The word "protocol" gets used in wellness circles to describe everything from a three-day juice cleanse to a 40-supplement stack. What Health Purely means by a personalized protocol is something more specific - a practitioner-reviewed plan built from your own lab data, intake context, and health goals.
It starts with intake, not labs
Before any labs are reviewed, every Health Purely member completes a detailed intake process. This covers current health concerns, symptoms, sleep and energy patterns, dietary habits, stress load, supplement history, and health goals. The intake creates the interpretive frame for everything that follows.
This matters because the same HTMA result can mean different things in different contexts. An elevated copper level in someone with a history of vegetarian eating and high stress signals something different than the same finding in someone with a lengthy copper IUD history. Context changes everything.
HTMA: the data layer
The HTMA results arrive after lab processing - typically a hair sample sent to an accredited lab and analyzed for 35 to 40 minerals and toxic elements. The raw results show each mineral's absolute value, whether it falls above, below, or within functional reference ranges, and how key ratios compare to optimal targets.
This data layer is what makes the protocol personalized in a meaningful way. Instead of recommending magnesium because it's broadly beneficial, the protocol specifies the form, dose, and timing based on your specific calcium-to-magnesium ratio, your overall mineral patterns, and what your intake tells us about how you absorb and tolerate it.
Practitioner review, not algorithm review
Every Health Purely protocol is reviewed by Kathy Krase, ND before it reaches the member. This isn't automated output. It's a clinical judgment call that integrates your lab data, intake history, and any open questions that require professional consideration before recommendations are finalized.
What the protocol contains
A completed Health Purely protocol includes three primary components:
- Supplement recommendations: Specific products, forms, and doses selected to address your mineral patterns. Each supplement includes a titration schedule - start doses that ramp up gradually to reduce the chance of reactions and help the body adjust.
- Dietary guidance: Food recommendations aligned with your metabolic type and mineral priorities. Not a rigid meal plan, but directional guidance - which foods to emphasize, which to moderate, and why.
- Lifestyle support: Targeted recommendations around sleep, stress management, hydration, and movement - the context layer that determines whether the supplements and diet work as intended.
It's designed to evolve
A protocol is not a static document. Mineral balance shifts in response to the protocol itself - as imbalances correct, new patterns emerge and priorities change. Health Purely includes a retest cycle so results can be compared over time and the protocol updated accordingly.
This is what separates a personalized protocol from a one-time supplement recommendation: it's designed to track, adjust, and stay calibrated to where you actually are, not where you were six months ago.