The 2020 Slide into Summer!
As this momentous year slides to a close, we’re all looking forward to some summer holiday downtime. This year commenced on the back of nationwide drought, with devastating bushfires. By February, the bushfires were under control and COVID hit. What can one say? As practitioners, we spend much of our time giving. The simple truth is that you can’t take care of others until you take care of yourself! Since travel, dancing, getting...
Stress Overwhelm: What We Can Learn from a HTMA and the Mineral System
Rick Malter, Ph.D A hair tissue mineral analysis (HTMA) is an excellent lab tool for assessing how a person is being impacted by stress. The mind/body stress response reflects both psychological and physical reactions that can have a profound effect on a person’s health. There are reciprocal relationships between the mind/body stress response and a person’s nutrient mineral system. The parts of a hair nutrient mineral pattern that are most significant in regard...
Viruses, Nutritional Immuno-Modulators and Metabolic Types
As Viewed through Hair Tissue Mineral (HTMA) Patterns - By David L. Watts, Ph.D., Director of Research TEI Laboratories & Head Research Consultant InterClinical Laboratories The immune system is a complex network consisting of cells, tissues and organs and their coordination is required to protect the body from infectious pathogens and non- infectious foreign substances. It is essential for the immune system to be at its optimum for resistance to invading...
Mastering Calcium
InterClinical eNews August 2020, Issue 109 Characteristics of calcium Calcium ranks fifth, after oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen, in the mineral composition of the human body. It makes up 1.9% of the body by weight. We require an average daily positive calcium balance of 180 mg during the first 20 years of growth. Around 99% of total body calcium is located in the skeleton. The remaining 1% is distributed evenly between the...
Mastering Sodium
InterClinical eNews July, Issue 108 Characteristics of sodium In this article we look at the latest research on sodium, including storage, and an individual’s ability to absorb and utilise it independent of intake. Sodium is the sixth most abundant element in the earth’s crust and the second most abundant element in seawater. An adult human body contains about 250g of sodium and any excess is naturally excreted by the body. About 85% of...
Mastering Chromium
InterClinical eNews June 2020, Issue 107 Characteristics of chromium Chromium is the eighth largest classical element in the earth’s crust.1 The human body’s total content is approximately 6 milligrams. 8 It is widely distributed in the atmosphere, soil, water, animals and plants in the form of chromite. Chromium is a biologically active element that is at its highest in body tissue at birth and declines with age. 8 The first major research on...
Mastering Selenium
Selenium is a naturally occurring metalloid element that is essential to both humans and animal in trace amounts. Of all the elements, selenium has one of the narrowest ranges between dietary deficiency and toxic levels. Selenium status of populations, animals and crops varies markedly around the world.17 Selenium is a trace element that until 1957 was thought to be only toxic. Gradually, it became clear that selenium plays an important role...
Mastering Magnesium
Magnesium is the fourth most abundant mineral and is essential for good health. Approximately 600 enzymes depend upon its presence in our body in sufficient amounts.1 It affects many cellular functions including the transport of potassium and calcium ions. It modulates signal transduction, energy metabolism and cell proliferation. Magnesium has a huge role in bone mineralization, cardiovascular health and the nervous and neuromuscular systems. It participates in the metabolism of carbohydrates,...
Immune System Patterns in Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis
InterClinical eNews March 2020 Special Edition The wonder of our immune systemOur immune system is miraculous and complex. Research into how it functions reveals a sophisticated security system that constantly scans the body to identify and remove any threat to our well being. Receptors associated with the immune system are concerned with interrogating the environment for evidence of danger, infection or abnormal cell death. They are also present inside the cell where...
Nutrients and Herbs Supporting Immune System Health
InterClinical eNews March 2020 Special Edition What is a virus? Viruses vary widely in shape and complexity. They do not contain the chemical machinery needed to carry out chemical reactions for life. Instead a virus carries only nucleic acid, with a set of genetic instructions, and a coat of protein to protect it. Enveloped viruses have an extra surrounding covering made of a lipid membrane. A virus must have a host...
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