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Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis (HTMA) & Personalised Nutrition Plan
Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis (HTMA) & Personalised Nutrition Plan
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Stop guessing. See the mineral pattern. Build the plan.
Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis — HTMA — gives us another layer of nutritional information to consider alongside your diet, lifestyle, symptoms, supplements and goals.
What is included in your £185 HTMA?
This is much more than receiving a laboratory printout.
Your hair sample is analysed for selected minerals and toxic elements.
We review the findings alongside the information you give us rather than treating individual mineral values as isolated numbers.
Your recommendations are built around your results, diet, supplements, lifestyle and priorities.
We discuss the important findings and help you understand what deserves attention first.
You have an opportunity to ask questions, review how you are getting on and clarify the practical next steps.
Why look at minerals?
Mineral information often makes more sense as a pattern than as a list of isolated numbers.
HTMA gives us another layer of information to discuss alongside what you eat, how you live and what you have been noticing.
Low energy or poor recovery?
Mineral information may add useful context when reviewing nutrition, routine, exercise and recovery priorities.
Confused about supplements?
Instead of simply adding more supplements, we can review the wider nutritional picture before deciding what deserves priority.
Want a clearer nutritional picture?
We consider individual mineral findings together with mineral relationships, your diet and the wider information you provide.
Simple from start to finish
Complete your order online. Hair collection instructions are emailed within 1 working day.
Follow the instructions carefully and send your sample as directed.
Laboratory results are typically available around 3–4 weeks after the sample is received.
We review the laboratory information alongside your diet, supplements, lifestyle, symptoms and goals.
We organise the important findings into clear, practical nutritional priorities and discuss them with you.
What do we review?
We look beyond a list of mineral numbers.
Depending on your findings and the information you provide, the review may consider:
- selected mineral levels reported by the laboratory;
- relevant relationships and patterns between minerals;
- selected toxic elements reported by the laboratory;
- your usual food and drink;
- your current supplements;
- energy, sleep, routine and recovery where relevant;
- your health and nutrition concerns;
- practical food and nutrition priorities;
- areas that may warrant discussion with your GP or another appropriate professional.
The useful question is not simply “Is this number high or low?” It is “What does the overall nutritional picture suggest we should look at next?”
Your personalised nutrition plan
The laboratory result is only one part of the service.
We use the information to help create a practical plan you can actually follow.
Your plan may consider areas such as:
- foods to emphasise;
- foods or habits worth reviewing;
- your current supplement routine;
- nutritional priorities suggested by the wider picture;
- hydration, sleep, recovery or lifestyle where relevant;
- questions that may need conventional clinical investigation.
Test → understand → prioritise → build your plan.
Why the service costs £185
You are not simply buying a hair test.
The £185 service combines:
- laboratory analysis;
- interpretation of the findings;
- a wider personalised nutrition review;
- a detailed written nutrition plan;
- a one-to-one consultation;
- follow-up guidance.
The laboratory gives us the data. The personalised review helps turn that data into useful next steps.
What HTMA can — and cannot — tell us
What it can provide
HTMA measures selected minerals and toxic elements present in a hair sample. We can use that information as one part of a broader nutritional review.
What it cannot do
Hair mineral results are not the same as current blood mineral levels.
HTMA should not be used to diagnose an acute electrolyte abnormality, a medical condition or a disease.
Where blood testing, medical assessment or another investigation is appropriate, that should take priority.
We use HTMA as additional nutritional information — not as a replacement for appropriate medical testing or care.
Who may find an Initial HTMA useful?
HTMA may be worth considering if you want a broader nutritional review rather than simply guessing what to change.
For example, you may want to explore:
- your overall mineral pattern;
- diet and supplement priorities;
- energy and recovery in nutritional context;
- sleep and routine where relevant;
- nutrition around training or performance;
- hair, skin or general nutritional concerns;
- whether your current supplement strategy still makes sense.
The value comes from considering the results alongside the rest of your nutritional picture rather than interpreting them in isolation.
Before you order
Do I just receive the laboratory report?
No. We interpret the findings, review them with you and build a personalised nutrition plan around the wider information you provide.
How long does it take?
Hair collection instructions are emailed within 1 working day. Laboratory results are typically available around 3–4 weeks after the sample is received.
Does HTMA diagnose illness?
No. HTMA is used here as part of a nutritional review and does not replace medical diagnosis or treatment.
What if my symptoms need medical investigation?
Where appropriate, we may suggest that you discuss symptoms or other findings with your GP or another suitable healthcare professional.
Your Initial HTMA journey
Start your Initial HTMA online.
Follow the instructions and send your hair sample.
Your sample is laboratory analysed.
We interpret the important findings alongside your nutritional picture.
You receive your personalised nutrition plan, consultation and follow-up.
Your first HTMA establishes the starting point. From there, we can stop guessing and start working with a clearer nutritional picture.
Important
HTMA is used here as part of a nutritional assessment. It does not diagnose disease and does not replace appropriate medical assessment, blood testing, diagnosis or treatment.
Where your history, symptoms or other findings suggest that medical assessment may be appropriate, please consult your GP or another suitable healthcare professional.
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