Hair Elements test with 45 minute consult and Metal Detox book
This package includes a Hair Elements Heavy Metals test, one copy of the Heavy Metal Detox book and one 45-minute consult with Dr. Gupta
Fasting Required: No
Specimen: Hair
Results: 5-7 Business Days
Note: Result turnaround times are an estimate and are not guaranteed. Our reference lab may need additional time due to weather, holidays, confirmation/repeat testing, or equipment maintenance.
International patients, please note that the online price only includes one-way shipping. You are responsible for paying return shipping to the U.S. and any other related costs or import duties.
This package DOES NOT include any supplements or follow-up support after the initial consult. If you require a full service package inclusive of supplements and follow-up support, Dr. Gupta's Signature Gut and Hormone Restore program is more suited for your needs.
Description: With respect to its contained elements, hair is essentially an excretory tissue rather than a functional tissue. As protein is synthesized in the hair follicle, elements are incorporated permanently into the hair with no further exchange or equilibration with other tissues. Scalp hair is easy to sample, and because it grows an average of one to two cm per month, it contains a "temporal record" of element metabolism and exposure to toxic elements.
Nutrient elements including magnesium, chromium, zinc, copper and selenium are obligatory co-factors for hundreds of important enzymes and also are essential for the normal functions of vitamins. The levels of these elements in hair are correlated with levels in organs and other tissues.
Toxic elements may be 200 to 300 times more highly concentrated in hair than in blood or urine. Therefore, hair is the tissue of choice for detection of recent exposure to elements such as arsenic, aluminum, cadmium, lead, antimony and mercury. The CDC acknowledges the value of hair mercury levels as a maternal and infant marker for exposure to neurotoxic methylmercury from fish.
Includes:
- Aluminum
- Antimony
- Arsenic
- Barium
- Beryllium
- Bismuth
- Boron
- Cadmium
- Calcium
- Chromium
- Cobalt
- Copper
- Germanium
- Iodine
- Iron
- Lead
- Lithium
- Magnesium
- Manganese
- Mercury
- Molybdenum
- Nickel
- Phosphorus
- Platinum
- Potassium
- Rubidium
- Selenium
- Silver
- Sodium
- Strontium
- Sulfur
- Thallium
- Thorium
- Tin
- Titanium
- Uranium
- Vanadium
- Zinc
- Zirconium