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Minerals: Only Your Hair Knows For Sure

Minerals: Only Your Hair Knows For Sure

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Sarah was tired all the time. She leaned on coffee to get through her mornings, craved sugar in the afternoons, and by evening she barely had energy left for her family. Her bloodwork came back “normal,” yet she knew something was off. When she met a practitioner who offered Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis (HTMA) testing, Sarah finally got answers that validated her struggles.

Her magnesium was depleted, her copper was out of balance, and she had traces of toxic metals dragging her down. Armed with steps to restore her mineral balance, Sarah began to regain her energy — and hope for her future.

Stories like Sarah’s are not unusual. Minerals are the spark plugs of life. They power energy, steady moods, support hormones, and keep bones strong. Without the right balance, your body simply can’t thrive. That’s where HTMA can make a difference. If you’re ready to move beyond the “blood panel snapshots” and dig deeper, this test could provide the road map.

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Metabolism is the chemical reactions in the body that turn food into fuel. If your metabolism is sluggish, your thyroid needs support.

Your Thyroid Needs Support

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How is your metabolism? Metabolism is what we call the chemical reactions in the body that turn food into fuel. Our bodies need this to do everything from moving to thinking. If your metabolism is sluggish, your thyroid needs support.

Your thyroid is a small, butterfly-shaped gland that wraps around your windpipe in your throat. The hormones it produces affect all aspects of your metabolism. Read more

Protect yourself from the damaging effects of chlorine

Protect Yourself From The Damaging Effects of Chlorine

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Does summer time normally involve time spent in the pool to cool off, exercise or keep the kids busy? Most of us are careful about sunscreen to protect from burns. But what are you doing to protect yourself from the damaging effects of chlorine?

When I was young, our normal practice was to rinse off when we came out of the pool in order to remove chlorine and other pool chemicals from our skin. What I have learned since then is that what our skin is exposed to for more than 20 seconds is absorbed. That means a rinse after an hour or so playing in the water didn’t really protect us. We need to work from the inside. Read more