What is a HTMA test (hair tissue mineral analysis test)? A small sample of hair, the last 3 to 6 months of growth, is sent through Mineral Check to Trace Elements laboratory for analysis. What comes back tells us which minerals were available to the body while that hair was growing, and what was circulating at the point of its formation. It is a recording of those months and what the experience has been for the patient. What it reveals The report shows nutritional elements,

Our bodies are made up of approximately 4 to 5% inorganic elements: The inorganic elements “the true minerals” in the body are divided into two groups: Macro minerals (needed in larger amounts): Calcium, Phosphorus, Magnesium, Sodium, Potassium, Chloride and Sulphur. Trace minerals (needed in very small amounts): Iron, Zinc, Copper, Selenium, Manganese, Iodine, Chromium, Molybdenum, Fluoride and Cobalt. Then there are the toxic / heavy metals (also inorganic elements, but one