I did a hair mineral test. It compares the hair mineral levels to other people range values.
I have very low toxic metals, so not relevant. Only noted things are a bit of As,Pb,Al, rest is undetectedable
Copper VERY high. Out of painted range.
Calcium on the edge between normal and high.
Manganese on the edge between normal and low.
Potassium and Selenium normal, but tending too low.
Other big minerals OK in range (including Mg and Zn)
Trace elements all still in normal range, but tending to low.
The test claims that those relations are too high: Ca/P, Ca/K, Ca/Mg
And those are too low: Zn/Cu, Fe/Cu
Test claims that I might tend to have Hypoglycemia and afternoon tiredness (the latter one is true for sure).
It claims that I lack HCL in stomach.
The test also claims that I have a slow metabolism and recommends to eat more protein, eat more often but less on each mal. It also claims (which is true) that I tend to have fatigue, low body temperature, Orthostatic hypotension
Maybe I should not have experimented with copper supplements before doing this test :-(
Did another Hair Mineral Tissue Analysis (HMTA).
Copper still too
high, but not outside of painted range anymore.
Calcium still edge of normal/
high.
Manganese edge of normal/
low.
Selenium slightly better normal/
low (Germany is a selenium deficiency area, in contrast to US. Not as bad as Finland or New Zealand though)
Sulfur edge of normal/
low. (Interestingly I wrote recently that I'm trying a low sulfur diet since eggs make feel it makes me tired. heh).
Heavy metals etc all low or not measured by the test.
Titanium quite high, might be from a dental retainer. This was not like that 3y ago. (And I already had POIS for many years before).
Test says those ratios are bad:
Ca/P too high
Na/K too low
Ca/K too high
Zn/Cu too low
Fe/Cu too low.
Test done by a reseller of Trace Elements (Addison, Texas).
