14/01/2026
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Full Case Study: https://functionalhealthclinic.co.uk/case-study-nicki-going-from-extremes-to-mastery/
This was an interesting part of our client Nicki's process.
We had these key markers:
- A High level of Aluminium accumulation in the Hair Tissue.
- An exposure history of using aluminium based deodorant/antiperspirant sprays since being a teenager.
- High Aluminium levels can be linked to a pattern of iron loss due to destruction of body cells.
- Iron status issues on the Blood Chemistry.
- Aluminium has been linked with displacing calcium in bone (see later discussion on Nicki’s Calcium status).
And there are plenty of aluminium exposure sources too: cans, food cooked in aluminium cookware, use of aluminium-containing antacids, use of anti-perspirants, drinking water, (aluminium is frequently added to municipal water), baking powders, drying agents in salt and other products, processed cheese, bleached flour, fluoridated water increases leaching of aluminium from aluminium pots and pans.
In very simple terms, hair tests are useful in understanding toxic burden, but they can’t show you everything you may need to know.
But one thing is certain (short of contaminating a tissue sample) if you have Aluminium in the hair tissue, then it has come from inside the body.
Nicki’s High Aluminium suggest that her body burden is relatively high and that she is eliminating some of it out through the hair tissues.
In many ways this is an excellent sign. Why? Well, not because you would choose to have high levels of Aluminium in the body, but if there are high levels, then the next thing to want in place is the ability to eliminate it.
It may often take several hair tests before aluminium is revealed on the test. This is because the aluminium may be tightly bound within body tissues and several months on a ‘nutrition’ program may be required to mobilize the aluminium.
Given the nature of the data and duration we had, we focussed on the Foundational Factors for Nicki during her program. Ensuring that her elimination and detoxification pathways were supported.
And she also switched her under-arm spray to using some more natural products and approaches.
In consideration with some other findings too she did also carefully apply some use of ‘Silica’, in the form of Bentonite clay baths and Gut Binders.
Jack
Full Case Study: https://functionalhealthclinic.co.uk/case-study-nicki-going-from-extremes-to-mastery/
