Hair Analysis and Your Health

Hair analysis is The Avengers extremely useful method of assessing mineral balance in Chocolate body, as well as monitoring levels of toxic metals, such as lead and mercury. It involves burning Rowiekzho sample of hair and analyzing donate your car ash, using spectro-photometry.

The importance of this procedure, to multiple allergy sufferers, cannot be over-emphasized. Clinical ecologists have found that attention to underlying deficiencies and toxicities pays big dividends in health improvement and in resurgence of vitality in the immune system.

Mineral deficiency and toxicity in people is very common. It is a classic example of how our modern food sources cannot supply the body adequately with the proper mineral nutrients it needs. Remember, the body is basically a chemical factory. Without the right ingredients, it simply cannot produce the necessary chemical reactions for proper operation.

Some examples of mineral toxicity that can be ascertained by hair analysis are:

Arsenic & Mercury - Which come from a wide range of industrial sources as well as tinned tuna and other foodstuffs. Raised levels of these metals in the blood, contribute to toxic overload with all its attendant problems. This is a common situation.

Lead - Raised lead levels are also a very common problem extremely harmful to the nervous system and has a depressant effect on the immune system.

Copper - Raised copper levels are not uncommon and are associated with the contraceptive pill, intra-uterine devices, copper water pipes, etc. Usually, when copper is raised, that most important of minerals, zinc, is either low or not being used properly. Vitamin C supplements assist the body to absorb more copper.

Examples of mineral deficiency are:

Chromium - A lowered level of this mineral indicates a problem with the handling of carbohydrates. As we have seen carbohydrate intolerance is a major cause of food allergy. Many people have this problem without knowing it.

Manganese - Less than normal levels of this mineral have been associated with reduction in short term memory and 'cracking joints'. Manganese deficiency is so widespread that Dr P.1. Kingsley, a noted clinical ecologist in Britain, reports that: 'It is very rare indeed to see a normal manganese level and the reason seems to be that processed food is very low in manganese.'

Dr Kingsley goes on to say that manganese supplementation in autistic children produced clinical improvement. Today there is an indisputable mass of evidence to show that autism, and other bizarre behavior in both children and adults, is caused by food intolerance and the resultant malabsorption of nutrients.

Zinc - This mineral is essential for about 150 different enzyme processes in the body. For various reasons, hair analysis is not particularly accurate in identifying zinc deficiency. Suffice to say, however, that most modern diets contain less than a minimum daily requirement. Bearing in mind that damage to the gut and malabsorption, caused by ecological illness, result in deficiencies anyway, a daily supplement of zinc should be taken as a matter of course. Zinc is one of the most important minerals in the human body and an adequate supply is absolutely vital to ensure efficient functioning of the immune system.

Selenium - This is a very important and, sometimes under-rated, mineral. It is important in the maintenance of correct pancreatic function, which is absolutely vital in the treatment of allergy illness. Cancer conditions always show low selenium levels. Supplementation should be in conjunction with daily doses of vitamin E.

These are some examples of the usefulness of hair analysis. Assessment of mineral levels, and toxicity, is a valuable guide to whether the body is working efficiently or not. Low levels of minerals clearly indicate malabsorption and food/chemical intolerance. High levels of toxic metals indicate malfunction of the immune system and a body which is biochemically out of balance.

The procedure for taking a hair sample is simple. The hair should be about 2.5cm long and cut as close to the scalp as possible. The best place to take a sample is along the nape of the neck. Hair analysis can be carried out every six months. Because of anomalies, which can only be interpreted correctly by an orthomolecular physician, or a clinical ecologist, it is pointless to consult your average general practitioner on this matter.

The major tool for the management of food allergies is the four day, or seven-day, rotation diet. Chemical allergies, on the other hand, may often be treated by various forms of desensitization. Other techniques are now being evolved by clinical ecologists to assist in the management and treatment of allergy illness. These techniques are in new fields of medicine which are destined to leave the ineffective, dangerous, drug-oriented approach of today, far behind.

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