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Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis(HTMA)

A hair tissue mineral analysis(HTMA) simply stated, is a screening
test that measures the mineral content of your hair. However, a hair
tissue mineral analysis is much more than a test for minerals.

Mineral Blueprint
Providing a mineral blueprint of one’s biochemistry, a hair tissue mineral analysis can provide
pertinent information about your metabolic rate, energy levels, sugar and carbohydrate tolerance,
stage of stress, immune system and glandular activity.

A hair tissue mineral analysis performed by Analytical Research Labs, Inc., is a screening test for
the level of 20 minerals and toxic metals in a sample of hair. It is a tissue mineral biopsy that is
non-invasive, relatively inexpensive and extremely accurate. Our laboratory uses only the most
advanced and sophisticated instrumentation available today, the Perkin Elmer Elan 9000 ICP
Mass Spectrometer to assess mineral levels in parts per million or parts per billion.

A hair tissue mineral analysis is considered a standard test used around the world for the
biological monitoring of trace elements and toxic metals in humans and animals species. The
same technology is used for soil testing and testing of rock samples to detect mineral levels.

Hair, like all other body tissues, contains minerals that are deposited as the hair grows. Although
the hair is dead, the minerals remain as the hair continues to grow out. A sample of hair cut close
to the scalp provides information about the mineral activity in the hair that took place over the
past three to four months, depending on the rate of hair growth.


Why is Our Hair Analysis Unique?
Several factors combine to make our hair tissue mineral analysis the best in the industry!

We are one of only two laboratories that do not wash the hair at the laboratory. Washing hair
samples at the laboratory has been shown to erratically wash out the water-soluble elements.
This creates much less accurate results. In a 2001 study in the Journal of the AMA (Seidel, S. et
al., Assessment of Commercial Laboratories Performing Hair Mineral Analysis, JAMA, 285(1)
Jan 3:67-72.) the two laboratories that did not wash the hair, of which we were one, showed
superb reliability.

We use technologically advanced testing instruments, including the Perkin Elmer Elan 9000 ICP
Mass Spectrometer.

We are proud of our laboratory quality control procedures. These include known controls which
are tested at the beginning, middle and end of every batch of hair samples to insure the accuracy
of the results.

We automatically retest any reading that is out of a normally expected range, provided sufficient
hair is available for a second sample.

Test results are printed on an easy-to-read graph, unlike many of the other laboratories. This is
a great benefit for both practitioners and their clients as well. The printed graph includes the
mineral results, major mineral ratios and the oxidation type.

We offer the only complete individualized test interpretation by the method developed by the late
Dr. Paul C. Eck, our founder. This 15-20 page report is unique as it includes information related
to your metabolic rate, energy levels, sugar and carbohydrate tolerance, immune system,
autonomic balance, glandular activity and metabolic trends, a personal dietary supplement
program, basic diet recommendations and other information that can be inferred from the test
results.

We offer the only personalized transition dietary plan based entirely upon the results of your hair
tissue mineral analysis. This 25 page report includes three transition diets, menu plans and a
wealth of information covering food preparation, eating habits, changing one's habits, cooking,
shopping and other valuable information.

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