Lorrel Elian is a holistic practitioner from Alberta who entered the natural health field after personal struggles with her own health and her daughter’s food allergies. Initially trained in fitness and personal training, she became increasingly interested in nutrition when her daughter developed reactions to foods like milk and eggs. Seeking answers beyond conventional medicine, Lorrel explored dietary changes, supplements, and holistic approaches that brought real improvements to her family’s health. Over time, her practice deepened as she discovered hair tissue mineral analysis (HTMA), which she found gave unique insights into mineral imbalances and stress patterns that conventional lab tests often missed.

In this interview, Lorrel recounts her personal journey from fitness into holistic nutrition, and how minerals became central to her work. She describes how mineral deficiencies can contribute to fatigue, weight issues, brain fog, and thyroid imbalance, and how correcting these patterns through diet and targeted supplementation helped her and many clients restore health and vitality. She explains how stress depletes minerals, leaving the body vulnerable, and shares stories of clients whose health turned around once their mineral patterns were corrected. For Lorrel, natural health is about understanding the body’s signals, giving it what it needs to rebalance, and trusting its ability to heal. Her message to Ottawa is clear: protecting access to natural health products and tests like HTMA is essential, because they provide Canadians with safe, life-changing options that conventional medicine often overlooks.