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Personality Patterns
A hair mineral analysis provides a great deal of information about emotions and personality
tendencies. Eliminating toxic metals, replenishing nutrient minerals and balancing body chemistry
can cause significant emotional changes.
Mineral patterns relate to emotional tendencies because the brain is a chemical organ.
Nutritional imbalances deeply affect brain chemistry. The converse is also true. Emotional
tendencies powerfully affect glandular activity and other aspects of body chemistry. Here is a
sampling of associations between mineral levels, ratios and patterns, and emotions and
personality.
Oxidation Types
True fast oxidizers tend to be extroverted, aggressive, expressive, impatient, irritable or
anxious. They may control overtly. The tendency is greater if the oxidation rate is faster. In the
extreme, they can become paranoid. Slow oxidizers tend to be introverted, apathetic,
emotionally repressed, weepy and depressed. They often control covertly. In the extreme, they
can become desperate and suicidal.
Both very fast and especially very slow oxidizers have little energy which affects their
personality and preferences. For example, very slow oxidizers are often attracted to substances,
situations or thought patterns that give them temporary energy through stimulation. These can
include caffeine, sugar, alcohol, worry, fear, anger, and stressful jobs or relationships. Fast
oxidizers are often drawn to situations that keep them in fast oxidation, as they usually do not like
to slow down. Slowing down would force them to examine their lives.
Other Electrolyte Patterns
Four high electrolytes is associated with a secondary alarm reaction. This is associated with
anxiety, unsteady energy and perhaps bipolar tendencies. When the oxidation rate increases one
can feel manic. When the rate slows, one can become depressed.
Four low electrolytes is associated with “spinning one’s wheels”. It is a chronic stress pattern
in which an individual uses up a lot of energy, often in activity or worry, without satisfactory
outcomes. These individuals often must continually prove themselves and are compulsive and
hard on themselves.
Ratios
A calcium/magnesium ratio greater than about 15:1 often indicates defensiveness. The
opposite occurs when the ratio is less than 4:1. This can indicate an individual who is open to
change.
A sodium/potassium ratio greater than 5:1 is associated with a tendency to move ahead, a
starter rather than a finisher and a tendency for anger. A sodium/potassium ratio less than 2:1 is
associated with the opposite, frustration, resentment and hostility. These are chronic negative
emotions that powerfully affect the glandular system.
A high calcium/magnesium ratio with a low sodium/potassium ratio is called the parabola
pattern because the first four minerals on a calibrated scale look like a U or parabola. It is
associated with being ‘stuck’ psychologically.
The opposite is the case with a low calcium/magnesium ratio and a high sodium/potassium
ratio. This is called the hill pattern as the first four numbers resemble a hill. It is associated with
openness to change and new beginnings.
A high calcium/magnesium ratio and a high sodium/potassium ratio is associated with
determination. When seen in a fast oxidizer, it is a healthy pattern of following one’s path with
determination. When seen in a slow oxidizer, it appears as a descending steps pattern. It is
associated with stubbornness.
A low calcium/magnesium ratio and low sodium/potassium ratio is called a double inversion.
This pattern accentuates the frustration, resentment and hostility associated with the low
sodium/potassium ratio. This pattern is more extreme in a fast oxidizer, where the pattern looks
like ascending steps. Here it is often associated with important illness.
Individual Minerals
Calcium and magnesium are psychological buffer elements. They are also called sedative
minerals due to their effects on the nervous system. Those with excess tissue levels are often
tired and emotionally suppressed. Those with too little are often hypersensitive, irritable and
anxious.
Sodium is called the volatility element, associated with levels of the adrenal hormone
aldosterone which causes sodium retention. Those with high levels are often very active, angry or
aggressive. Low levels are associated with fatigue, apathy and depression.
Excess copper is associated with enhanced emotions, emotional instability, mood swings, panic
attacks and spaciness. Copper stimulates the diencephalon or emotional brain. When very high, it
can be associated with a form of schizophrenia. Copper rises before the menstrual period,
contributing to emotional symptoms in some women at this time of the month.
Zinc is a copper antagonist and another sedative mineral. It has a calming effect and is
associated with emotional stability. Zinc is required for the cortex or new brain that modifies the
emotions. Low zinc and high copper have the same effects. Very high zinc is associated with
martyrdom - no emotional reactions at all.
Iron settles in the amygdala, an area of the brain associated with rage. Iron toxicity is very
common. Silicon is associated with ease and smoothness. It is commonly deficient, along with
zinc.
Toxic Metals
Lead is associated with sluggishness and dullness. Mercury, the affliction of the ‘mad hatters’
of Alice in Wonderland, is associated with emotional disturbance, irritability and timidity.
Cadmium is the pseudo-male or macho element. It replaces zinc and can provide the
appearance of stability, energy and strength though it is brittle and superficial.
Today everyone has some of all these toxic metals, as well as others. In some people,
however, one or another mineral or ratio predominates or is persistent. Patterns are often
masked or hidden and will be revealed only when superficial patterns are resolved and deeper
layers of body chemistry are revealed.
One can exaggerate the importance of psychological factors and the role of biochemistry in
emotional health. However, at times an emotional or personality indicator revealed on a mineral
analysis can be a key to helping pinpoint the source of a health condition. More extensive
information about minerals and personality is found in “Nutritional Balancing and Hair Mineral
Analysis” by Dr. Lawrence Wilson.
Copyright © 2003
This material is for educational purposes only
The preceding statements have not been evaluated by the
Food and Drug Administration
This information is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.
