Interpretation of hair test results

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Hi,

I just received my results from a

DDI hair elements test. I'd appreciate

your help in interpreting the results!

POTENTIALLY TOXIC ELEMENTS

element result ref range color

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aluminum 2.5 < 7.0 green

antimony 0.079 < 0.066 yellow

arsenic 0.041 < 0.080 green

beryllium < 0.01 < 0.02 green

bismuth 0.049 < 2.0 green

cadmium 0.013 < 0.15 green

lead 0.30 < 2.0 green

mercury 0.65 < 1.1 green

platinum < 0.003 < 0.005 green

thallium < 0.001 < 0.010 green

thorium < 0.001 < 0.005 green

uranium 0.007 < 0.060 green

nickel 0.14 < 0.40 green

silver 0.13 < 0.12 yellow

tin 0.12 < 0.30 green

titanium 0.50 < 1.0 green

ESSENTIAL AND OTHER ELEMENTS

element result ref range color under/over 50%

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Calcium 691 200-750 green over

Magnesium 85 25-75 yellow over

Sodium 23 12-90 green under

Potassium 15 9-40 green under

Copper 8.4 10-28 yellow under

Zinc 160 130-200 green under

Manganese 0.08 0.15-0.65 yellow under

Chromium 0.30 0.20-0.40 white =50%

Vanadium 0.024 0.018-0.065 green under

Molybdenum 0.034 0.025-0.064 green under

Boron 0.76 0.40-3.0 green under

Iodine 0.91 0.25-1.3 green over

Lithium 0.006 0.007-0.023 yellow under

Phosphorus 158 160-250 yellow under

Selenium 0.87 0.95-1.7 yellow under

Strontium 5.2 0.30-3.5 yellow over

Sulfur 47800 44500-52000 white under

Barium 1.5 0.16-1.6 green over

Cobalt 0.004 0.013-0.035 red under

Iron 9.5 5.4-13 green over

Germanium 0.027 0.045-0.065 yellow under

Rubidium 0.010 0.011-0.12 yellow under

Zirconium 0.13 0.020-0.44 green over

Ratios reported:

Ca/Mg 8.13 Expected Range = 4-30

Ca/P 4.37 Expected Range = 0.8-8

Na/K 1.53 Expected Range = 0.5-10

Zn/Cu 19 Expected Range = 4-20

Zn/Cd >999 Expected Range > 800

Note that the manganese and germanium results are " near red " on the low side.

What I think I see... From looking at Moriam's " How to hair test " website for

the counting rules, it looks as if " step one " has 7 items to the right (i.e.,

above 50%), which does not meet the test (of 5 items to the right).

" Step two " has one result in the red zone (two others are " near red " ), which

does not meet the test (of 4 items in the red).

" Step three " has 13 results in the white and green bands, which does not meet

the test (of 11 items in white and green).

It seems to me that these three rules are not met, but they could be considered

close. Of course, I don't know if close in this case is meaningful.

Thanks for your help!

Ray