Product Overview
What is a Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis?
A hair analysis is a scientific test which accurately measures the mineral content for over 30 different minerals in the hair using atomic absorption methods. Mineral content of the hair reflects the mineral content of the body’s tissues. It can also indicate whether that mineral is bioavailable to the cells and tissues.
Hair mineral analyses are also very accurate in determining the levels of toxic heavy metals – a problem which is becoming all too common in an ever-increasing toxic world. Toxic metals such as mercury, aluminum, arsenic, lead, strontium, and sometimes iron can have a profound impact on health and can be very destructive.
What Other Conditions Can It Detect?
A mineral hair analysis can also reveal a variety of different nutritional and health problems as well as the status of many organs and glands, including the liver and kidneys. It is also very useful to assess thyroid, pituitary, and adrenal gland function. It can pinpoint digestive problems, blood sugar imbalances, anemia, inflammation, and stress levels.
Why Don’t These Imbalances Show Up in a Blood Test?
A hair analysis can detect many imbalances that a conventional blood testing cannot. Nutritional physiology takes place at the cellular level, not in the blood. Blood levels of nutrients and minerals are kept within very narrow limits by the body and are slow to change. Thus, blood levels are not a true reflection of the nutrient status within the tissues, organs and glands which are all often depleted before the blood is. In contrast, tissue mineral analysis provides information about cellular activity within the tissues and the metabolism of all nutrients throughout the body.
Routine blood tests also cannot detect chronic heavy-metal poisoning; however, tissue mineral analysis, using atomic absorption, is considered an accurate method.
What Causes Mineral Imbalances and Toxicity?
Common underlying causes of mineral imbalances and organ dysfunction are feed programs, poor digestion, nutrient deficiencies, medications, stress, and the accumulation of toxic or heavy metals.
Hair analysis is an invaluable screening tool which guides diet and feed choices and a recommended supplement program for optimum health and wellness.
What Makes Our Analysis Services Different?
Our interpretations and reports are prepared by our CEO, Marijke van de Water who has spent many hours studying the complexities and the details of hair analysis results and how it affects our horses’ health. She has assessed hundreds of horses for hundreds of different health conditions based on their hair analyses which are done at a private laboratory with state-of-the-art equipment.
She also conducts a complete health work-up (a value of $395) along with the analysis to formulate an effective nutritional and natural health program customized for each individual horse. No two programs are the same.
What Does the Hair Analysis Include?
Your horse’s hair tissue mineral analysis results will include a comprehensive work-up based on both the hair analysis and Marijke’s experience and expertise as a natural horse health practitioner, a copy of the laboratory bar graph, and an 8–10-page written report specific to your horse.
The lab report shows the values for over 30 minerals and elements, 8 toxic heavy metals and 15 mineral ratios.
“My horse Ginger is doing very well on her new program. Her hair mineral analysis showed that she was having blood sugar problems, had low thyroid function, was anemic, and had multiple mineral deficiencies. After starting her on the program she is showing wonderful improvements. She has lost fat pads and increased her muscle mass. Her energy is so much better now, and her attitude has also improved immensely – she is much more like her old self of a couple of years ago. She is even less “marish” toward the geldings.” ...S.K. (Ontario)
Book a Horse Hair Analysis
1. Purchase the consultation below “Add To The Cart”. You may also purchase the consultation by filling out your billing information on the Intake Form.
2. Download the PDF Horse Hair Mineral Analysis Intake Form, once completed you may include the completed form with the hair sample and mail to the address below. Or, email reception@rivasremedies.com, fax our office at (250) 546-0663.
3. Include two pictures of your horse. Follow the instructions on the Intake Form and email photographs to reception@rivasremedies.com
4. Collect and mail the hair sample as per the instructions on the Intake Form.
Please allow 30 days for processing the lab results and preparing the report.
Riva’s Remedies
#4 – 1390 Pleasant Valley Road
Spallumcheen, B.C.
V4Y 0W6
