Hair Analysis
Introduction to Hair Analysis
Hair Records the Mineral Record in the Body
For the purposes of Nutrition Counseling, I prefer the use
of hair tests to blood test because I feel they are more accurate
indicators of the overall metabolic trends in the body. Blood is a
transportation medium. It is the "highway system" of the body. The
components of your blood must remain fairly stable at all times, or you
would die. Acidity, alkalinity, levels of certain nutrients, minerals,
etc., all must remain within fairly tight limits. This equilibrium, or
balance, is incredibly important to your health.
Two examples of problems that a blood test could miss and a hair analysis
would find
First example: Your blood test shows adequate levels of calcium.
Does this mean your calcium metabolism is good? Not necessarily. It could
be that your body is robbing calcium from your bones and teeth to support a
major organ. A hair test would show the actual mineral status of your
tissues. A blood test could miss it.
Second example: After a person ingests lead, a poisonous metal, the
lead levels in the blood stay high for about 30 days. Then the lead
disappears. Is it gone? Is the person out of danger? No. The answer is
that the lead has now been removed from the blood. It is being stored in
the tissues and would show up in a hair test - not a blood test.
The quantities of minerals being measured from the blood are 1,000
times smaller than those found in hair tests. The standard of mineral
measurement from blood tests is a nanogram. This is one-millionth of a
gram. In a hair test, we use measurements of a thousandth of a gram which is 1000
times larger.
For this reason, I recommend the use of hair tests. It is easier to
get experimental error when you are working with the smaller quantities of
minerals found in the blood. Another factor is the cost of the blood test
for minerals would be prohibitive.
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