Nutritional Balancing And Hair Mineral Analysis
When I first met Dr. Larry Wilson and began studying with him about 8 years ago, I worked only six hours a day and dragged myself home exhausted most nights. I d tried a few types of nutritional treatment, but nothing worked. Nutritional balancing, on the other hand, did. Today in my practice of holistic psychiatry, I suggest hair testing to most of my patients, and I treat them using the principles in this book.Alternative doctors order thousands of hair tests every year, but hardly any of them know how powerful a tool hair analysis can be. Most use it only to diagnose toxic metals, or misuse it thinking it directly diagnoses deficiencies and excesses. They are missing its best use: hair mineral analysis shows how the body s energy is out of balance and how to correct it.Dr. Wilson explains how to read the hair test as a whole, because all these values are interrelated. For example, a low hair zinc level has a different meaning depending on the sodium/potassium ratio, and the treatment is different, as well.Nutritional balancing is holistic in the sense that it s not about treating any particular disease. Instead, it makes the body healthier so it can overcome disease by itself.Most of my patients suffer from low energy, even if they mask it with caffeine, America s favorite drug, and most physicians are helpless to treat low energy. I certainly was. The hair test, as I learned, holds the key to treating this problem. Then, once the body has good energy and stamina, it can heal other problems on its own. For example, two years into my treatment my gums stopped bleeding, much to my surprise. As my hygienist said, the mouth reflects the overall health of the body.Nutritional balancing is at its holistic best when treating toxic metals, a problem mostly ignored by Western medicine. Alternative doctors often chase after these metals with chelation. With nutritional balancing, we improve the body s energy level, rest the sympathetic nervous system and strengthen the organs of elimination. Then the body can clean house on its own.During treatment, repeated hair tests will show higher levels of mercury, cadmium, lead and other toxic metals. This means the body is doing the work of getting rid of them through the organs of elimination, which include the skin and hair. This approach is gentler and more natural. It relies on the body s wisdom, instead of our own frequently flawed belief that we know the ideal order and timing for eliminating toxic metals and hundreds of toxic chemicals.This book can help make hair mineral analysis the cornerstone of any holistic practice that uses nutrition. It teaches an easy way for anyone to begin using vitamins and minerals effectively. Nutritional balancing is truly holistic; its long-term individualized approach both prevents and heals. In addition, for the patient it is quite inexpensive.I guarantee my patients results if they do five things: Take the supplements regularly. Eat much less sugar and enough protein and vegetables. Call me with any problem or question. Repeat the hair test every 3-4 months. Stick with it at least a year preferably two or three.I can make this promise because nutritional balancing is a treatment that works consistently. Also, once mastered, it s easy to use. --Edward Gogek, M.D.