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2 HEAPING TABLESPOONS FULL. You can also use a larger soup spoon to measure your sample. This will ensure that the lab will have enough hair to test.
Upgraded Formulas do accept treated hair. Dyed hair is not preferred, but the false positives it causes have been found to be unimportant overall. Since it does not disrupt the key minerals we are looking at, it is much more important to have the test done sooner rather than later - because doing so means you begin to act on better information about your health as soon as you can. Please include as much information as you can about what type of dye was used. You can also use hair from other areas of your body, as explained in the test kit.
It's recommended that you test quarterly, every 90 days or 3 months after you receive the lab results to stay consistent with changes.
This enables you to implement an action plan to address any issues that are identified in the test. The retest enables you to track progress. Repeat this process until you are satisfied with your results.
Human hair contains the following nutritional elements. Additionally, each of these nutrients and heavy metals provides nearly 1000 more data per element than blood testing:
Calcium (Ca) Copper (Cu) Magnesium (Mg) Molybdenum (Mo) Sodium (Na) Potassium (K) Zinc (Zn) Phosphorus (P) Iron (Fe) Manganese (Mn) Chromium (Cr) Selenium (Se) Sulfur (S) Heavy Metals Mercury (Hg) Lead (Pb) Cadmium (Cd) Arsenic (As) Aluminum (Al) Beryllium (Be) Antimony (Sb) Uranium (U)
Other important elements such as Vanadium can also be found. Your hair can show you the entire periodic table.

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