A new technology, known as inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry, is a test that is highly sensitive and extremely accurate regarding mineral balance in the body. It is called a Tissue Mineral Analysis (TMA), also known as a Minerogram, and is considered the gold standard test used around the world for the biological monitoring of trace elements and toxic heavy metals. It is used in both humans and animals for environmental and forensic investigation.
This science was developed in the 1960s by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) quartered at the Vienna International Centre in Austria.
All of the body’s essential minerals are not tested by blood analysis in parts per million as is necessary to evaluate one’s trace mineral balance. A Minerogram is one of the most important tests to be performed to determine one’s mineral balance.