Guest guest Posted August 8, 2003 Report Share Posted August 8, 2003 Hi All, Re sweat/hair tests for mineral deficiencies/toxicities: this concept has been discussed recently on other lists. I was a professional researcher in mineral imbalances in cattle and sheep for almost 40 years, and summarise as follows: 1. IMO, labs that tout hair/sweat analysis as a reliable way to Dx mineral imbalances are offering an unreliable and discredited method. 2. There is little or no scientific validation for use of hair or sweat to Dx deficiencies. If you doubt this, check Medline and see how many papers you can find [relative to papers on blood or liver] to support the concept! 3. BLOOD or reserve tissues (liver biopsy) are the standard tissues analysed for mineral deficiencies. 4. URINE may have some uses in Dx of deficiencies, such as of Mg or Na. It is especially useful in monitoring heavy metal excretion following chelation therapy. In that case, the best test is to compare levels in a sample from a 24-hour (total collection) pre- chelation versus samples from total 24-hour collections at 1 day post- and 7 days post- start of chelation. 5. HAIR may be of use in toxicities, but hair levels have huge variations due to differences in the colour of hair [in the same donor!] and superficial (atmospheric) deposition. 6. SWEAT ?? I suspect that [relative to papers on blood] Medline has very few papers on the usefulness of sweat re mineral status. Best regards, WORK : Teagasc Staff Development Unit, Sandymount Ave., Dublin 4, Ireland WWW : Email: < Tel : 353-; [in the Republic: 0] HOME : 1 Esker Lawns, Lucan, Dublin, Ireland WWW : http://homepage.eircom.net/~progers/searchap.htm Email: < Tel : 353-; [in the Republic: 0] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 8, 2003 Report Share Posted August 8, 2003 Hi All,Re sweat/hair tests for mineral deficiencies/toxicities: this concept has been discussed recently on other lists. I was a professional researcher in mineral imbalances in cattle and sheep for almost 40 years, and summarise as follows:1. IMO, labs that tout hair/sweat analysis as a reliable way to Dx mineral imbalances are offering an unreliable and discredited method.3. BLOOD or reserve tissues (liver biopsy) are the standard tissues analysed for mineral deficiencies. Hi Phil, Thanks for the reality check from Western science. It's nice to maintain the integrity of our views of both CM from it's principles and Western science from it's principles. Emmanuel Segmen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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