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wHAT IS HAIR ANALYSIS?
IS HAIR ANALYSIS VALID?
RESURCH SHOWS
jUST HOW DEADLY AND COMMON HEAVEY METAL TOXICITY IS IN THE
usa.
THE BASIC MECHANSIM OF HEAVY METALS
TOXICITY.
cOMMON CAUSES OF A MINERAL IMBALANCE OR hEAVY
METAL TOXICITY.
wHO NEEDS A HAIR
ANALYSIS.
cONDITIONS THAT MAY RESULT OR BE AGGRAVATED BY
A MINERAL IMBALANCE OR ACCUMULATION OF HEAVY
METAL(S).
why test for minerals?
why test for metals?
mONITORING pROGRESS
dID YOU KNOW?
Chelation
when hair analysis show thetoxic metals to be
elevated.
What
is hair Analysis?
Hair analysis is done by atomic absorption
and it has been around for over 30 years. Hair analysis is a test,
which measures the toxic metal and mineral content of your hair.
This toxic metal and mineral content of the hair reflects the
content in the body’s cells or tissues.
IS HAIR ANALYSIS VALID?
In the 1979
review of over 400 studies, the Environmental Protection Agency
concluded that hair testing is a valid means for detection of most
toxic metals.
RESURCH SHOWS JUST HOW COMMON AND DANGEROUS HEAVY METAL
TOXICITY IS IN THE USA:
In a 300-page
report in August 1979, "Toxic Trace Metals in hair and nails" the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency stated that toxic metals are
the second worst environmental health problem in the United States.
Toxic metals are widely used in industry, agriculture and food
processing. Through carelessness or ignorance, toxic metals
find their way into our air, water and food supply. The ragedy
is that toxic metals are largely overlooked in medical training, and
equally ignored in many textbbooks of nutrition. Toxic metals
represent an important side of biochemisty and pathology that
can ideed explain the cause of many important illnessess and
symptoms.
THE BASIC MECHANSIM OF HEAVY METAL
TOXICITY:
The basic
principle is that whenever a dificiency of vital minerals occure,
they are always replaced with toxic metals
in enzyme binding sites and enzyme systems. For example, lead
replaces calcium, cadnium and copper replace zinc, and aluminum can
replace magnesium and manganese in the brain. This substitution
allows vital enzyme systems to continue functioning to some
degree. However, the incorrect metal incorporated into the
metallo-enzyme also causes physiologic dysfunctions to occur.
In nutritional
therapy fpr heavy metal toxicity one must not only supply any
deficiencies of vital mineral. but also replace toxic metals with
essential minerals. Thus it is warrented that high
quality well absorbed and assimilated minerals are
prescribed and that an effective Chelation program
be administered.
COMMON CAUSES OF A MINERAL IMBALANCE OR HEAVY METAL
TOXICITY:
- Improper
diet – such as excessive intake of refined carbohydrates and
sugars, strict vegetarian diets or other exclusive diets.
- Taking
vitamins an minerals which are not compatible with your current
body chemistry.
- Medications.
- Birth
control pills.
- Stress.
- Accumulation
of toxic metals from the food,environment, job or hobby.
- Inheritance
of mineral patterns form parents.
Who
Needs A Hair Analysis?
Anyone who is found ill and no explanation
can be found, or when the cause seems to be found but the therapy is
not wholly effective.
Even if you are not experiencing a severe
problem, abnormal changes in body chemistry and nutritional
deficiencies may result in early, subtle changes in the body such
as:
- White spots
in the fingernails – indicates a possible zinc deficiency.
- Longitudinal
ridging in nails – indicates an iron deficiency.
- Brittle
hair and nails – calcium and copper imbalance.
- Deep
grooves across nails – calcium deficiency.
- Stretch
marks – zinc deficiency.
- Lack of
growth – zinc deficiency.
- Mood swings
– possible toxic metal accumulation such as lead, mercury, or
cadmium.
The
above indicators are early signs of metabolic disturbances and may
lead to serious problems if left unchecked.
CONDITIONS THAT MAY RESULT
OR BE AGGRAVATED BY A MINERAL IMBALANCE OR ACCUMULATION OF HEAVY
METAL(S):
*Depression
*Headaches
*Hair loss
*Hypoglycemia
*Hypertension
*Anemia
*Hyperactivity
*Arthritis
*Thyroid disturbance
*Prostate
Disorder
*Diabetes
*Digestive Disturbances
*Skin Rashes
*Allergies *Musculo-Skeletal
*Emotional
Problems
*Cardiovascular Disease
Why Test For
Minerals?
Minerals are the “sparkplug” of life. They are involved in almost
all enzyme reactions within the body. Without enzyme activity,
life ceases to exist. A
trace mineral analysis is preventive as well as being useful as a
screening tool.
Why Test For Heavy
Metals?
Heavy metals are very toxic putting an
extreme stress on ones body thus, jeopardizes their state of
wellness. Toxic metals
contribute to many metabolic disorders and distressing symptoms
including fatigue infection, high blood pressure, hear disease,
cancer, and diabetes.
While routine blood tests cannot detect chronic heavy metal
poisoning, tissue hair analysis is one of the few methods approved
by the Environmental Protection Agency for detecting these toxic
metals in the body.
Monitoring
Progress:
A common problem in healing is determining if a
person is actually improving, especially if some symptoms persist or
new symptoms arise.
Repeat tissue hair analysis and comparison with previous
tests can often provide answers as to whether improvement is
occurring, why some symptoms persist, and what to expect in the
future.
Hair analysis is an invaluable screening tool
that allows a correct program of diet, supplementation, and heavy
metal elimination, designed for each individual’s specific
needs.
Did You
Know?
- Too much
copper often causes women’s pre-menstrual headaches?
- Arthritis
pain can be caused by lead, cadmium, or mercury poisoning?
- Eating the
wrong diet can contribute to conditions such as constipation,
diverticulosis, and even heart disease?
- Taking too
much of any one vitamin or mineral can be harmful?
- Hair
analysis is the most efficient means of determining exactly what
vitamins and minerals you do need?
- Adolescent
acne can be caused by lead or copper poisoning as well as zinc
deficiency?
- Approximately
80% of our populations lack the necessary enzymes and natural
stomach acids to digest their food?
- Hyperactive
children often have too much lead in their systems?
- Obesity is
frequently caused by chronic blood sugar problems?
- Mercury
toxicity in the mother’s system can kill her unborn child?
- Magnesium
supplements may prevent brain damage of alcoholics?
- The male
prostrate gland contains more zinc than any other organ in the
body? Because of this, adequate zinc levels are important for male
potency.
- Diuretics,
often prescribed for patients with high blood pressure and heart
trouble, can decrease your potassium supply?
- High blood
pressure and strokes may be caused by too much sodium chloride
(salt)?
- Many baby
foods contain too much salt?
- High levels
of copper and iron in the body tissue can cause migraine
headaches, and even schizophrenia?
- Adequate
zinc intake helps to regulate blood sugar levels?
- Lead
toxicity is linked to multiple sclerosis?
- Zinc
deficiency can retard bone development and produce malformed sex
organs?
- Doctors
often diagnose heart attacks by the amount of the mineral
manganese in the body?
- Chromium,
magnesium, manganese and vitamin B6 deficiency are related to
diabetes?
- Vitamin C,
the B Complex, zinc and manganese are being used to treat
schizophrenia?
- Vitamin B2,
folic acid, vitamin E, zinc and chromium are important for users
of birth control pills?
- Magnesium
deficiency is related to epilepsy, leukemia, heart disease and
kidney disorders?
- As many as
250,000 women in the U.S. at any given time may be suffering from
iron deficiency anemia?
- Beryllium,
lead, cadmium, nickel and arsenic posing can cause cancer?
- The mineral
lithium is being used to alleviate many of the problems associated
with manic-depressive illness?
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