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Why a high calcium result on hair analysis ?
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Calcium on hair analysis is high but calcium blood tests are in normal range. Any idea what could be causing this?
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I'm no expert with calcium absorption but I've known for a long time that most of us have way to much in our average diets, and I think any excess in blood is distributed to bones and organ etc and possibly hair? I've had tennis elbow and other calcification issues which were defnitely helped with magnesium supplementation and in particular magnesium flakes and/or epsom salts baths and sprays because magnesium can greatly decalcify your body through absorption (including decalficying the scalp!). Maybe worth getting some mag flakes and check your results in a month or so, id be very interested to see the results.
Interesting! i'll look into the magnesium. It's just weird though because you usally have high concentrations of calcium in the blood before it spreads to the soft tissues. I was getting around 1000mg of calcium per day, 50/50 diet and supplement.
So as of now i'll make sure i'm getting adequate magnesium and i've cut the supplemental calcium out.
It'll be interesting to see if i have less hair fall in the shower!
My blood results:
Plasma calcium - 2.55 (range 2.20- 2.60)
Plasma adjusted calcium - 2.38 (range 2.20 -2.60)
So as of now i'll make sure i'm getting adequate magnesium and i've cut the supplemental calcium out.
It'll be interesting to see if i have less hair fall in the shower!
My blood results:
Plasma calcium - 2.55 (range 2.20- 2.60)
Plasma adjusted calcium - 2.38 (range 2.20 -2.60)
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Your probably right regarding calcium in blood I'm really not sure, but kind of go by the thought we all get more than enough with an average diet, regardless of what we're told in school about milk, even average tap water has a good amount of calcium in it. Add that to the fact we are generally deficient in magnesium and when I increased my magnesium intake and stopped any supplements with calcium (still eat dairy etc) I got less injuries I think the decalficiation theory is at play. Also think there is defnitely something behing scalp decalcification and build up along alkng with sebum which can affect the hair root, alongside the dht theory. Magnesium flakes and oil (magnesium chloride) and epsom salts (magnesium sulphate) are dirt cheap. Regardless I think magnesium baths are great for scalp and hair texture in general. Out of interest how do you do you go about having a hair analysis done?Interesting! i'll look into the magnesium. It's just weird though because you usally have high concentrations of calcium in the blood before it spreads to the soft tissues. I was getting around 1000mg of calcium per day, 50/50 diet and supplement.
So as of now i'll make sure i'm getting adequate magnesium and i've cut the supplemental calcium out.
It'll be interesting to see if i have less hair fall in the shower!
My blood results:
Plasma calcium - 2.55 (range 2.20- 2.60)
Plasma adjusted calcium - 2.38 (range 2.20 -2.60)
I just looked online and used this company https://www.mineralstate.co.uk/hair-analysis-test/Your probably right regarding calcium in blood I'm really not sure, but kind of go by the thought we all get more than enough with an average diet, regardless of what we're told in school about milk, even average tap water has a good amount of calcium in it. Add that to the fact we are generally deficient in magnesium and when I increased my magnesium intake and stopped any supplements with calcium (still eat dairy etc) I got less injuries I think the decalficiation theory is at play. Also think there is defnitely something behing scalp decalcification and build up along alkng with sebum which can affect the hair root, alongside the dht theory. Magnesium flakes and oil (magnesium chloride) and epsom salts (magnesium sulphate) are dirt cheap. Regardless I think magnesium baths are great for scalp and hair texture in general. Out of interest how do you do you go about having a hair analysis done?