What is HTMA Testing?

Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis (HTMA) is a functional lab test to break down the mineral content within a hair sample. This detailed analysis provides insights into your cellular mineral levels over the past 2-3 months, helping us pinpoint the underlying causes of your health issues and discover patterns.

With these patterns, I can further understand your metabolic type, understand why the body’s energy system is out of balance, and how to use nutrition and diet to help correct it! Once the body’s energy and stamina is restored, it can better heal other problems on its own!

Why a hair sample and not a blood sample?

Fun fact: Mineral levels in the hair are about 10x that of the blood!

When you do a blood test for minerals, it is detecting what is currently in the body- NOT what has accumulated to tell a story over 8-12 weeks! Along with this, toxic metals are not found in high concentrations unless its right after acute exposure. Toxins actually accumulate in the soft tissues- one of them being hair!

Are minerals really that important?

YES! Minerals are the body's "spark plugs" and are needed for millions of enzyme reactions throughout the body. Minerals can truly tell us SO much about what's going on in the body at a deeper level. In a perfect world, we would get all of the minerals we need from a balanced, nutrient-dense diet. But unfortunately, due to our modern world, it’s increasingly difficult. Daily things er enjoy and experience like:

These are negatively impacting our mineral and overall nutritional status. And over time, this can lead to a myriad of issues, such as hormone imbalance, gut dysbiosis, thyroid issues, and much more.

With this knowledge, I can customize and enhance your nutritional + supplemental protocols to address your specific health concerns. Based on the HTMA Markers we discover with your results, we can discover what your body has been going through over the last 3-4 months AND how to support your body.

Using this valuable information I will create a personalized diet, lifestyle, and supplementation plan. This will be extremely helpful to create more balance for your mineral ratios as well as help support your metabolism markers.

We can get these to an optimal place and I can help you learn how to sustain these levels, too!

Check out the HTMA Markers below that hold many answers for your health + wellness!

What happens after I send off my hair sample?

  • MINERALS

    Having a good balance of minerals in your body is important for everything to work properly.

    If your mineral levels are low or too high it can not only explain why you might be having some health problems, but it can also show that there might be other issues in your body that need to be addressed.

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  • METABOLIC TYPE

    Your metabolic type will be the first thing we discuss. This will show us how your body has been functioning in relation to stress via the adrenal glands and the thyroid.

    The test will categorize your metabolic type into either a fast or a slow type and based on that information we will best know how to support your body through nutritional behaviors.

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