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Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis

BRUMI1968

By BRUMI1968
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Hey all! I paid to have my hair analyzed for minerals, even though it is not an accepted diagnostic tool by many docs. (Desperate times call for desperate measures - too many 'normal' lab results.) It came back with some interesting stuff, mostly pointing to adrenal exhaustion and lo thyroid functionality.

I was wondering if anyone else has done this (I used ARL Analytical Research Labs) and taken the advice given in the advice section?

Thanks.

p.s. results:

very high calcium in hair (meaning, not absorbing it properly) (like max good is 80, like max on the chart is 120, and mine was 333)

very high magensium (same as above) good is up to 12, mine was 26

very low sodium (good starts about 12, mine was 6)

pretty low potassium (good starts at 5, mine is 3)

barely high iron (good ends at 4.2, I was 4.9

High copper (good ends about 3, mine was 6)

very high manganese (good ends at .06, mine is .657 - off the chart)

zinc was okay, surprisingly, though I bet dietarily it is quite low (vegetarian)

chromium low just barely

selenium way low

phosphorous just about right

some lead and some aluminum showed up (not much lead; not a ton of aluminum - but I don't get aluminim in diet or in deodorant)

Good nickel and cobalt,

low molymbenum

no boron

hardly any lithium

last three all low.

The report did say I had very little inflammation indicated - so that's good.

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The thing that stands out the most to me in looking at your results is the high calcium, high magnesium and high copper.

You have VERY high calcium.....it usually means that the calcium is being displaced. You would most likely be deficient because the calcium isnt being utilized....instead its coming out in the hair.

This is one of the indicators of mercury toxicity in a hair analysis....because mercury is the only thing that is *known* to displace minerals in this manner. It blocks these minerals from getting into the cells....so they really have nowhere to go....hence the high mineral levels that are seen in hair analysis of persons with mercury toxicity.

I beleive calcium and magnesium are the two which are almost always elevated. In most cases (when mercury is included in the hair analysis) the mercury will NOT be elevated. This is because the mercury is not leaving the body....its not being detoxed and it is taking the place of the essential minerals in the body. Results of a hair analysis will show that minerals are skewed....mostly out of range with calcium and magnesium usually being high and others being either high or low. Everything is up and down....when it should be balanced.

Adrenal exhaustion and low thyroid function would go along with it.

I dont know whether or not this is the reason for your elevated mineral levels....but it might be worth investigating.

I've had the hair analysis...although it was not the same lab which did my test.

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I have had hair analysis done also. I have arsenic toxicty, with an high chance of mercury toxicity. I had very high calcium and magnesium whick leds some to beleive its cause of mercry, which im sure it is cause i still have my amalgams and many health problems.

I will try to find my results and post them here later on tonight or tommorow

rachel,

I never knew adrenal and thyroid could be a porblem with that. So it is a good idea that i am getting those tested. If i have major problems with them, then would i worry about mercury being more of an issue that i thought.

paula

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rachel,

I never knew adrenal and thyroid could be a porblem with that. So it is a good idea that i am getting those tested. If i have major problems with them, then would i worry about mercury being more of an issue that i thought.

Paula,

Alot of things can contribute to adrenal exhaustion and/or thyroid problems. A person with mercury toxicity would almost certainly have adrenal exhaustion and most have low thyroid function. It doesnt mean that mercury is the *only* cause for those issues....just that they are associated with mercury toxicity.

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Okay, so the mercury is like the copper - if it is not showing up in the test does not mean it's not there - it might be held onto? So how do you find out if you have mercury toxicity then? I got zero on this test; about a year ago I did the Greenpeace test and came back with some mercury. I have not been heavily exposed to my knoweldge.

I clearly have copper toxicity, which can also displace the minerals in question, or so says the lab paperwork. Interesting. Thanks for the replies. I'm off to bed as part my new bed by 10 adrenal build-up routine.

Sherri

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Paula,

Alot of things can contribute to adrenal exhaustion and/or thyroid problems. A person with mercury toxicity would almost certainly have adrenal exhaustion and most have low thyroid function. It doesnt mean that mercury is the *only* cause for those issues....just that they are associated with mercury toxicity.

Ok I got it. Another thing that is not clear cut lol.

Okay, so the mercury is like the copper - if it is not showing up in the test does not mean it's not there - it might be held onto? So how do you find out if you have mercury toxicity then? I got zero on this test; about a year ago I did the Greenpeace test and came back with some mercury. I have not been heavily exposed to my knoweldge.

I clearly have copper toxicity, which can also displace the minerals in question, or so says the lab paperwork. Interesting. Thanks for the replies. I'm off to bed as part my new bed by 10 adrenal build-up routine.

Sherri

Yes, that is true about mercry, it does not always show up on test. It sometimes likes to hide.

paula

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