MINERAL LEVELS IN HUMAN HAIR – IDEALS, RANGES, TOXICITY AND POOR ELIMINATORS

by Dr. Lawrence Wilson

All information in this article is for educational purposes only. It is not for the diagnosis, treatment, prescription or cure of any disease or health condition.

Update 10/24/25. We increased the zinc ideal tissue level to 18 mg%.

Update 10/27/22. We reduced the mercury ideal to 0.02 mg%. We know this is low, but we believe it is accurate.

Update 1/5/21. The mercury ranges have been updated.

Update 4/1/20. The chromium and selenium ranges have been updated.

Contents

I. INTRODUCTION

Issues Regarding Ideal Hair Mineral Values

II. THE NUMBERS

Ideals

Good Ranges

Toxic Ranges

Poor Eliminator Ranges

Very Poor Eliminator Ranges

III. OTHER TOPICS

Research On Other Minerals

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PART I. INTRODUCTION

This article contains the most up-to-date hair mineral levels we currently use for human beings. It is more up-to-date than any of our other articles or books. For the ideal hair mineral levels for animals, please read the articles about each animal.

NOTE: Analytical Research Labs only reads 20 minerals. The others are included for research purposes only.

The subject of normal or ideal human hair mineral levels is not a simple one. Accurate numbers depend upon:

A. Proper hair sampling. Hair samples are best taken from the head or near the head. Hair needs to be clean. However, do not wash a hair sample after it has been cut and removed from the body.

B. Proper lab preparation of the hair. Hair samples for mineral testing should not be washed at the laboratory. However, since February 2024, all labs we know of are reporting low numbers. Some say they wash the hair while some say they don’t wash, but the numbers are low anyway. For accuracy, one must raise up the readings.

For more details, read Introduction To Hair Analysis and The Effect of Washing Hair At The Laboratory by Ray Leroy, DSci, J Orthomolecular Medicine.

C. Careful laboratory measuring and accurate reporting of results. Hair testing labs must run plenty of controls and recalibrate equipment whenever necessary.

An even more serious problem we are now aware of is that the alien group some call the thugs, stinks, rogues or satans now control all testing laboratories we know of. They alter the readings to disguise their poisoning of the people of earth. They lower iron, manganese, aluminum in most cases. They also often lower calcium and may alter other numbers.

OTHER MINERAL TESTING ISSUES

Low ideal toxic metal levels. We use very low ideal toxic metal levels because we can achieve these with a complete development program.

With other healing programs, such low levels of toxic metals are usually not possible. As a result, most laboratories and doctors use higher “normal” values.

Poor eliminator ranges and very poor eliminator ranges. Very low mineral readings can have a special meaning. This is newer science, and very interesting. For details, read Poor Eliminators.

The order of the minerals. On the hair chart from Analytical Research Labs only, the nutrient minerals are grouped in a special order called the mineral tetras (groups of four). This is critical in order to properly interpret the hair test by the principles used in development science. This may seem confusing, but is necessary.

Normals versus ideals. There are basically two conceptual ideas regarding “normal” mineral levels. Most labs use statistical ranges. The most common method is to express mineral readings as within one or two standard deviations from the mean. This is a purely statistical concept.

However, the development program focuses on ideal mineral values. Our interpretation method is different. Standard deviations or large ranges of “normal” are not of interest. This idea is based on the research of Dr. Paul C. Eck and others. It is based on a different concept of how to assess human functioning, and how to correct it precisely. Wide normal values simply will not work within this framework of correction.

Variation of normals among various hair testing laboratories. If one checks various laboratories, the normal levels and ranges of minerals in human hair vary. Some detractors of hair analysis do not like this.

However, it is mainly due to differences in the preparation of the hair at the laboratory. Some labs wash the hair more than others and this will change the readings.

PART II. THE NUMBERS – IDEALS, RANGES, POOR ELIMINATORS and VERY POOR ELIMINATORS

Below are the most up-to-date human hair ideals and ranges that we use. This is an ongoing area of research, so the ideals may change from time to time, and this article will be updated.

CHART OF MINERAL IDEALS, RANGES, POOR ELIMINATORS AND ELEVATED LEVELS

(all values are in mg%)

MINERAL	IDEAL	GOOD RANGE	POOR ELIMINATOR	VERY POOR ELIMINATOR	ELEVATED
Nutrient Minerals
Calcium	40				> 40
Magnesium	6				> 6
Sodium	25				> 25
Potassium	10				> 10

Iron	2		0.8 – 1.1	< 0.8 ** <0.6	> 2
Copper	2.5		1–1.4 (slow oxid.) 0.9-1.4 (fast oxid)	< 1 (slow oxid.) <0.9 (fast oxid.)	>2.5
Manganese	0.04		0.009 – 0.019	< 0.009 ** <0.007	> 0.04
Zinc	18				> 18
Chromium	0.12		0.02 - 0.03	< 0.02	> 0.12
Selenium	0.12		0.02 – 0.03	< 0.02	> 0.12
Boron *	0.3		0.05 – 0.09	< 0.05	> 0.3
Vanadium *	0.005		0.001 – 0.0019	< 0.001	> 0.005
Iodine *	0.1		0.002 – 0.004	< 0.002	> 0.01
Rubidium *	0.06		0.006 – 0.009	< 0.006	> 0.06
Zirconium *	0.005		0.001 – 0.019	< 0.001	> 0.005
Germanium *	0.003		< 0.001		> 0.003
Sulfur *	5000				> 5000
Phosphorus	16				>16

Cobalt	0.001				> 0.001
Molybdenum	0.001				> 0.001
Lithium	0.001				> 0.001

Toxic Minerals
Aluminum	0.08	0.08 – 0.2	(not sure about Al -3/2021)		> 0.2
Arsenic	0.004	0.004 – 0.008	0.002 – 0.003	< 0.002	> 0.008
Barium *
Cadmium	0.004	0.004 – 0.006	0.002 – 0.003	< 0.002	> 0.006
Lead	0.02	0.02 – 0.04	0.01 – 0.019	< 0.01	> 0.04
Mercury	0.02	0.01 – 0.02	<0.01	<0.006	> 0.02
Nickel	0.015	0.015 – 0.019	0.006 - 0.014	< 0.006	> 0.019

Beryllium *	0.001	0.001 – 0.004	0.0005 – 0.0009	< 0.0005	> 0.004
Uranium *	0.01	0.01 - 0.03	0.005 – 0.009	< 0.005	> 0.03
Antimony *	0.006	0.006 - 0.009	0.003 – 0.005	< 0.003	> 0.009