Heavy Metals Hair Test | Great Plains Labs

Heavy Metals Hair Test | Great Plains Labs

What’s Being Tested:

• Essential
  • Calcium
  • Magnesium
  • Sodium
  • Potassium
  • Copper
  • Zinc
  • Manganese
  • Chromium
  • Vanadium
  • Molybdenum
  • Boron
  • Iodine
  • Lithium
  • Phosphorus
  • Selenium
  • Strontium
  • Sulfur
  • Cobalt
  • Iron
  • Germanium
  • Rubidium
  • Zirconium
• Ratio
  • Calcium/Magnesium
  • Sodium/Potassium
  • Zinc/Copper
  • Zinc/Cadmium
  • Calcium/Phosphorus
• Toxic
  • Aluminum
  • Antimony
  • Arsenic
  • Barium
  • Beryllium
  • Bismuth
  • Cadmium
  • Lead
  • Mercury
  • Platinum
  • Thallium
  • Thorium
  • Uranium
  • Nickel
  • Silver
  • Tin
  • Titanium

FAQ: What’s the Difference Between Hair, Blood, and Urine Heavy Metal Testing?

Hair Testing:

• Measures heavy metals that have been deposited into the hair over weeks or months.
• Useful for showing long-term exposure, like if you were exposed to metals over the past few months.
• Not ideal for very recent exposure since hair grows slowly.

Blood Testing:

• Detects heavy metals currently circulating in your bloodstream.
• Best for identifying short-term or recent exposure, like if you were exposed within the last few days or weeks.
• Levels drop quickly as metals move out of the blood and into tissues.

Urine Testing:

• Measures heavy metals being excreted from your body.
• Useful for detecting ongoing exposure or how much metal your body is trying to remove.
• Can also show levels after taking a substance that helps release metals from tissues (called a provoked test).

Stool Testing:

• Indicates heavy metals excreted via the digestive system.
• Useful for understanding how metals are being expelled through the gastrointestinal tract but may not represent the overall body load.
• Results can be influenced by diet, digestive health, and the body’s metal processing mechanisms.
• Less standardized than blood or urine tests, making analysis and interpretation more challenging.