HAIR TISSUE MINERAL ANALYSIS PROVIDES THE FOLLOWING:

        Window into cellular activity
         Detects toxic metals
         The body's energy mechanism
         Determines the metabolic oxidation type
         Assesses organ, gland, and tissue function
         Constructs a picture of an individual’s body chemistry which enables
         Acucare Healing Clinic to design an individual nutritional program
         both weight loss and detoxification

WHAT EXACTLY IS HAIR ANALYSIS?

Your hair contains all the minerals present in your body, including nutritional minerals as well as toxic heavy metals. Hair mineral analysis is a laboratory test that measures this mineral content in the hair.  In most cases the test results reflect how much of these elements are in your tissues and provide a vivid picture of your internal environment.  With this information, a world of metabolic events can be interpreted. Not only can your nutritional status be viewed, but we can also learn much about how efficiently your body is working

HOW CAN HAIR ANALYSIS HELP ME ACHIEVE BETTER HEALTH?

If we consider that diet is what we consume and nutrition is what we retain, then we can see that discovering what your body needs and when it needs it is a valuable tool in creating health. After 30 years of research, hair analysis has emerged as the most practical method of testing for mineral balance in your body.  This valuable tool indicates which supplements you need and which ones you should avoid. And it's no secret doctors of almost every specialty as well as nutrition and dietitians routinely use hair analysis. Your hair analysis report is designed to help you and your health practitioner determine the best nutritional program for you.

DOESN'T A BLOOD OR URINE TEST TELL ME JUST AS MUCH AS A HAIR ANALYSIS TEST?

Blood test give information about your mineral levels at the time of the test only.  If you’ve just eaten a banana your test can indicate a high potassium level, even though you may actually need potassium supplementation. On the other hand, hair analysis results indicate your overall level of potassium. It reveals our actual storage levels over a period of time, not just what you ate that day or even that week.  So a blood test will only accurately report what is being transported in your blood at the time of the test.

WHAT CAN CAUSE A MINERAL IMBALANCE?

There are many factors to take into consideration, such as:

Diet - Improper diet through high intake of refined and processed foods, alcohol and fad diets can all lead to a chemical imbalance. Even the nutrient content of a "healthy" diet can be inadequate, depending upon the soil in which the food was grown or the method in which it was prepared.

Stress - Physical or emotional stress can deplete the body of many nutrients while also reducing the capability to absorb and utilize many nutrients.

Medications - Both prescription and over-the-counter medications can deplete the body stores of nutrient minerals and/or increase the levels of toxic metals. These medications include diuretics, antacids, aspirin and oral contraceptives.

Pollution - From adolescence through adulthood the average person is continually exposed to a variety of toxic metal sources such as cigarette smoke (cadmium), hair dyes (lead), hydrogenated oils (nickel), anti-perspirants (aluminum), dental amalgams (mercury and cadmium), copper and aluminum cookware and lead-based cosmetics. These are just a few of the hundreds of sources which can contribute to nutrient imbalances and adverse metabolic effects.

Nutritional Supplements - Taking incorrect supplements or improper amounts of supplements can produce many vitamin and mineral excesses and/or deficiencies, contributing to an overall biochemical imbalance.

Inherited Patterns - A predisposition toward certain mineral imbalances, deficiencies and excesses can be inherited from parents.

CAN VITAMIN REQUIREMENTS BE DETERMINED FROM A MINERAL TEST?

Minerals interact not only with each other but also with vitamins, proteins, carbohydrates and fats. Minerals influence each of these factors, and they, in turn, influence mineral status. Minerals act as enzyme activators, and vitamins are synergistic to minerals as coenzymes. It is extremely rare that a mineral disturbance develops without a corresponding disturbance in the synergistic vitamin(s). It is also rare for a disturbance in the utilization or activity of a vitamin to occur without affecting a synergistic mineral(s). For example, vitamin C affects iron absorption and reduces copper retention. Boron and iron influence the status of vitamin B2. Vitamin B2 affects the relationship between calcium and magnesium. Vitamin B1 enhances sodium retention, B12 enhances iron and cobalt absorption, and vitamin A enhances the utilization of zinc, while antagonizing vitamins D and E. Protein intake will affect zinc status, etc. Therefore, evaluating mineral status provides good clues of vitamin status and requirements. Continuing research at Trace Elements involves the recognition of many synergistic and antagonistic interrelationships between minerals and vitamins.

DO YOUR HAIR TISSUES ANALYSIS TODAY!

IN ORDER TO START YOUR PATH TO HEALTH, MAIL TO ACUCARE HEALING CLINIC THE FOLLOWING:      

            In an isolated,envelope send us your hair sample.
         
            Then print and fill out the following form:
            PRINT YOUR HAIR TiSSUE ANALYSIS QUESTIOANIRE NOW!!!

Put both the questionnaire and the hair sample in an envelope along with a check for $170.00. As soon as we receive the sample, someone from our office will call you to make an appointment.

WHERE DO I OBTAIN THE HAIR AND HOW MUCH IS REQUIRED?
Proper collection of the hair sample is extremely important and cannot be over emphasized. The hair to collected should be clean and you should not used permed, dyed or bleached hair.  The hair should come from several areas of your scalp on the back portion of your head. You simply part the hair and cut as close to the scalp as possible. Cut away excess hair from the sample leaving about 1 to 1 ½ inch of the root end. The total amount of hair needed is about a tablespoon.