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(Hair Analysis)
What is
it For? What Does it Do?
Frequently Asked Questions:
Why should I
have hair analysis done?
Hair analysis is
a preventative health measure. It can pinpoint mineral imbalances
in your body and also alert your health care practitioner to the
presence of toxic elements in your body.
What
does the high or low level of certain minerals in my body have to do
with my health?
There are
thousands of biochemical reactions that ultimately control your
metabolism, digestion and the regeneration of body tissues. The
vast majority of these reactions depends on certain trace minerals
for their activity. If these minute amounts of essential minerals
are not there to fuel the processes then your ability to regenerate,
metabolize or breakdown noxious substances is compromised.
What effect
can these mineral imbalances have on my well-being?
Some symptoms of
mineral imbalances include: headache, fatigue, nervousness,
hypertension, depression, irritability, blood sugar imbalances,
recurring infections and periodontal disease.
How do toxic
elements get into my body?
Toxic metals
like aluminum, arsenic, cadmium, mercury, lead and silver are found
in products we use, consume and in the air that we breathe. They
accumulate in our bodies and interfere with the way vitamins and
minerals are used. This disturbs the way our metabolism
functions and creates various degrees of un-wellness in us.
Who should
have hair analysis done?
If you are
concerned about preventing mineral imbalances or the accumulation of
toxic metals in your body, then you should have a hair analysis. It
can be done for men, women and children as a means of prevention.
How often
should hair analysis be done?
As a preventive
health precaution, hair analysis should be done once a year. For
someone undergoing a program to detoxify their body from toxic
metals or who is on a mineral supplement program to correct an
imbalance, hair analysis done every three to six months provides a
means of monitoring the program.
How much hair
is needed for the analysis?
A small amount
of hair is trimmed from the nape of the neck for use in the
analysis.
What if I
perm or color my hair?
Hair analysis is
effective on newly permed or bleached hair. However, certain
colorants like “Grecian Formula” can alter the analysis results.
How is my
hair analyzed?
Your sample is
analyzed by a reputable laboratory using sophisticated laboratory
equipment and procedures such as “emission spectrophotometry”.
This is a method that can analyze for trace elements as low
as a few parts per billion in hair tissue. Dr. Brosseau will receive a computerized interpretation of your
hair analysis and will use it to determine if treatment is warranted
What do experts say about Hair Analysis?
“While blood
values inform the health professional what is in the blood, hair
analysis provides a record of how the body stores and disposes of
elements.”
Alexander Schauss, Author of “Diet,
Crime&Delinquency”
“The choice of
hair as a testing medium is based on the fact that the blood
chemistries change kaleidoscopically from day to day while the hair
values give a more stable view of the overall mineral nutrition”
Carleton Frederick, PHD
Author of “Psycho-Nutrition”
“Hair analysis
of minerals is used not only for diagnostic purposes but also to
monitor the nutritional state of the patient until treatment
benefits are achieved and the effects of the program have been
stabilized”
Richard A. Kunin, M.D.,
Author of “Mega-Nutrition”
“The use of hair
as an indicator tissue would seem to offer some advantages over
other tissues in documenting:
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Delinquency
of a required nutrient (e.g. zinc) owing to malabsorption of
minerals by the body.
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Exposure to
substances to which people are not normally exposed.
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Excessive
exposure to potentially toxic substances (e.g. lead)
“If the
substance of interest is deposited in the hair, previous exposure
can probably be determined at a much later date from hair then a urine,
fecal or blood sample.”
Robert A. Yokel,
“Clinical Chemistry”
Several
investigators in Japan, Sweden, Canada and the U.S. have shown that
concentrations of these toxic elements in the hair provide an
accurate and relatively permanent record of exposure. They also
found a good correlation between concentrations in hair and
concentrations in internal organs.
Hair tissue
mineral analysis is responsive not only to trace mineral levels in
the diet but to all other factors which influence their metabolism
including stress, exercise, endocrine and gastro-intestinal
function.
Hair tissue mineral analysis is a relatively inexpensive,
non-invasive and biologically stable sampling technique that avoids
the expense and discomfort of other tissue biopsies.
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