Update: 20 November 2024

hTMA Services

We provide hTMA lab testing, medical review and consultation services.

Service Options
  1. hTMA Plus (complete service w/information package)
  2. hTMA Plus Re-test (progress evaluation)
  3. hTMA Medical Consult (for hTMA results you obtained elsewhere)
  4. hTMA Minus (test only)
Mineral Interrelationships
Nutrient Interrelationships

Proper amounts of the essential minerals are required for good health. What is less known is that their interrelationships (mineral ratios) are crucial too. These interactions impact how well they support basic physiological functions — which corresponds to how well you function.

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hTMA Plus

Understanding your hTMA lab report is important if you want to gain the most benefit. The hTMA Plus service helps clarify lab findings. To do this, we provide the hTMA Plus Information Package (details below), which includes one-to-one consultation time with a medically trained hTMA clinician.

The review of your hTMA, and our recommendations, are based on your unique health profile. Lab recommendations are computer-generated and based on statistical data. Therefore, an individual's health status often requires modifications be made to the recommendations. In some cases, additional support may be recommended. Nutritional supplements are not included (these vary per individual needs).

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hTMA Medical Consultation
Review of a Previous hTMA

If you have questions about the hTMA results you obtained elsewhere, a medical consultation can be helpful. The medical consultation includes the items described in the hTMA Plus Information Package described below (except, hTMA test is not included).

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hTMA Minus

hTMA Minus means you get the hTMA test only. It does not include medical consultation and other materials included with the hTMA Plus service (described below). hTMA minus does not adequately address the inherent complexities that accompany a medical condition.

MEDICAL NOTE: If you have a medical diagnosis, or are taking a prescription medication, we recommend that you choose hTMA Plus and work with an experienced clinician. A medical professional understands how a patient's unique health status impacts the hTMA test results and the lab's recommendations. This is very important to ensure protocol effectiveness and patient safety.

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hTMA Plus
Information Package

hTMA Report

Click to see: Example lab report

Much like other complex medical tests (e.g., radiological imaging), hTMA requires interpretation by a specialist. After you review your hTMA Information Package, a specialist will discuss your results with you.

hTMA Plus includes:
  1. The hTMA Lab test.
  2. Consultation time. One hour medical consult with an experienced hTMA clinician.
  3. Additional Comments and Recommendations. We do everything we can to help you better understand and integrate your nutrition plan. This extra section includes practical comments and explanations regarding your lab results.
  4. Toxic Element Analysis. In addition to testing for 29 nutritional elements, we test for toxic elements commonly found in the environment; aluminum, lead, cadmium, mercury, arsenic, beryllium, uranium and antimony. These heavy metals interfere with many normal biochemical processes. Take lead as an example. According to the National Academy of Sciences, approximately 600,000 tons of lead are added to the atmosphere annually. Everyone is exposed to heavy metals in the environment, but whether or not these toxins are retained depends on susceptibility and resilience. Toxic metals mimic nutrient minerals and attach themselves to corresponding cellular binding sites (if the required nutrient is unavailable). Many nutrient minerals protect against the accumulation of toxic metals. For instance, if you have sufficient levels of calcium, iron and sulfur, lead will be rejected and eliminated through normal detoxification processes.
  5. Energy and Performance Index. Exclusive report explains how your hTMA ratios impact your energy. Cellular energy is vitally important for all biological processes. The information in this report illustrates how your significant mineral ratios impact your energy and performance. The Endocrine Index is a graphic presentation of the pituitary-adrenal-thyroid relationship. These three endocrine glands influence energy production at the cellular level. The Performance Index graphically displays the balance between your speed and endurance based on your Na/K ratio. The Na/K ratio reflects the balance between your endurance and your speed, quickness and/or power. A healthy Na/K will provide optimal performance, prevent illness and slow the aging process.
  6. Ideal levels graph. We also include an Ideal levels graph. This addition to the lab report compares your specific levels with ideal healthy levels. The reason we include this extra information is because the lab's results are calculated by computer using an algorithm based on population averages (not ideal healthy levels). We think it's more useful to know your actual health status, than where you stand compared with the general population (who are generally unhealthy).
  7. General Foods Reference. To make meal planning and prep easier, this practical refrigerator poster provides a quick reference of health promoting foods, and ones that are harmful.
  8. Recommended Nutritional Supplements. The lab report's supplement recommendations are generated by a computer algorithm based on an individual's test numbers. But because these recommendations are based on comparative population statistics, they may not be correct for an individual. For example, some supplements might be contraindicated for a person because of their unique medical history. This is one reason it is so important to have the medical background necessary to understand a patient's health history and how it may impact their therapy. An understanding of the limitations of lab recommendations, and an education in biochemistry are crucial for accurate hTMA data interpretation. And depending on your specific condition or health history, we may recommend additional specialized medicinal formulas or other targeted supportive therapies.
You can trace every sickness, disease and ailment to a mineral deficiency. Dr. Linus Pauling, two-time Nobel Prize winner

Cellular Energy

When cells have the energy they need to perform their functions properly, health improves. Cells get most of their energy from the foods we eat. The balance of essential minerals within your cells determines how well they function. Essential minerals are critical for growth, healing and vitality. They provide structural support in bones and teeth, they maintain the body's pH and water balance, and support nerve activity, muscle contractions, energy production and enzyme reactions.

Ideally we should get all the minerals we need from a balanced diet. But because of industrial agricultural methods, depleted soils reduce the mineral content in our foods. And due to compromised digestive function, many people are not metabolizing the nutrition from their food. Environmental pollutants, chemical food additives and chronic stress also have a detrimental effect on nutritional status.

You're not what you eat (you are what you digest)

Good nutrition is the foundation of good health. But if your digestive system isn't working properly, no matter how good your diet is, you cannot metabolize the nutrition from your food. Common symptoms of poor digestion include; intestinal gas, bloating, headache, reflux, bowel irregularity, etc. Serious gastrointestinal conditions are more obvious indicators that there is a problem. Even if you are eating a healthy diet, you may not be not getting the full benefit from the good food (and supplements) you consume. There are a number of factors that can compromise healthy digestion. How can you determine if you have suboptimal digestion? Start with a simple self-evaluation:

Download: Digestion Self-Evaluation
In my research, I have never encountered anyone who was acting at their full potential capacity. Biochemically, if you are not functioning at a normal or optimal level, not only are you unable to produce the energy you need, you also cannot replenish cells rapidly enough to adequately meet basic demand. Dr. George Watson, Personality Strength and Psychochemical Energy: How to Increase Your Total Performance

Clinical Nutrition

We use nutrition clinically to achieve a healthy balance of your mineral ratios and levels (biochemistry). This is accomplished with a nutrient-rich diet based on your specific oxidation type (metabolism) combined with an individualized mineral and nutritional supplementation plan based on your hTMA results.

Mineral balances and metabolic status determine how much nutrition is actually utilized from the food you eat. A non-invasive hTMA lab test can provide detailed information about your biochemistry, including; immune function, oxidation rate, stress-capacity, cellular energy production, adrenal condition and thyroid function, as well as heavy-metal toxicity levels. Your hTMA results can even identify disease trends, allowing you time to take proactive steps to avoid health problems. Balancing essential nutrient minerals helps support the metabolic processes necessary to resolve or relieve chronic conditions, as it revitalizes energy production at the cellular level.

Benefits of hTMA

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