What Your Hair Is Telling You About Your Health with Dana Irvine FDNP

If your bloodwork keeps coming back "normal," but youstill feel exhausted, anxious, and hormonally off — this episode is for you.

Dana Irvine, FDNP CCT, breaks down Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis (HTMA): what it is, what it reveals, and why it catches what standard blood tests routinely miss. From magnesium depletion and adrenal burnout to the zinc-copperconnection behind estrogen dominance symptoms, Dana shows how a single hair sample can map three months of your body's metabolic story — and how that blueprint becomes a truly personalized healing protocol.

What You'll Learn

• Why HTMA captures what blood tests miss

• Key minerals tied to perimenopause brain fog, hair loss, and breast tenderness

• How sodium/potassium ratios reveal adrenal exhaustion patterns

• The zinc-copper imbalance driving estrogen dominance symptoms

• How HTMA integrates into a root-cause hormone protocol

Episode Timeline

00:00 Introduction to HTMA

01:44 What HTMA is and how it works

03:01 Blood tests vs. HTMA — the key difference

03:47 Why mineral ratios matter more than individual levels

05:33 Magnesium, sodium & potassium — your stress and adrenal minerals

06:53 Zinc, copper & the estrogen dominance connection

08:13 Symptoms that point to mineral dysfunction

09:57 HTMA inside the FDN H.I.D.D.E.N. framework

11:46 Personalized protocols and the four oxidation types

12:39 Retesting and tracking your healing progress

13:32 Thermography as a companion tool

16:02 RESTORE Program — HTMA with CanAlt built in

18:11 Your next step: 10 Day Breast & Hormone Reset or the 5 Root Causes Disrupting Your Breast and Hormone Health

19:50 Closing

Resources

• CanAlt Laboratories — Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis — https://canaltlabs.com

• Thermography Medical Clinic

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