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Now listen to your hair
By Susanne Meier, Clinical Nutritionist
Ever wondered why those wrinkles have been deepening at a quicker pace lately? Or why you’re feeling more sluggish than your grandma? Where did that endless energy go you used to have? 'Listen to your hair', it may be the key to unlock the body's messages. A hair mineral analysis provides you with a blueprint of your own bodily system. Wrinkles, obesity, immune disorders don’t just happen. Years and years of abuse we put our bodies through are usually the cause the ailments. If the internally system is out of balance it usually shows on the façade. And your hair may just be the key to unlock the door to the truth within!
In a Nation of quick fixes, business is booming for clinics offering plastic surgery treatments. 11.5 million people in the US underwent plastic surgery treatment (Medical News Today May 1, 2007) and the latest obesity statistics show 58 million of Americans are overweight, 40 million obese and 3 million morbidly obese.
We are paying a high price for our sedentary lifestyles, the bad eating habits and the ever increasing stress at work. A Nation addicted to quick solutions and fixes we don’t stop and ask ourselves what really is out of sync in our bodies and emotions and how we could improve our health long-term. Instead, we prefer to get our highs from the instant results we see after certain beauty enhancement procedures.
Changing one’s lifestyle to live a healthier and happier life is a conscious decision we each have to make. The motivation must come from within. If you are really sick – and I mean REALLY sick – of feeling tired all the time, being overweight, having a bad memory, then perhaps, you’ll make the decision to find the root of your ‘imbalance’. Dis-ease is often caused by an imbalance in one’s biochemistry.
Out of balance really means the oxidation rate is inadequate, glandular activity is not up to par, the immune system, glucose and energy levels, metabolic and oxidation rate are suboptimal. These imbalances cause the body to adapt to the ‘stress level’ and fight an endless battle until no more energy is leftover and disease is allowed to creep in. Premature aging, a weakened immune system, lack of energy can be attributed to the biochemical system working inefficiently. And this is where your hair may be of help – a few strands of it may give you the insight into your body’s biochemical blueprint.
A hair mineral analysis considered a standard test used around the world for the biological monitoring of trace elements and toxic metals in humans and animal species. The same technology is used for soil testing and testing of rock samples to detect mineral levels. (Source: Dr. Paul Eck, ARL Laboratory, Phoenix, AZ). Based on the results, supplements recommendations can be made to bring the body back into balance.
Hair, like other body tissues contains minerals that are deposited as hair grows. A sample of hair, cut close to the scalp can expose information about mineral activity that took place over the past up to four months, depending on hair growth.
A hair mineral analysis performed by Analytical Research Labs, Inc. in Phoenix, AZ screens 20 minerals toxic metals, oxidation and metabolic rate, stress stage, glandular function, glucose and energy levels and carbohydrate tolerance. Dr. Eck, founder of the Eck Institute of Applied Nutrition and Bioenergetics, Ltd, in Phoenix says: ‘Without a hair test, there is no scientific way of telling exactly which minerals and vitamins you need’.
Self-medication with supplements can actually be detrimental to your health. In an already imbalanced mineral system, adding the wrong minerals can do more harm than good. How many people take regular trips to the health food store in the hope of finding the ‘magic bullet’ for an ailment or to prevent aging. Yet without insight into the body’s biochemistry, there is no way of knowing what’s good or bad. Mike Briggs, London, UK: “I have been taking vitamins for a couple of years now, yet I don’t really feel a difference, but I take them anyway for prevention. A lot of people don’t feel any better when taking supplements. Some do, a lot don’t.
However, if you take the right minerals or vitamins, the ones you’re truly lacking, you will feel an effect. Your body will slowly return to its healthy state. And this is precisely what a hair mineral analysis will indicate.
Dr. Paul Eck states: “ A hair mineral analysis is the quickest and most reliable way to evaluate an individual’s state of energy and vitality.”
Through years and years of research, Dr. Eck has established mineral ratios and heavy metal levels that indicate certain health conditions. Deficiencies of excess of certain minerals may indicate tendencies towards certain health issues.
It is recommended to take a a hair mineral analysis about every three to four months. As the body heals, its chemistry is likely to change and the second analysis may reveal totally different ratios. As the body cleanse the intial layer of toxins, other toxins may come to the surface. Your subsequent analysis may indicate elevated aluminum levels or a change in your oxidation rate (burning of foods).
Lannette Loo, Business Analyst, 42, Pasadena, a believer in hair mineral analysis states: ‘In my thirties, my husband and I tried to get pregnant for years and finally three months after my second analysis, our wish came true. I firmly believe the hair analysis brought my body back into balance and helped to get me pregnant.’
It is a relatively inexpensive way to get insight in the body’s biochemistry. Hair can sent to the lab via an approved Nutritionist and results in form of a 15 – 20 page report with supplement and dietary recommendations is sent out within a week.
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For more information also visit the site of the lab I use -
Paul Eck Institute / ARL Lab, Phoenix, AZ |
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