Re: hair test interpretation questions - .

[Guest guest]

. I wonder if you might be able to post these tests as pdfs or jpgs? I'm

willing to look over them, but it will literally take me 5x as long to do it

this way (and no matter how careful people are, I always find mistakes). If

you have the pdfs, you could either post them to the files section of this

list, or send them to Dean - instructions here:

http://www.livingnetwork.co.za/hairtest.html, and then let us know that the

tests are posted.

Or, you might scan the test and post it to the list. If you don't have a

scanner, a local copy shop should be able to do it for a couple of bucks.

(I do see that mercury for both of your folks is extremely low. This might

itself be sufficient to conclude that your are probably looking at a mercury

problem; but there is a lot more that can be gotten out of the hair tests.)

Dave.

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hair test interpretation questions (part 1--mom)

Posted by: " tanya.lopez75 " tanya.lopez75@... tanya.lopez75

Sat Jun 28, 2008 9:21 pm (PDT)

I would be grateful for any help I can get with 2 hair tests--I'll put

them in separate posts for simplicity. I recommended that my parents

send hair tests to DDI and they gave me permission to ask for

suggestions from the group regarding the results. I am concerned for

them because I am mercury toxic from my amalgams, and my son is

mercury toxic from me. Both my parents have more and bigger amalgam

fillings than I did, and for more years.

I'm at the beginning stages of gathering information and figuring out

the right topics to start looking into more in-depth to help provide

my parents with enough information to make an informed choice as to

what to do with these results. So any suggestions are very, very

welcome.

My mom's results, in particular, aren't clear to me. She is on

high-dose mineral supplements for osteopenia/osteoporosis that testing

shows has stopped her bone loss (so she's getting better compared with

age-peers). I don't understand whether or how that could affect the

results below. She's had adrenal and thyroid (hypo then hyper and

RAI) issues for years, and assorted " typical " stuff—-anxiety,

intermittent depression, environmental allergies (not debilitating).

DDI hair test

Mom, female, 59yo

POTENTIALLY TOXIC ELEMENTS

element result ref range color

=============================================

aluminum 4.0 <7.0 green

antimony <0.01 <0.050 no line

arsenic 0.053 <0.060 green

beryllium <0.01 <0.020 no line

bismuth 0.052 <2.0 green

cadmium 0.024 <0.10 green

lead 0.10 <1.0 green

mercury <0.03 <1.1 no line

platinum <0.003 <0.005 no line

thallium <0.001 <0.010 no line

thorium <0.001 <0.005 no line

uranium 0.004 <0.060 green

nickel 0.02 <0.40 green

silver 0.01 <0.15 green

tin 0.04 <0.30 green

titanium 0.36 <1.0 green

ESSENTIAL AND OTHER ELEMENTS

element result ref range color under/over 50%

============================================================

Calcium 419 300-1200 green under

Magnesium 69 35-120 green over

Sodium 51 12-90 green over

Potassium 20 8-38 green over

Copper 13 12-35 green under

Zinc 180 140-220 white over

Manganese 0.24 0.15-0.65 green under

Chromium 0.34 0.20-0.40 green over

Vanadium 0.038 0.018-0.065 green over

Molybdenum 0.016 0.028-0.056 red under

Boron 0.57 0.30-2.0 white under

Iodine 2.1 0.25-1.3 yellow over

Lithium <0.004 0.007-0.023 red under

Phosphorus 159 160-250 yellow under

Selenium 2.5 0.95-1.7 yellow over

Strontium 0.81 0.50-7.6 green under

Sulfur 45400 44500-52000 green under

Barium 0.32 0.26-3.0 green under

Cobalt 0.010 0.013-0.050 yellow under

Iron 7.7 5.4-14 green under

Germanium 0.029 0.045-0.065 yellow under

Rubidium 0.014 0.007-0.096 green under

Zirconium 0.74 0.020-0.42 yellow over

Ca/Mg = 6.07 range 4-30

Ca/P = 2.64 range 1-12

Na/K = 2.55 range 0.5-10

Zn/Cu = 13.8 range 4-20

Zn/Cd > 999 range >800

Thanks,

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hair test interpretation help (part 2 - dad)

Posted by: " tanya.lopez75 " tanya.lopez75@... tanya.lopez75

Sat Jun 28, 2008 9:21 pm (PDT)

This is my dad's test. My biggest questions regarding him (though

don't limit yourself to my questions, I am too ignorant to know all

the questions to ask at this point—and yes, I am ordering HTI this

weekend) are: are toxic elements accurate for such deranged mineral

transport? The toxic elements look pretty healthy, and the essential

and other elements look whacked. And it looks like he meets 2

counting rules. My understanding is that indicates an even higher

likelihood of mercury toxicity. Does it also correlate to being

sicker and having a longer, harder road to good health?

As for his current health, he has an assortment of " typical " (not

debilitating) health ailments—depression, sleep problems,

environmental allergies, acid reflux, and he's cold-—he keeps his

office very warm. I think there's a lot of subtle stuff that adds up

to not feeling really good, but not diagnosed or debilitating. His

liver is not great due to excessive alcohol and even though he has not

consumed alcohol for many years at this point, I don't think his liver

is normal--would that affect the hair results?

DDI hair test

Dad, male, 60yo

POTENTIALLY TOXIC ELEMENTS

element result ref range color

=============================================

aluminum 2.7 <7.0 green

antimony 0.019 <0.066 green

arsenic 0.098 <0.080 yellow

beryllium <0.01 <0.020 no line

bismuth 0.023 <2.0 green

cadmium 0.039 <0.15 green

lead 0.24 <2.0 green

mercury <0.03 <1.1 no line

platinum <0.003 <0.005 no line

thallium <0.001 <0.010 no line

thorium <0.001 <0.005 no line

uranium 0.002 <0.060 green

nickel 0.04 <0.40 green

silver 0.02 <0.12 green

tin 0.05 <0.30 green

titanium 0.44 <1.0 green

ESSENTIAL AND OTHER ELEMENTS

element result ref range color under/over 50%

============================================================

Calcium 213 200-750 green under

Magnesium 32 25-75 green under

Sodium 830 12-90 red over

Potassium 220 9-40 red over

Copper 9.1 10-28 yellow under

Zinc 170 130-200 white over

Manganese 0.09 0.15-0.65 yellow under

Chromium 0.55 0.20-0.40 yellow over

Vanadium 0.094 0.018-0.065 yellow over

Molybdenum 0.021 0.025-0.064 yellow under

Boron 0.89 0.40-3.0 green under

Iodine 0.35 0.25-1.3 green under

Lithium 0.004 0.007-0.023 red under

Phosphorus 170 160-250 green under

Selenium 78 0.95-1.7 red over

Strontium 0.42 0.30-3.5 green under

Sulfur 46000 44500-52000 green under

Barium 0.23 0.16-1.6 green under

Cobalt 0.003 0.013-0.035 red under

Iron 10 5.4-13 green over

Germanium 0.026 0.045-0.065 yellow under

Rubidium 0.22 0.011-0.12 yellow over

Zirconium 0.85 0.020-0.44 yellow over

Ca/Mg = 6.66 range 4-30

Ca/P = 1.25 range 0.8-8

Na/K = 3.77 range 0.5-10

Zn/Cu = 18.7 range 4-20

Zn/Cd > 999 range >800

Thank you.

[Guest guest]

Dave, I thought the time lag I was noticing between posts was just

me--but it's not (I updated my original posts with the # on

livingnetwork, they're 184 and 185. Makes me so happy (both to have

them posted and because it's not just my user-error with the posts). :-D

Thank you _so much_ for the help you give everyone. It's appreciated.

>

> . I wonder if you might be able to post these tests as pdfs or

jpgs? I'm

> willing to look over them, but it will literally take me 5x as long

to do it

> this way (and no matter how careful people are, I always find

mistakes). If

> you have the pdfs, you could either post them to the files section

of this

> list, or send them to Dean - instructions here:

> http://www.livingnetwork.co.za/hairtest.html, and then let us know

that the

> tests are posted.

>

> Or, you might scan the test and post it to the list. If you don't

have a

> scanner, a local copy shop should be able to do it for a couple of

bucks.

>

> (I do see that mercury for both of your folks is extremely low.

This might

> itself be sufficient to conclude that your are probably looking at a

mercury

> problem; but there is a lot more that can be gotten out of the hair

tests.)

>

> Dave.

> ---------------

>

>