Mineral analysis

Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis (HTMA) is an analytical test that measures the mineral composition of hair. As cells in the hair bulb grow and divide, minerals are keratinised into the growing hair shaft, creating a permanent record of metabolic activity and exposure to toxic elements.

Mineral concentrations in the hair can provide a reliable indicator of mineral stores in the whole body. If your health, diet or environment has created a mineral imbalance or toxic mineral excess, it will be recorded in the hair shaft.

A sample of hair is taken, cut close to the scalp and sent to a Laboratory which provides reliable clinical data on over 35 nutrient and toxic minerals, and over 26 significant mineral ratios.

Nutrition is vital in hair health and hair loss, and the vitamin and mineral content in the body is very important, as deficiencies are a very common cause of hair loss as are toxic levels of minerals.