Case studies & knowledge

Real testing, real clinical decisions.

How practitioners use CanAlt's hair mineral analysis, food-sensitivity, and functional testing to uncover heavy-metal burdens, nutritional imbalances, and reactivity patterns — and turn them into care.

Featured case study

Hair Mineral June 5, 2024

Case Study: The Impact of Hair Mineral Analysis

How HMA uncovered dangerous occupational lead exposure in a stained-glass artist.

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A woman on the beach at sunset with her arms open to the sky — vitality and wellbeing.

Case studies

By test line.

Hair Mineral Illustrative

Copper overload behind unexplained anxiety and fatigue A high hair-copper pattern with a low Zn/Cu ratio, tied to birth-control history. IllustrativeRead →

Food IgG Illustrative

IgG-guided elimination resolves stubborn adult eczema A focused elimination from a 220-food IgG panel where broad diets had failed. IllustrativeRead →

Hair Cortisol Illustrative

Hair cortisol confirms chronic HPA-axis load in burnout Months of cumulative cortisol exposure, read from a single hair sample. IllustrativeRead →

Hair Testosterone Illustrative

Elevated hair testosterone in a hyperandrogenic presentation A longer-term androgen picture supporting a PCOS-adjacent workup. IllustrativeRead →

Heavy Metals Illustrative

Tracing a mercury burden to amalgam and dietary fish A heavy-metal hair screen isolating the exposure source before intervention. IllustrativeRead →

inFoods IBS Illustrative

Mapping IBS triggers with the inFoods panel Turning a symptomatic IBS picture into a targeted dietary trigger list. IllustrativeRead →

Cases marked Illustrative are composite educational scenarios, not individual patient records.

Knowledge library

Practitioner articles from CanAlt.

Educational articles and clinical notes across our test lines — colour-coded by test family.

Food IgG Intestinal Permeability and IgG Food Reactions March 4, 2024Read → Hair Mineral Top 3 FAQs about Hair Mineral Analysis October 24, 2023Read → Hair Testosterone Testosterone in Women: A Background Note for Practitioner Education September 12, 2023Read → Hair Testosterone Understanding Testosterone Levels in Men September 12, 2023Read → Hair Cortisol The Impact of Cortisol on Hair Loss and Skin Conditions April 24, 2023Read → Food IgG Weight Loss and Food Intolerance June 14, 2022Read → Food IgG Testing & Leaky Gut Syndrome January 24, 2020Read → Heavy Metals Lead Safety & Precautions December 29, 2019Read → Functional All About Infertility December 11, 2019Read → Food IgG A1 and A2 Milk Proteins and Food Sensitivity Testing August 19, 2019Read → Hair Mineral Hair Analysis and the Role of Selenium in Human Metabolic Processes July 25, 2019Read → Hair Mineral Value of Hair Analysis Testing in Children's Health July 4, 2019Read → Food IgG So What Exactly is Food Intolerance? May 30, 2017Read → Hair Mineral Relation Between Iodine and Selenium May 5, 2017Read →

Webinars

Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis: A Deeper DiveMay 27, 2021
Food Intolerances — the Unexpected ResultNovember 25, 2020
Hair Mineral Analysis: Effective Interpretation & Application of ResultsOctober 28, 2020
Educational Seminar HighlightsSeptember 14, 2019

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