Messages from the Mane:
Get a perspective on your horse's unique nutritional needs
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Hair Mineral Analysis Can:
* Identify toxic metal levels
* Define mineral levels & relationships
* Identify inflammation
* Outline nutritional strategies to balance optimal health
Why Test Hair?
• The urine, saliva, and sweat measure an element that is absorbed, but excreted.
• The blood measures the element absorbed, and temporarily in circulation before excretion and/or storage.
• The hair, nails and teeth are tissues in which trace minerals are stored.
• Hair has been selected as one of the important monitoring materials for worldwide biological monitoring in the global monitoring system (GEMS) of the United Nations environmental program.
To Test Samples of Hair for Mineral Content, 1 tablespoon of hair is needed from the mane that is not chemically treated.
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Common Causes of Mineral Imbalance
• Improper Feeding- Excessive intake of sugars - Taking Vitamins and Minerals not compatible with the body chemistry
• Stress - Accumulation of toxic metals from the environment - Medications - Inheritance of genetic mineral patterns
Understand the use of HMA in defining mineral relationships for optimal health:
Insight Into Mineral Status and Metabolic States
• Well established scientifically and gaining widespread acceptance among health
professionals
• HMA reports give an enormous amount of information on imbalances, excesses, deficiencies and toxins
• Gain insight into metabolic trends and patterns that manifest into health challenges
Inflammatory Stress will at some point cause a genetic weakness to show itself, and is the most important piece of information shown by HMA, most often indicating the -itis's (ie: arthritis, bursitis, tendonitis, gastritis, etc.).
Additional Indicators of Inflammatory Stress
• Mineral Imbalances
• Stress Response & Recovery
• Blood Sugar Control
• Insulin Patterns
• Immune Defense Patterns
Allergic Reactions, a great concern in horses, are an example of "individualized manifestations" that show themselves in numerous ways. Hives and respiratory issues are the most common, a direct result of inflammatory stress that has not been controlled.
Excessive Inflammatory Stress is the presence of toxic minerals that uniquely affects certain aspects of the body and metabolism
• Most common toxic minerals:
Aluminum
• Single most common toxin
• Exposure can occur from airborne Aluminum, food processing, acid rain, etc
• Affects Calcium metabolism, bone mineral reserves, etc
Arsenic
• Exposure can occur from airborne exposure from pesticides or herbicides, well-water contamination, etc
• Affects gastrointestinal tract, immune system, hormones, etc
* Recently, acceptable levels levels of Arsenic in hair was reduced by a factor of five.
Introducing Nutrient Minerals
• Can help increases in inflammatory stress and trends
• Blood test results can be normal when the tissue levels are actually low (ie:
circulating Selenium vs. tissue levels)
• Selenium is an antioxidant and anti-inflammatory that can help detoxify arsenic
Inflammatory Stress Interventions Identified through HMA can
• Rebalance the metabolism
• Reduce toxic minerals
• Ultimately stabilize the inflammatory stress patterns to reduce or eliminate the
dangerous and damaging effects of excessive inflammation
Nutritional Strategies Using HMA
• Detoxification
• Dietary Factors
• Focus on balance
• Supplement on an individual basis
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