Mineral Analysis Hair Tissue Mineral analysis (HTMA)

HTMA is a test for minerals in your tissues.

Why use the hair? Because it is easy, cheap, non-intrusive and reliable.
As the hair grows, the minerals that are in circulation are keratinised into the hair, creating a record of metabolic activity.
Mineral concentrations in the hair provide a reliable indicator of mineral stores in the whole body.

Research has confirmed that hair mineral levels reflect stored mineral levels in other body tissues.

The hair sample is usually taken from the back of the head. Only 0.5 gm is needed. With careful cutting it is unnoticeable.
The 3 cm closest to the scalp is best as this represents your most recent metabolic activity [the past 2 to 3 months].

What does the test show?

The HTMA test shows the levels of essential nutrients and toxic minerals, as well as significant mineral ratios.
These provide a window into your metabolic processes and offers identification of problem areas with indication as to how to correct for any imbalance.

The test is conducted by a fully licensed and accredited laboratory.

*	Aside from the macronutrients (carbohydrate, protein and lipids) our bodies require many micro-nutrients.
*	These are the vitamins and minerals. They are traditionally acquired through the food that we eat. However, in our modern times, with modern farming practices and food distribution systems, our foods are becoming deficient in several vital nutrients.
*	Foods picked before maturity (to facilitate handling, transport and storage) are unable to develop the full range of healthful nutrients that our metabolism requires.
*	Farmlands that are on ancient soils (depleted of nutrients through time) and/or over fertilised with artificially manufactured fertilisers do not have all the essential minerals required for our health, and some that are harmful.
*	Long term consumption of foods from such sources may lead to deficiencies in essential nutrients in our bodies, and/or excesses in nutrients that are detrimental to our health.
*	Also, our modern lifestyle is not as it was for our ancestors. Our stresses are different. They went to bed when the sun went down. We sit up much later (perhaps to fit in the 'must see TV' show) with our lighting and entertainment facilities. We have shift work, all night shopping (in many areas), pubs and clubs, etc. Our ancestors had only their campfire and the cyclic phases of the moon.
*	We are increasingly exposed to pollutants, medications, stress, comfort foods, processed foods (which keep for a long time only because there is no useful nutrition, even for the bugs, to sustain life.

• Minerals participate in almost every metabolic process in the body.
• Vitamins cannot perform without appropriate mineral levels.
• An imbalance in our mineral levels is reflected in our metabolic processes, and shows up as symptoms of disease.

An Example: ZINC
Zinc is an element that is involved in:

• the production storage and secretion of insulin,
• is necessary for hormone production,
• is necessary for neurotransmitter production,
• it is involved in the laying down of collagen fibres for the production of bone,
• is essential for the production of acid in the stomach.

Any interruption to the action of zinc in the body will interfere with these functions.

The heavy metals Aluminium, Mercury and Cadmium will do this.
Copper in excess will do this. Molybdenum excess will do this.
The HTMA test will show this, and many other indications where the minerals are out of balance.

Please contact us for further information and to arrange your test.