Founder of The Mineral Method
Will Houghton is the founder of The Mineral Method, an approach to health that combines Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis (HTMA), mineral balance, nervous system regulation and lifestyle to help people build long-term health.
Since qualifying as a Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis practitioner in 2010, Will has spent more than 15 years working with thousands of clients throughout the UK and internationally. He leads a growing UK team, trains practitioners around the world in The Mineral Method, and advises practitioners managing complex HTMA cases, including practitioners based in London’s Harley Street.
Alongside his clinical work, Will has been interviewed on UK and international health podcasts including Crow777 Radio, SGT Report, Patriot Streetfighter and The People’s Health Alliance Podcast, discussing mineral health, Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis and natural approaches to restoring health.
Natural health wasn’t my first career—it became my purpose.
Before becoming a practitioner, I spent many years working for leading media companies before establishing and running several businesses of my own. Like many entrepreneurs, I enjoyed the challenge and responsibility, but years of long hours and constant pressure eventually caught up with me.
By the time I became a husband and father, I realised that although I had achieved success professionally, my own health was moving in the wrong direction. Burnout forced me to stop and ask a simple question:
Why was I becoming less healthy despite working harder than ever?
That question changed the direction of my life.
Determined to understand the deeper causes of health, I immersed myself in the study of nutrition, physiology and human performance. In 2010, I qualified in Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis (HTMA) and began practising Nutritional Balancing.
Like many practitioners at the time, I believed that correcting mineral imbalances was the missing piece.
As the years passed, I continued to expand my training beyond nutrition, studying body-based therapies including SCENAR Therapy, movement rehabilitation, mindfulness and nervous system regulation. Every discipline added another perspective and helped me better understand the complexity of human health.
After working with thousands of people over more than fifteen years, one thing became increasingly clear.
Minerals are fundamental to health—but they are rarely the whole story.
People with very similar HTMA results often experienced completely different outcomes. Some recovered quickly, while others continued to struggle despite following similar programmes. The difference was often found elsewhere—in chronic stress, nervous system function, emotional wellbeing, sleep, movement, relationships, purpose and the way people lived their lives.
That experience gradually changed the way I practise.
Today, I still believe Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis is one of the most valuable tools available for understanding physiology and mineral balance. However, I no longer see it as the destination. I see it as the beginning.
That understanding became the foundation of The Mineral Method.
Rather than focusing solely on supplements or chasing perfect mineral ratios, The Mineral Method combines the insights gained from HTMA with nutrition, nervous system regulation, movement, lifestyle and practical behavioural change.
It recognises that minerals provide the foundation for health, but lasting wellbeing depends on much more than biochemistry alone. The way we eat, sleep, move, recover from stress, think, connect with others and engage with life all influence how our bodies function and heal.
My goal has never been to help people achieve perfect mineral ratios.
It has always been to help people better understand their bodies, restore resilience and create sustainable health.
Today, my work is divided between working directly with clients, mentoring practitioners and training healthcare professionals internationally in The Mineral Method. Everything I do is built around the same principle:
Work with the body’s physiology, not against it.
Qualifications & Experience
- Founder of The Mineral Method
- Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis (HTMA) Practitioner since 2010
- More than 15 years of clinical practice
- Worked with thousands of clients throughout the UK and internationally
- Trains practitioners internationally in The Mineral Method
- Leads a growing UK practitioner team
- Advises practitioners managing complex HTMA cases, including practitioners based in London’s Harley Street
- Trained in Nutritional Balancing
- SCENAR Therapy Practitioner
- Further training in movement rehabilitation, mindfulness, trauna release and nervous system regulation
- Guest on UK and international podcasts including Crow777 Radio, SGT Report, Patriot Streetfighter and The People’s Health Alliance Podcast