are signs that you have run out of ‘money’ (nutrients, minerals etc) in some of your accounts yet you are still trying to spend. HTMA can show you which accounts need topping up so your cells can once again have everything they need to produce healthy cells.
For this reason HTMA is a great tool to use to keep an eye on your health, prepare you for a healthy pregnancy or help you resolve those low-grade persistent issues that have you feeling like you are ‘getting old’, ‘your immune system just isn’t what it used to be’ or you just don’t feel as good as you want to.
What does HTMA entail?
First visit: We have a chat about what you are feeling, what is giving you trouble, any tests you have had performed and the results and how you would like to be feeling. We then take a hair sample or give you the tools to take your own. Your hair sample is then sent away and tested.
Usually in 2-3 weeks, we receive a report telling us what minerals you are high and low in. This helps to give us a picture of which organs or systems may be struggling, if some are overworking and what is functioning optimally as it is.
Second visit: From information gained from your HTMA test, we are able to make very specific dietary, supplementation and lifestyle recommendations to get your mineral levels back up to optimal levels. I will give you a simple plan to help you restore your mineral balance and support any organs or systems that are currently struggling.
If you have a lot of symptoms or many systems are struggling, it is usually recommended to re-test in 2-3 months to examine your progress and see how things have changed. Different organs and systems recover faster and slower in different people so keeping an eye on the recovery process can be an invaluable tool for achieving a full recovery to the vibrant health you deserve.
It is worth remembering that many chronic health conditions have taken many many years to develop so reversing the deficiencies associated can be a bit of a process requiring regular check ins. Usually health returns gradually and progressively allowing you to build up a greater understanding of your body and what it is trying to communicate with you.
This type of appointment can be all online if required - just book your appointment and reply to your confirmation message to let me know that is your preference and I’ll be in contact with the details to make it happen. Please note: Online only will require pre-payment.