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Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis + Functional Nutrition Testing
Why guess when you can test? Hair tissue mineral analysis (HTMA) tests for crucial minerals like magnesium, potassium, sodium, calcium, zinc and copper. It also tests for toxic metals such as mercury, arsenic, cadmium, and aluminum - all of which can create massive health issues. HTMA’s main focus is on the ratios of the main minerals. The ratios show us trends in metabolism, thyroid health, adrenal health, hormonal balance, blood sugar balance, and cardiovascular health. An HTMA can help you to determine your gut function, liver and kidney health, and more!
Hair is used for mineral testing because of it’s very nature. Hair is formed from clusters of specialized cells that make up the hair follicle. During the growth phase, the hair is exposed to the internal environment, such as blood, lymph and extra-cellular fluids. As the hair continues to grow and reaches the surface of the skin, its outer layers harden, locking in the metabolic products accumulated during the period of formation. This biological process provides a blueprint of dynamic mineral patterns and nutritional metabolic activity that has occurred during a 3-4 month period.
What HTMA Can Help YOU With:
Fixing Mineral Imbalances and Deficiencies
Increasing Nutrient Absorption
Supporting Thyroid & Adrenal Health
Supporting Overall Detox of Heavy Metals and other Toxins
Strengthening Your Immune System
Overall Health and Wellness
Supporting Athletic Performance
Supporting Women’s Health During Preconception, Pregnancy, or Postpartum
EXAMPLE HTMA
How a hair tissue mineral analysis can help you:
Your Nutrition Needs
You'll learn your metabolic type so we can design a plan for you around the foods that are best to support your metabolism or the rate at which your body is converting your food into energy. Understanding how your body is releasing energy, allows us to focus on the right mix of macronutrients that will result in the best utilization of energy for your body. You'll also learn what foods to focus on for obtaining certain nutrients based on your mineral imbalances.
Your Mineral Deficiencies & Imbalances
You'll see what minerals are out of balance individually (highs and lows), but also in tandem with each other because certain mineral pairs work together. Every mineral has an impact on every other mineral, so this is really valuable info. Mineral ratios help us figure things out like: if you have impaired digestion, your body's current state of stress and its impact on your adrenals, if your thyroid is functioning optimally, if there is any inflammation in your body, possible heavy metal toxicities, hormonal imbalances, blood sugar imbalances, and so much more!
Your Heavy Metals & Detox Needs
Hair Analysis is a screening tool for 18 different metal markers. It can determine the likelihood that someone is toxic in heavy metals. Mineral balancing doubles as a gentle metal detox which can quickly restore health.
Your Adrenal Health
One of my favorite parts of the analysis! It goes beyond the hormones circulating in blood to what your cells are able to receive. Hair Analysis is the rest of the picture when it comes to recovering from adrenal fatigue. We can determine if the adrenals are fatigued or whether they are in over drive.
Your Thyroid Health
By looking at the hair analysis, you can determine if the thyroid is under-active or overactive. You can determine if thyroid hormone is, in fact, getting into the cell and being utilized. If your hormones can't get into your cells effectively you need to know so you can do something about it.
Your Blood Sugar Health
By looking at the hair analysis, we can determine if you have excessive insulin or deficient insulin. We can assess whether you are over-consuming carbohydrates.
Your Hormonal Health
We can determine the likelihood of estrogen dominance. Copper toxicity is a huge driver of estrogen dominance and could be the reason for struggling to lower estrogen levels.
Your Mental Health
Anxiety, depression, brain fog, ADD, ADHD, PMS and other mood disorders are often directly connected to missing minerals and excess heavy metals. Magnesium deficiency, for example, can lead to symptoms of anxiety, irritability and hyper-kinetic behavior (ADHD). Mercury, a heavy metal, affects your memory, mood and thyroid and can contribute to depression.
Mineral imbalances and deficiencies are at the core of 70-80% of health issues. Not to mention, 80-90% of all doctors visits are STRESS related. Stress uses up your minerals FAST. Your mineral reserves give you energy and resilience, but they have to be robust enough in the first place to keep you trucking along day to day.
“You can trace every illness, disease and symptom back to a mineral deficiency.”
Dr. Linus Pauling
Emotions, lifestyle, nutrition or poorly balanced food intake definitely effects mineral balance. Organ weakness or imbalance effects mineral balance. Dysfunction with the organs of elimination such as the liver and kidneys can effect mineral balance in a big way. When you are out of balance, you require more energy and exertion. Stress requires adaptation and expends additional energy. Balance requires much less energy to maintain itself. More energy is then available for living.
Addressing the mineral piece of your health puzzle, through this simple, non-invasive test, will go a long way towards deeper lasting results that take you beyond surviving to thriving. Learn what you need so you can remineralize your body and create long lasting energy and vitality!
Minerals are your body's spark plugs, when they are missing, or available in excess, you can't ignite your body's engine to function. They impact everything, including your physical, mental and emotional health. Let's start restoring your body so you can keep sparking your engine day in and day out!
Curious why I use hair instead of blood? Read more HERE.
Nutritional Therapy 90 Day Program includes:
Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis lab testing and results
written report explaining HTMA results
comprehensive nutritional assessment & analysis
review of health history
75 minute consultation (done remotely via video conference or by phone)
personalized written plan of action based on your health priorities (dietary, lifestyle, and supplements, if needed)
TWO follow-up phone sessions for support during plan implementation
90 days unlimited coaching and support following consultation via voice messaging app
functional blood chemistry review of any bloodwork performed in last 6 months
discount on professional grade supplements
*Health Savings Account (HSA) cards accepted*
PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS:
75 Minute Consultation
A full 75 minutes to understand what your test results actually mean, in simple terms, and finally discover the underlying reason or the “why” of your health issues.
Personalized Written Plan of Action
Step by step action steps so you know what to do. Imagine knowing exactly what foods you need to focus on and what targeted supplements your body actually needs. No more guessing.
Unlimited Support
Access to my expert support 5 days a week so you can get all your plan questions and concerns addressed quickly (as life is happening) so you stay on track and recover your health.
Access to Private FB Community
A loving community of other individuals, just like you, who know exactly what you are going through to restore your health and are there to support you with lots of resources.
How the Process Works:
After you sign up, you will get an email confirmation within 1-3 business days with instructions and intake forms to fill out online. A hair sample collection kit will be mailed to you and can take about a week to get to you. The instructions will have information on how to take the hair sample and where to send it. Please complete all intake forms and return back as soon as possible.
Once you send your sample in to the lab, it can take about 3-4 weeks for the results. Once results are in, and your intake forms are completed, I will email you with your HTMA results. This includes a detailed report (usually about 15 pages), an in-depth breakdown of what your HTMA means. I will also offer available options to schedule a 75 minute consultation. Your consultation must be scheduled within 60 days of purchase, which means you will need to submit your sample to the lab within 3-4 weeks of purchase to ensure obtaining a session in time.
The 75 minute comprehensive nutrition consultation session includes a deep dive into your diet, lifestyle, sleep, blood sugar regulation, hormones, digestion, movement, daily stressors, health history, current struggles, goals, and a full nutrition & dietary assessment. We will work together to create a personalized mineral balancing/ hormone balancing/ gut healing protocol to fit your lifestyle and needs based off lab results and paperwork. After our session together, you’ll receive a written personal plan document with all of the notes from our discussion, your detailed personal plan that includes dietary, supplement, and lifestyle recommendations, as well as any other resources (education, recipes, links, etc.) that I think will be helpful during your healing journey.
Once you complete your consultation, you will have TWO, 30 minute follow-up coaching check-ins to schedule within 90 days from the date of your initial consultation. This 30-minute session is for accountability and support - we will touch base and discuss struggles and successes and we’ll work together to create new action steps if needed based on your goals and improvements as you implement your plan. We will also discuss any additional ongoing support as needed. These 30 minute touch points are done by phone and all sessions must be scheduled within 90 days of your initial consultation.
If you are ready to get started, click the link below to schedule a Discovery call. The purpose of this 20-30 minute call is to discuss your personal goals and health concerns, and to determine if my program is a fit for you.
HERE’S A PREVIEW OF WHAT CLIENTS ARE SAYING:
“After 6+ years of health issues including severe digestive struggles, food intolerances, skin conditions, low energy and more, I finally found Karri and signed up for her 90 day Nutritional Therapy Program. Only half way through it I have already seen huge improvement. Karri takes the time to properly test using HTMA testing and then provides a complete guide on how to improve your mineral levels, metabolism, and nutrition and also information on how it's effecting your health. My gut health has improved so much that it is no longer effecting me daily. My energy levels are better, as is my sleep. There is still a long way to go on healing but I have never been so confident that healing is a possibility even with the numerous diet and nutritional plans I had tried in the past. I cannot recommend Karri enough!” ~Katie B
“Karri is wonderful to work with and is really approachable. Understanding nutrition and specifically my body’s needs to fully heal after having my first child has been essential to my well being. I have and will continue to recommend Karri & her services.” ~Ericka B
“Working with Karri via HTMA testing and coaching has helped me significantly reduce fatigue and slightly reduce brain fog thus far. Karri's scientific and methodic approach is thorough and holistic - things I value very much. Her willingness to answer my questions in our follow-up sessions combined with her patience and honesty, make the 30 minutes productive, yet they fly by so fast! I appreciate Karri's accessibility via email; and am impressed with her personal boundary to limit text messages to only extremely urgent communication. I'm so grateful to have found Health = Wealth and Karri 🙏🏻 I look forward to the rest of my health journey with her 💜” ~Erin M
“After multiple years of health issues including chronic pain, digestive issues, food intolerances, joint pain and low energy, I finally found Karri and signed up for her 90 day Nutritional Therapy Program. Thirty days into the program I started noticing results. I noticed more energy and less pain and my digestive issues were gone. Thank you Karri for all you do you are amazing!!” ~Stephanie Z
“I can't thank Karri enough! While working with a functional doctor I was given a plan of action to follow - it wasn't a guided as I needed and I reached out to Karri as I've heard her speak on many of the issues I was having. I did the HTMA test and when the results came in, Karri was a saint in not only going through all the results, but creating a step by step guide to implement the plan. Our coaching calls help keep me on track so that I don't miss a beat!” ~Amanda Q
“My experience working with Karri has been nothing but pleasant! She has a way of making you feel truly heard and valued as a person and a client. I found the hair analysis fascinating. The personalized healing plan gives you a great foundation to work towards better health and Karri was 100% supportive. I loved her ability to provide insights to address your health concerns while honoring your personal experience and knowledge of your body. I hope to continue working with her on my own health journey.” ~Raelin K
“I've been working with Karri for about 4 months and I can definitely see a difference in my stomach issues. I did talk to my doctor about the supplements and plan and they didn't see any issues with proceeding. Karri explained things very well and as many times as I needed to understand the process.” ~Connie G
"I feel so much better and am completely off my PPI and some other medications. At my last doctor appointment, she was impressed with my blood work. She said it’s the best it’s looked since I’ve been her patient. Iron levels went back up and I’m no longer anemic! I’m on the right track and I have Karri to thank!" ~Stacey C
“Karri and I have been working on my vitamin and mineral balances along with healing my digestive tract. I have now been off PPIs for over a year and have never felt better. I didn’t realize that indigestion was fixable without medications! The information I’ve learned from Karri is so valuable and I have been able to share some with my family and friends. I love that her program is centered around my individual health through a hair strand analysis and not a generic program that fits everyone. I think Karri is teaching the future of healthcare and I’m a healthier and smarter person for all that I have learned from her!” ~Rhonda J
"I was in my late 20s and was working to eliminate all foods that were causing me to feel bloated, have acne, aching joints, headaches, and other symptoms. Little did I know this would go on throughout my 30s and I still wouldn't have answers after trying so many things. I started working with Karri and immediately learned information that helped me understand why I felt the way I did. After going through the RESTART program and investing in the 1:1 coaching, functional testing, and the HTMA testing, I have answers and a PLAN to help continue to heal my body. My workouts are better than ever and my body officially feels great again!” ~Jentry M
“I had been to multiple doctors and specialists because I was having intense digestive issues. I even became Vegan in an attempt to fix the problem. When I found Karri I was on my last straw and her program gave me so much hope. I was given tools and information about my body other doctors couldn’t tell me. She offered me tips and information I could easily incorporate into my daily life that vastly improved my digestion. Karri is personable, she holds you accountable, and supports you in the lifestyle you choose while helping improve it in all areas. Finding her program helped me so much and I live by her advice! My body loves me for it!” ~Haley B
“I did HTMA with Karri and learned a wealth of information about the different imbalances going on in my body. Karri guided me through the information and made recommendations that have me feeling better than I have for years! I highly recommend Karri and her HTMA testing!” ~Gina G
“Karri is a wealth of knowledge and she explains things in such an easy way to understand AND put into place immediately. I've made such amazing progress in my health over the year I have worked with Karri. Her energy is contagious and she is a natural encourager. The RESTART program is a great foundational place to start working towards a real food lifestyle and long lasting healthy habits. And working with Karri one on one has been a game changer - her knowledge on digestion, gut health, blood sugar and real food amazes me. Thanks Karri for your insight and support!” ~Jennifer S
Please note: If you request a refund prior to sending in your hair sample, there will be a non-refundable $100 administrative fee deducted from your refund. No refunds will be issued once your hair sample is sent in to the lab for analysis or 30 days after sign-up.
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