Re: Hair Testing - Trace Elements Inc.?

[Guest guest]

> Does anyone have experience with hair mineral/metals analysis from

> Trace Elements Inc. ?

>

> http://www.lements.com

>

> The doctor I'm currently seeing uses this lab instead of DDI. It

looks

> like a comparable and thorough test, but I don't know how accurate

they

> are or if it can be used with the counting rules.

Well... I can use them with it, but then I did derive them. If you

can look at the report (have the doc give you a sample of someone

else's) and figure out what is the 1 standard deviation area, the 2

standard deviation lines, and count the 23 essential + other (but not

toxic) elements, you can fudge the counting rules to use with it.

I'd suggest you just have the doc write an order for " hair element

profile " and then call doctor's data and have them send you a kit. It

will be a lot easier until I post something on how to interpret the

TEI test.

>

> Also is red-blood-cell mineral analysis at all useful in diagnosing

> mercury toxicity?

Only minimally. And you ignore the mercury lev

[Guest guest]

> Does anyone have experience with hair mineral/metals analysis from

> Trace Elements Inc. ?

>

> http://www.lements.com

>

> The doctor I'm currently seeing uses this lab instead of DDI. It

looks

> like a comparable and thorough test, but I don't know how accurate

they

> are or if it can be used with the counting rules.

Well... I can use them with it, but then I did derive them. If you

can look at the report (have the doc give you a sample of someone

else's) and figure out what is the 1 standard deviation area, the 2

standard deviation lines, and count the 23 essential + other (but not

toxic) elements, you can fudge the counting rules to use with it.

I'd suggest you just have the doc write an order for " hair element

profile " and then call doctor's data and have them send you a kit. It

will be a lot easier until I post something on how to interpret the

TEI test.

>

> Also is red-blood-cell mineral analysis at all useful in diagnosing

> mercury toxicity?

Only minimally. And you ignore the mercury lev

[Guest guest]

>

> Does anyone have experience with hair mineral/metals analysis from

> Trace Elements Inc. ?

>

> http://www.lements.com

>

> The doctor I'm currently seeing uses this lab instead of DDI. It

looks

> like a comparable and thorough test, but I don't know how accurate

they

> are or if it can be used with the counting rules.

The counting rules are specific to DDI test.

best wishes,

Moria