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- Choose & pay Secure online checkout.
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- Results & review The lab reads your sample and Heather reviews your mineral profile.
- Your protocol Your written protocol arrives by email. Call Consult clients also get a private link to book their one-hour call.
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- Laboratory analysis of 21+ minerals, heavy metals and elements
- Review of your results, intake form and symptom inventory
- Recommendations on blood work worth requesting
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The Test
What is an HTMA?
Hair tissue mineral analysis is a screening test to measure the levels of 21 or more minerals in the hair tissue.
Hair is used for testing because it is a rapidly-growing soft tissue of the body that can be sampled easily and safely. Hair is also a storage tissue that the body uses for excreting excessive amounts of toxic metals and other substances to help rid them from the body. Therefore it is an excellent place to measure these items.
Hair provides a unique, biopsy type of reading of metabolic activity. The test is performed by burning the sample of hair at a high temperature in a mass spectrometer. The technique has been used in laboratories for over 80 years. Computer-controlled instruments have improved the accuracy and reduced the cost of mineral analysis.
What gets measured
- Electrolytes — calcium, magnesium, sodium, potassium and phosphorus.
- Trace minerals — copper, manganese, chromium, selenium, iron, molybdenum, lithium, cobalt, zinc and others.
- Toxic metals — lead, mercury, cadmium, arsenic, nickel, aluminium and others.
In all, 15 macro- and micro-minerals, 8 heavy metals, and 14 additional elements are analysed. It is an inexpensive, accurate screening method that can be of great help to understand body chemistry and design individualised diet and supplement programs — relieving biochemical stress to help restore and maintain optimum health.
21+
Minerals measured
8
Heavy metals
14
Additional elements
80+
Years of lab use
The Foundation
The Root Cause Protocol
The starting points that come up in nearly every consultation — what to stop, and what to start.
STOP
Remove the interference- Vitamin-D ONLY supplements Supplemental “vitamin”-D kills liver retinol that is needed for Cp. More on Vitamin/Hormone-D →
- Calcium supplementsCa blocks magnesium & iron absorption.
- Iron supplementsIron (Fe) shuts down copper metabolism.
- Ascorbic acidAscorbic acid disrupts the copper <> Cp bond.
- High fructose corn syrup & synthetic sugars HFCS lowers liver copper & raises liver iron.
- Low fat dietsSaturated fat is needed for proper copper absorption.
- Industrialised omega-6 oils The “heart healthy” oils — soybean, corn and canola.
- Products containing fluorideToothpaste, bottled water, and similar.
- Drugstore multivitamins & pre-natals They contain the first four items above, plus trace amounts of fluoride.
- Citrate in foods & supplementse.g. “Natural Calm”.
- Colloidal silver as an antibiotic It lowers copper status in the body. Nanonized silver is ok.
START
Restore the foundation- Magnesium (Mg) supplements To lower ACTH & cortisol. Dose: 5 mg/lb or 10 mg/kg body weight. Be mindful of the Mg cofactors: B6, boron and bicarbonate. How to restore magnesium →
- The Adrenal Cocktail 4 oz fresh orange juice, ¼ tsp cream of tartar and ¼ tsp sea salt, at 10am and 2pm on an empty stomach, to balance electrolytes.
- Cod liver oil1 tsp daily for retinol — animal based vitamin A.
- Whole food vitamin C400–800 mg/day. A key source of copper.
- Mother Nature sources for B vitamins ½ tsp bee pollen; 1–2 tsp rice bran (away from other foods); 4–6 oz beef liver weekly. B2, B5 and B7 are key for Cp production and Cu/Fe regulation in the liver.
- Silica (diatomaceous earth) Stimulates an increase in Cp. Start with 1 tsp in water and work up to 1 Tbs each day.
- Boron 1–3 mg/day, or add 1 Tbs borax to magnesium baths. Aids synthesis of Cp and regulation of Fe.
- Taurine500–1,000 mg/day. Supports liver copper metabolism.
- An ancestral dietHigh fat & protein, low carb. Good for copper absorption.
- Iodine Prerequisite: Mg RBC & Se RBC need to be optimal. Until then, add iodine-rich foods such as kelp, seaweeds, scallops, cod, eggs and cranberries.
Additional factors regarding Ceruloplasmin (Cp)
- Chlorinated water is hard on copper & magnesium, and so is hard on Cp production.
- High dose zinc supplements block copper absorption, which reduces Cp production.
- Molybdenum is known to chelate copper and block ceruloplasmin production.
The Research Behind It
Why should I believe this?
Good question.
My research on magnesium began in earnest in 2009 by reading Dr. Carolyn Dean’s wonderful book, The Magnesium Miracle. In 2012, I was convinced magnesium was THE answer, and I started the Magnesium Advocacy Group.
I then began coaching clients on Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis (HTMA) tests. It was then I realised that when some folks began magnesium supplementation, their magnesium RBC never seemed to go up. So I kept reading the scientific literature.
That’s how I discovered the role copper & iron play in magnesium & calcium regulation, and that a dysregulation can be tied — through the scientific literature — to pretty much everything.
We run on minerals folks. (Btw, electrolytes are minerals. And you already know what happens when you start running low…)
As the Magnesium Advocacy Group grew in size, so did my client list. And my clients — over 3,000 since 2014 from all over the world — helped me discover the steps that I now call “The Root Cause Protocol.” Through trial and error; through painstaking research of over 2,000 (and counting) peer-reviewed scientific research papers, I’ve assembled these steps.
— Morley Robbins (aka. “Magnesium Man”), Founder of the Copernican Institute
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How To Restore Magnesium In 3 Steps
“So how much magnesium do I need to take daily?” Like most great questions, the answer is — it depends. Here is how to work it out.
The Root Cause Protocol
The full STOP and START list — the foundational steps for restoring mineral balance and ceruloplasmin function.
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Heather Bernard
Copernican Mineral Consultant
Certification
Copernican Institute — Mineral Metabolism & Mentorship
