Hair and blood tests measure different health markers.  Most individuals are unfamiliar with hair analysis. A hair sample is a mineral biopsy, or cellular mineral sampling. Hair is soft tissue of the body and technically ‘dead’. When the hair is formed, minerals are deposited in the hair and remain locked within the hair structure. The average level of minerals is about 10 times as high in the hair as in the blood. This makes minerals easier to mea­sure accurately in the hair.

An Intracellular Analysis

Also, the hair test indirectly assesses a tendency for an imbalance at the cellular level.  For instance, many patients have symptoms of hypogly­cemia in spite of normal blood tests. They may have sugar starvation at the cellular level, while the blood reading is normal. The tendency will often be revealed on a hair test, but not on a blood test. 

The cells are the site of metabolism. Although blood is a great material for many tests, it cannot directly measure cellular activity. The body’s chemical factories are the cells. The cells, not the blood, are the ultimate destination for all vitamins, minerals, sugars, fats, and hormones. To ascertain whether these substances are truly arriving at their intended destination, it makes sense to measure the cells directly.

Blood Flow Variations Impact Organs

Blood mineral levels are consistently kept relatively constant.  Significant variations in blood sugar, mineral, or hormone levels have the potential to impact numerous delicate organs and glands that the blood constantly comes into contact with. If the blood becomes low in a mineral, such as calcium, calcium is removed from the bones or other tissues to replenish the blood. Even though a person has demineralized bones, or osteoporosis, their serum calcium level will remain normal.

Another example is a person may have normal serum magnesium levels but have a deficiency in cellular magnesium. This holds true for every mineral!  Consequently, measuring minerals in the blood serum is not a good idea.

Minerals in Hair for Testing

Hair is an excellent excretory tissue in the body.  Excess minerals may be deposited in the hair to be expelled.  Deficiencies in minerals are frequently not stored in the hair for retention. So low reserves will manifest in the hair long before they do so on a blood test. Because of this, the hair is a great resource for measuring minerals.

Toxic Metals

The blood gets rid of toxic metals as quickly as possible. They are kept in the body’s tissues, where they can cause less harm. Because of this, even though there are blood tests for toxic metal detection, it is more difficult to do so. Hair analysis is a practical alternative to finding heavy metals.

Short-term Vs. Long-term Testing

Blood tests provide a body chemistry reading minute by minute.  In an acute emergency, where every little change needs to be tracked as it happens, this can be essential. The drawback is that blood tests can change based on a person’s mood or emotions at the time of the test, the time of day, meals consumed, and degree of activity.

An average reading from a hair test represents roughly three months of hair growth. Changes that occur every day or even every week don’t really affect the test. This indicates that minute-by-minute monitoring will benefit less from the hair test. On the other hand, it is highly helpful in identifying enduring trends

Hair Testing as a Tool for Prevention

A useful tool in preventive medicine is hair analysis.  For example, a person may be predisposed to subclinical diabetes or low blood sugar.  A blood test will not reveal it.  By recognizing the pattern, actions can be taken to avert the illness.

In addition to minerals and toxic elements which are measured in hair testing, trends or tendencies are also evaluated. In addition, it can be used to determine the rate of oxidation, the stress level, and propensities for sugar intolerance, hormonal imbalances, immune system activity, and more than thirty other conditions. In conclusion, blood and hair analyses are distinct from one another and measure different body parts. Although hair testing is less common, it provides a window into the cells to support body balancing. 

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