Hair Analysis and what it reveals about trace minerals in your body.
Your body can produce some Vitamins but no Trace Minerals... Trace Minerals are only needed in milligrams or micrograms. As early as 1964 two mineral researchers wrote;” Even small departures from normal mineral composition of the interior of the cell, may have profound physiological consequences…”
Although minerals comprise only a fraction of total body weight, they are crucial for many body functions including transportation of oxygen, normalizing the nervous system and stimulating growth, maintenance and repair of bones and tissues. Many minerals must be in balance with each other to work in harmony. Because minerals play such a vital role in your health, devastating effects may result from these deficiencies.
For example, magnesium participates in more than three hundred enzymatic reactions in the body and a deficiency in this mineral can lead to dozens of health problems. It maintains the integrity of the cell membranes. It is concentrated 18 more times in the heart muscle than in the bloodstream. It regulates the ability of the heart to beat. It decreases blood coagulation and act as a calcium channel blocker, helping the heart pump more efficiently. This is just one of dozens of minerals the body requires for well being. Most all women are somewhat deficient in magnesium. Sulfur is another mineral that is critical to the detoxification process and has important functions in antioxidant nutrients and oxygen handling role.
Minerals are found everywhere in our world. Most are found in the sea , rocks and soils of the earth.
One of the worst results of commercial farming is the depletion of our soils. For example, according to records kept by the USDA over the last century, an apple grown in 1914 had 13.5 mg of calcium, 45 mg of phosphorous, 4.6 mg of iron and 28.9 mg of magnesium. Now a commercial apple has less than 7 mg calcium, 7mg phosphorous, 18 mg iron, and 5mg magnesium. We would have to eat many apples to get the same amount of minerals that were in one apple in 1914. Another example of this is , in 1952 1 cup of spinach had 144 mg iron, today that same cup of spinach has 9 mg iron.
Depletion of minerals today is a result of many contributing factors, some of which are poor soil and over commercialization, eating a diet rich in processed foods, additives and preservatives. Aging increases the bodies need for hydrochloric acid, as the output decreases, the bodies ability to absorb minerals also decreases. The inability to adequately absorb minerals contributes to age associated degeneration. Balance of bowel flora is also critical as well as the proper amount of dietary fiber. Some acid dependent minerals are chromium, manganese, copper, molybdenum, iron selenium, magnesium and zinc. The depletion of minerals is also accelerated by excessive levels of lead, aluminum, cadmium, mercury and arsenic. These toxic metals can have a very “unbalancing effect on the body. “ Cadmium has a half-life of 10-30 years….Lead exchanges for calcium in the bones. Physical illness can raise demands for many trace minerals. Too much of one element can lead to imbalances in others resulting in disease. Diet, toxins, drug nutrient interactions, and ability to absorb all play major roles in maintaining a proper balance. Find out if you have toxins or how balanced you are in Trace Minerals with your personal Hair Mineral Analysis.