Why I love the Hair, Tissue, Mineral Analysis (HTMA)

!t’s hard not to get excited about these tests! Ok ok it’s hard for ME not to get excited🤩. I love to get my nerd on when these arrive in my inbox. It’s not just me I promise! Clients love this test! It’s the one I do most of in the clinic. The world of testing is huge so I get asked why this one over others all the time. The answer is pretty simple really, although it’s still multi faceted.
The first is the sheer amount of information it gives me. I can see heavy metal involvement, nutrient levels in the tissues and nutrient ratios. All of those give me in depth personal info on the person in front of me. I can see a tendency to blood sugar dysregulation, why they might be feeling anxious or depressed, why they may have a tendency to allergies or thyroid issues and I can see where they are at regarding stress. Possible ADHD behaviour, digestive issues, potential osteoporosis and hormone imbalance often show up as well. That’s really just scratching the surface!
More importantly, I can see why someone is feeling the way they are AND see what we need to do to correct it. It’s like having a crystal ball! The future looks bright. We can chelate the heavy metals, balance the nutrients and address the core of the issue. HTMA leads to specific, targeted treatment plan which means my clients get great results. WIN WIN!
Sometimes it leads to further testing because it’s not a diagnostic tool but an indicator. Often, I use it in conjunction with blood tests as they both show different things. Pathology is still very important. Blood is what is circulating right now but HTMA shows what’s being stored in the tissues. The body will sequester things like heavy metals away in the tissue to protect the body. In the case of iron, we can see an iron deficit before it turns up in the blood or for heavy metals we can see what’s stored as the first thing the body seeks to do is to pull them out of circulation to the tissues. Fascinating stuff!
Cost factors into my choosing it as well. Especially right now with the cost of living sky rocketing. I want to get my clients the most and best information I can without needing a second mortgage. HTMA is incredibly cost effective. In fact, given the huge amount of information that’s in there it’s actually cheap. And non invasive- just a little trim at the back of your head.
Lastly, but often the biggest reason I use it, is mental health issues. Where mental health is concerned it is the absolute bomb! So many mental health issues can be addressed through rebalancing nutrients. It’s crazy (pun intended) that it isn’t used more often. Nutritional psychiatry is a relatively new concept but this is where it’s at! Even something as simple as imbalance copper to zinc ratio can look like or exacerbate ADHD, depression and anxiety. If we can get the nutrients right then the rest becomes so much easier. It may not fix everything as mental health is incredibly complex but why make it harder than it has to be? If getting the mineral balance right means being able to do the other things you need to do to feel fully well again…why wouldn’t you? I see incredible results using it to target the reasons someone can’t sleep, is incredibly anxious, depressed or can’t settle even on the ADHD meds.
If you are wanting to get this done then let me know when you book. We can order the test in advance and speed up the process by having it in front of us for your initial appointment. Because of their complexity and the need for interpretation I only offer them if you book a consult. It’s well worth the investment in yourself.
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