Hair analysis- thoughts?

[poiuytrewq]

As I've said before I like scientific evidence to support things
Ie I'm not an animal communicator user!
A friend has had a hair analysis done on her mares mane hair and is convinced the outcome is amazing...
Is hair analysis actually a useful way to spot deficiencies? I'm thinking this one I can believe! I know info can be obtained from hairs so it seems feasible that this could work?
Horse in question was very nervous and the lady who does the test them recommended herbs/ flower remedies which would help her. She is since noticeably calmer.
What do we think?!

 

[wench]

As I've said before I like scientific evidence to support things
Ie I'm not an animal communicator user!
A friend has had a hair analysis done on her mares mane hair and is convinced the outcome is amazing...
Is hair analysis actually a useful way to spot deficiencies? I'm thinking this one I can believe! I know info can be obtained from hairs so it seems feasible that this could work?
Horse in question was very nervous and the lady who does the test them recommended herbs/ flower remedies which would help her. She is since noticeably calmer.
What do we think?!

I had one done on my horse out of curiosity. It certainly backed up what the vet told me about the horse...

 

[Erin]

I had one done - gave completely opposite results to a blood test and a forage analysis, so I wouldn't waste your money to be honest.

(And had I followed the advice of the hair analysis, I would have made my pony quite ill!)

There are plenty of herbal calmer remedies already available on the internet!

 

[poiuytrewq]

Im not after a herbal calmer Its just I used the tense pony as an example because that's the case I know about.
A deficiency can/could cause any sort of symptom or none at all, Just find it quite interesting.
I have a pony who has problems but nothing conventional helps. He gets a clean bill of health from vets, dentists, saddlers, physio's In fact everyone who's seen him. Im still absolutely convinced something is amiss and I think willing to give it a try. I'm not going to inform the tester of his problem so will be interested to see if she comes up with something that would tie in?