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| '''hTMA''' (hair Tissue Mineral Analysis) nutritional balancing the practice of attempting to analyze human hair to determine nutritional factors. According to ], "analysis of human hair is not a valid technique for identifying an individual's current bodily excesses or deficiencies of essential or nonessential elements. Nor does it provide a valid basis for recommending vitamins, minerals, or other dietary supplements."<ref name="qw"/> | |||
| ====Nutritional Balancing science==== | |||
| Hair is one of the biological sample tissues of choice used by the ] in determining toxic metal exposure. A 1980 EPA report<ref name="EPA/600/3-80/090 (NTIS PB81103483)">{{cite book|last=Jenkins|first=D.|title=BIOLOGICAL MONITORING OF TOXIC TRACE METALS. VOLUME 2. TOXIC TRACE METALS IN PLANTS AND ANIMALS OF THE WORLD. PART I (EPA600380090)|year=1980|publisher=Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C.|url=http://cfpub.epa.gov/si/si_public_record_Report.cfm?dirEntryId=48369&CFID=108145418&CFTOKEN=75716857&jsessionid=383044edf03059f253d714614e10362e5962}}</ref> states that hair can be effectively used for biological monitoring of the highest priority toxic metals. The EPA report confirms findings of other studies which also conclude that hair may be a more appropriate tissue for studying exposure to some trace metals.{{cn|date=April 2013}} | |||
| ] addresses HTMA in an article entitled, ''Commercial Hair Analysis: A Cardinal Sign of Quackery.''<ref name="qw">{{cite web|last=Barrett|first=Steven|title=Commercial Hair Analysis: A Cardinal Sign of Quackery|url=http://www.quackwatch.org/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/hair.html|accessdate=19 February 2013}}</ref> | |||
| ==Further reading== | |||
| ===Books=== | |||
| * The Strands of Health: Understanding Hair Mineral Analysis – Dr. Rick Malter, Ph. D. | |||
| * Hair, Trace Elements, and Human Illness – A.C. Brown | |||
| ==See also== | |||
| * ] | |||
| * ] | |||
| ==References== | |||
| {{Reflist}} | |||
| ] | |||
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