http://www.blogigo.com/mineralbalancingantiaging en lifestyleblends1 lifestyleblends1 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 08:49:12 +0100 daily 1 HAIR ANALYSIS Proponents of hair analysis claim that it is useful for evaluating a person's general state of nutrition and health and is valuable in detecting predisposition to disease. They also claim that hair analysis enables a doctor to determine if mineral deficiency, mineral imbalance or heavy metal pollutants in the body may be the cause of a patient's symptoms. These claims are false. Although hair analysis has limited value as a screening device for heavy metal exposure, it is not reliable for evaluating the nutritional status of individuals. "The state of health of the body may be entirely unrelated to the physical and chemical condition of the hair . . . Although severe deficiency states of an essential element are often associated with low concentrations of the element in hair, there are no data that indicate that low concentrations of an element signify low tissue levels nor that high concentrations reflect high tissue stores. Therefore . . . hair... Fri, 29 Feb 2008 08:49:12 +0100 http://www.blogigo.com/mineralbalancingantiaging/Folical-Hair-Testing-Hair-Mineral-Analysis-Hair-Follicle/1/ http://www.blogigo.com/mineralbalancingantiaging/Folical-Hair-Testing-Hair-Mineral-Analysis-Hair-Follicle/1/