A hair tissue mineral analysis (HTMA) test reveals SO much about your nutritional stores of various minerals like calcium, magnesium, sodium, potassium, copper, zinc, and more.  Minerals are foundational for optimal health. They are often undervalued and poorly understood nutrients that affect every single process in our bodies. They must be balanced first if we want to fix our metabolic rate, balance our hormones, help our body make optimal enzymes, normalize our sleep-wake cycle, provide energy to our cells, and help repair damage done to our cells or organs.  An HTMA test also checks if you are excreting heavy metals through your scalp. The body will unload certain heavy metals in the hair tissue as a way to get rid of them. We can see which ones your body is currently trying to get rid of and determine if they are one of the causes of your imbalanced minerals.  An HTMA test is different than a serum blood test since serum blood tests (the tests that doctors typically order) only really show the previous 24 hours or so before the blood was drawn. That type of testing is not adequate for showing a person’s long-term nutritional status.