Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis and Nutritional Medicine
Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis and Nutritional Medicine
On the old art of bringing herbs together, and why it feels especially welcome as the cold season sets in. There’s an old instinct in herbal medicine that long predates the science now catching up to it: herbs were almost…
The most common myth in hair mineral analysis is exactly backward, and cell biology explains why. The claim that won’t die The myth usually arrives in plain language, something close to this: “Hair only shows what the body excretes, so…
Practitioner Education The overlooked mineral of connective tissue: what the evidence says about supplemental silicon, and the patients most likely to benefit. The mineral hiding in the tissues that age first. Almost every clinician reaches for calcium and vitamin D…
1. Introduction: Why Assessing Mineral Balances Matters in Cancer Care Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis (HTMA) provides a clinically relevant, non-invasive method for monitoring mineral status and toxic metal burden in individuals undergoing or recovering from cancer treatment. Given the growing…
Cancer Risk Screening: Why Testing for Toxic Metals Matters Introduction Environmental exposure to toxic metals is a proven contributor to cancer development. Leading authorities such as the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) classify arsenic, beryllium, cadmium, chromium (specifically…
Tattoos have been an integral part of human culture for millennia, serving as art, symbols of identity, and expressions of personal beliefs. However, in recent years, concerns about heavy metal toxicity related to tattoo inks have grown, sparking interest in…
Every day the human body is exposed to toxic compounds in the air, water and food. An individual’s ability to detoxify these substances, both from exogenous sources, such as heavy metals, xenobiotics, chemical pollutants, and processed foods, and endogenous sources,…
Environmental toxicities such as EMFs and heavy metals have become one of the greatest global health burdens. It’s not only developing countries or a socio-economic issue, Australians are also at risk. A 2017 systematic review of 133 diseases and…
World Health Organisations – Top 10 Chemicals of concern include Arsenic (June 2020) Department of Health and Human Service and Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) rank Arsenic number one among substances present in the environment that pose…