Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis

If you are living with unexplained fatigue, anxiety, burnout, poor sleep, digestive discomfort, hair thinning, mood swings, or blood sugar instability—even when standard lab tests look "normal"—you are not alone.

Trace Elements Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis (HTMA) offers a comprehensive, cellular-level view of your unique bio-chemistry. By evaluating tissue mineral ratios, heavy metal accumulation, toxic elements, and nervous system stress patterns, HTMA illuminates your biochemical terrain to guide an adaptable, personalized nutrition plan aligned with your unique health expression. Scroll down to see a sample report.

Order your Trace Elements HTMA collection kit by completing the form below. Ours is a high touch experience that eliminates online carts to assure excellent care for our clients. This test is not available in NY state.

If you don’t want to complete the form or have questions about Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis, we are a call | text away. Please reach out and we will be happy to help you.

Case In Point: A Functional Nutritional Therapy client came to us upon referral by her Doctor of Chiropractic. She engaged with us through a nine week EatRight-LiveWell™ 1:1 program to decipher what she should be eating to support her health. She chose Trace Elements HTMA along with the Functional Nutrition Assessment. Tam John, FNTP also provided her book A Fresh Wellness Mindset as personalized curriculum in the client’s unique program that lived up to a Zero Deprivation Promise™ (no diets, rather ‘nutrition by addition’ guidance) for achievement of her personal wellness wishes.

Learn the ‘nutrition by addition’ foundation for your own food life. Get your author signed copy of A Fresh Wellness Mindset. It makes a fine gift for you and anyone ready to personalize their nutrition plan.

Individual experiences vary. Your results will be your own and depend on many factors, including your beliefs about what is possible for you, health history, choices, and consistency.

Explore a customized path for your wellness journey in an Insight Call with Tam John, FNTP. Book your call directly to Tam’s calendar.

Why Trace Elements HTMA?

Understanding true mineral balance—not just isolated mineral levels—is essential. Minerals operate in complex, interconnected synergistic and antagonistic relationships that directly dictate your everyday metabolic and neuroendocrine function.

Testing is too important to leave to guesswork. We partner exclusively with Trace Elements Inc. (TEI), a globally recognized clinical laboratory that has processed over 3 million data maps worldwide since 1984.

The Core Technical Advantages of Our Testing Model:

• Precision Mass Spectrometry: TEI utilizes advanced ICP-Mass Spectrometry (NexION® models) to detect precise trace mineral and heavy metal concentrations down to parts-per-million.

• Strict No-Wash Policy: Unlike low-tier laboratories that wash hair samples prior to testing, TEI maintains a strict no-wash policy. This completely prevents the accidental flushing away of critical, water-soluble minerals like sodium and potassium, ensuring your data is 100% stable and accurate.

• Client-Friendly Actionable Reporting: Your comprehensive report goes far beyond a basic list of numbers. It provides a deep, personalized blueprint of your individual metabolism, cellular stress responses, and precise "nutrition by addition" recommendations to support your long-term success.

Bypass guessing and optimize your resources and choices for a personalized nutrition plan and lifestyle (stress and nervous system) supportive practices tailored for your unique bio-chemistry.

Scroll up to complete the order form and receive your Trace Elements HTMA collection kit in the mail.

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How Your Home HTMA Screening Works

Discovering your cellular mineral balance is completely seamless.

After completing the order form above, with your payment the Trace Elements HTMA collection kit is mailed to you. We provide a streamlined, direct-to-consumer collection process that requires zero clinic visits. You can choose to receive a 30-minute virtual results meeting for your interpretation and application of the findings.

• Step 1: Collect Your Sample at Home
  Snip a small, unadulterated hair sample in the comfort of your home (or simply bring our instruction card to your hair stylist). It is quick, non-invasive, and we provide everything you need to know.

• Step 2: Ship Directly to the Lab
  Place your sample inside the secure collection envelope and mail it directly to Trace Elements Inc. using our pre-addressed clinical submission form and envelope.

• Step 3: Receive Your Personalized Blueprint
  Within a couple weeks (often much sooner depending on lab volume), we will email your comprehensive, individualized (approximately 15-to-22-page PDF) screening report packed with data charts and graphs showing mineral ratios, toxic elements and heavy metals along with dietary, lifestyle and supplement recommendations to rebalance.

• Step 4: Book Your Consultation with Tam John, (Optional)
  Schedule a dedicated, 30-minute virtual interpretation session via Zoom with Tam John, FNTP, to translate your data into a clear, actionable routine that will bridge with your lived experience. If you purchased the results meeting, a scheduling link will be emailed with your report.

How HTMA Helps You Restore Vitality

Rather than relying on rigid and ineffective one-size-fits-all diet protocols, this advanced screening helps you make personalized data-driven choices to achieve wellness you seek:

• Identify Toxic Burden: Pinpoint the presence of heavy metals blocking your cellular pathways.

• Evaluate Mineral Synergies: Understand the deep relationships between minerals and support co-factors.

• Map Your Stress Patterns: Discover your biological nervous pattern to make supportive lifestyle choices.

• Drive Targeted Rebalancing: Personalize your daily food lifestyle and supplement choices with baseline precision.

• Gain Absolute Clarity: Obtain roadmap grounded in science and your bio-chemistry to eliminate nutrition guesswork and reveal hidden patterns.

• Nourish Your Body to Last: Implement at your pace to achieve long-term, sustainable results.

Scroll up to complete the order form and receive your Trace Elements HTMA collection kit in the mail.

Inside the Lab: The Elements and Ratios Analyzed

Your personalized 15-to-22-page report evaluates 35 minerals, heavy metals, toxic elements, and nervous system stress pattern. By measuring specific tissue-level ratios hair provides, Trace Elements analyzes the influence of your bio-chemistry on your health for personalized nutrition.

• Critical Cellular Ratios & Glandular Insights:

  • Calcium-to-Potassium (Ca/K): The primary Thyroid Ratio. A high ratio suggests sluggish tissue-level thyroid activity and a slower metabolic rate—common drivers behind unexplained thinning hair, fatigue, and slow hair growth.

  • Sodium-to-Potassium (Na/K): The Adrenal & Emotional Ratio. This balance dictates nervous system stress patterns and insights to mood and irritability.

• Essential Metabolic Trace Minerals:

  • Chromium: Regulates glucose uptake, cellular energy production, and insulin sensitivity.

  • Selenium: A powerful antioxidant tracking tissue-level thyroid function and immune signaling.

  • Iron & Zinc: Assessing baseline cellular oxygen transport, DNA synthesis, and systemic tissue repair.

  • Copper & Manganese: Driving antioxidant defense networks, connective tissue integrity, and bone formation.

• Toxic Heavy Metal Accumulation:

  • Lead, Mercury, and Aluminum: Tracking underlying bio-accumulation that disrupts cellular enzyme pathways, impairs mitochondrial health, and causes persistent brain fog.

Review a Sample Trace Elements HTMA Lab Report

See the Trace Elements HTMA report components on the sample HTMA Lab Report. This downloadable sample provides a comprehensive glimpse into mineral ratios, toxic elements, heavy metals, and nervous system stress pattern dispalyed in visual graphs and charts with detailed written interpretation and food, lifestyle and supplement recommendations from the lab.

Download Sample HTMA Lab Report (PDF)

How much does a Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis (HTMA) test cost?

The standalone Trace Elements HTMA test with your personalized approximate 15-to-22-page report is $149. The length of your report is determined by the lab’s findings. The The HTMA test paired with a 30-minute virtual data interpretation session with Tam John, FNTP, is $285. Sales tax is added. You can also add an interpretation session to any standalone report later for $150.

What is an HTMA Insight Call?

An Insight Call is a dedicated virtual space for clarity—not a sales pitch. We will answer your initial questions, explore how cellular hair testing can act as an integrative screening tool for your unique body framework, and determine if our functional nutrition protocol matches your health goals. You may schedule your insight call direct to Tam John’s calendar. Don’t like booking calendars? We’ve got you - give us a call or message to begin the conversation of how we can help you.

How do I collect the HTMA hair sample at home?

Upon receipt of your payment (scroll up for order form), you will receive a home collection kit containing a paper scale, a lab submission form, pre-addressed mailing envelopes, and step-by-step instructions. Snipping the small sample is easy for most, or bring the instructions to your hair stylist. The process is quick, clean, and non-invasive.

What happens after I order my HTMA collection kit?

See the four steps ‘How Your Home HTMA Screening Works’ by scrolling up. In summary, you will receive an invoice via email with payment options (Zelle or check), and your kit ships within four business days of our receipt of payment. Once you mail your sample to the lab using our enclosed forms, the clinical turnaround time is typically two weeks (dependent on lab volume at the time of your sample receipt). Your complete PDF data report will be delivered directly to your inbox. You will receive a scheduling link to book your results meeting if purchased or you can request it anytime.

How do I order an HTMA kit?

Scroll up to complete the order form and receive your Trace Elements HTMA collection kit in the mail.

If you do not want to complete the form, please call | text the office to request your kit.

Receive a Complimentary the HTMA Guide

To understand more about how Trace Elements HTMA is a pivotal piece for your wellness puzzle, Daisy Fields Company is gifting you a complimentary copy of our specialized guide: Unlocking the Potential of Trace Elements Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis: What Every Client Should Know.

Written by Tam John, FNTP, this practical guide translates complex biochemistry into everyday insights. Discover how personalized nutrition with Trace Elements HTMA can guide you to rebalance your nutrition for wellness as part of your health journey.

Download your complimentary digital copy (PDF) instantly.