How is hair analysis carried out?
Taking a hair sample is easy. Any one can do it. All that is needed is about a tablespoon of hair taken from several areas of your scalp on the back portion of your head.
The hair must be about one to one and a half inches from the root end – it’s important to cut off and discard any hair longer than that. This is dispatched to a licensed clinical laboratory in the USA that specializes only in hair analysis.
On arrival at the lab, the hair sample is prepared for testing and then acids are added to break the hair down, separating out the elements contained in the hair protein. After ‘digestion’ the remaining mineral salts are put into solution and analyzed by sensitive and specialized instruments. The results are interpreted to produce nutritional mineral levels, their interrelationships and metabolic categorization.
The report is then personalized for you, complete with graphs and explanations which may give you answers you have been seeking for years.
What will Hair Analysis show me?
The analysis includes:
- A graph showing high/low/reference levels of 15 nutrient minerals
- A graph showing high/low/reference levels of 8 toxic minerals
- A graph showing high/low/reference levels of 15 further minerals
- Discussion of metabolic type
- Graphs showing the ratios of protective minerals, and nutrient : toxic minerals
- Comparison of your actual levels to the optimum
- Health trends suggested by the above information
- Dietary recommendations
- Supplement contraindication - your current program could be inappropriate
- A personalised supplement program, computer-designed to address any imbalances
- Levels of 38 minerals and the interactions between them
- Your metabolic type
- Comparison to your previous test, if appropriate, so you can track your improvement
See a sample report showing the information you will receive.