These are my test scores. My Human tells me he feels these are "more than just a tad bit high"...
Mercury - 0.114 when the scale for humans goes to .04? 28x the scale max for humans?
Aluminum - 8.33 when the scale for humans goes to .12? 70x's the scale max for humans?
Sodium - 358 when the scale for humans goes to 96? 4x the scale max for humans?
EDITOR's NOTE: The Scale Max is an arbitrary and irrelevant number. If we pretended 1/4 or 1/2 the scale max was acceptable, we'd be at 100x to 300x "acceptable" levels of toxicity for humans. I weighed 10 pounds the average human weighs 140 pounds. Should we multiple 100 and 300 x 14 to get comparable toxicity numbers? I'm "fairly confident" that walking around with that much heavy metal has made me sick as a dog. Please note, the sodium in a Hair Mineral Analysis will show high due to a hormone exerted when under stress, so that is less concerning for now, given the other apparent problems in play.
It'd be nice to break down the numbers better, but as you will see, if the FDA or the LABs do not provide relevant values that are relevant for the hair mineral analysis results it's hard to tell what is relevant...
Supposedly the values reported from ARL are in mg/100g (aka mg%)
Mercury - I tested at 0.114 mg/100 grams (0.000114g/100g = 0.0114g/g = 11400 PPM)
Aluminum - I tested at 8.33 mg/100 grams
FDA says safe levels are 5-10mg/kg of body weight.
If i weigh 3 kgs, then 15-30 mgs would be okay. I have A LOT more than that, or do I? I can't just compare mg/gram of hair to my body weight?
Gosh. This is frustrating. I wonder why no one ever published proper specs for this simple test?
I found one hair mineral analysis lab that published ranges for Mg and Al based on their testing of a large range of "healthy cats", but they are in PPM and the numbers are astronomical. The lab is sitting in Silicon Valley and something just doesn't seem right about it. The confusion is more significant.
Oh Wait. I think I know why the FDA nor anyone else ever published specs and why the entire Small Vet Industry oddly overlooks this simple test!!!
If they published specs for a test they didn't want used at all, given it can shed light on issue that are not seen via any other testing method, it would tell the others about the test they didn't want them to use and it would tell them how to quantify toxicity!!