Category: Minerals

Supporting Minerals In Children

When I think of how we can support mineral status in children, it isn’t a whole heck of a lot different than what I typically recommend in adults. When it comes to hair tissue mineral analysis, there are absolutely differences in reading the test (learn more inside my bonus episode I did on this in Patreon), […]
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Adrenal cocktails for pregnancy

During my first pregnancy, one of my biggest obsessions was homemade limeade adrenal cocktails. I don’t know what it was, but I craved limes like I never have before. Before I go into this pregnancy version of the adrenal cocktail, know that ANY version is going to be helpful during pregnancy. This is just one […]
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Fatigue Case Study: Replenishing Nutrients To Boost Energy

Taylor came to us with extreme fatigue (and I mean extreme) and a slew of other symptoms that were very concerning to her. She started out in the Master Your Minerals course and then did a results review with me. She discovered she had very low mineral levels and was as depleted as she felt. […]
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How metabolism impacts hormones

If your health journey was a train ride and the stops were your body’s systems, hormones would be the very last stop. Hormones are slow to change, and by the time we experience hormonal chaos, it means that we’ve likely been dealing with other imbalances for quite some time. The good news is, regardless of […]
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Rebalancing Hashimoto’s Hypothyroidism Case Study

Tina joined the Master Your Minerals course and did 1:1 work with me when she could not find answers to her thyroid and hormone concerns. She had been diagnosed with Hashimoto’s a few years earlier and had steadily rising antibodies, continued to increase the dose of her thyroid medication, and had a short cycle, no […]
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How To Assess Stress On An HTMA

I think this is one of the most helpful and important aspects of using hair mineral testing and something we can all benefit from. I break down some major areas below and cover more important ratios in this podcast episode! Quick Look At HTMA & Stress Before we dive right into identifying stress on an […]
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Why Magnesium Is Crucial For Menopause

Magnesium is an important mineral for all women, but low levels of magnesium is a common imbalance I see in midlife women. This typically goes hand in hand with high calcium since a magnesium deficiency can lead to more calcium loss. Calcium loss leads to bone health issues but can also slow down your metabolism […]
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Minerals & The Nervous System

One of the first things I think of when I think of evaluating our nervous system is of course, hair tissue mineral analysis (HTMA). On an HTMA, there is a significant ratio called the nervous system ratio, which consists of calcium and phosphorus. Calcium is controlled by the parasympathetic branch of our autonomic nervous system. […]
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How Zinc Impacts Our Mental Health

On the Are You Menstrual? Podcast I did an episode on the 3 Minerals That Impact Mental Health. I go through three minerals that impact our mental health and zinc is one of the major ones I want to highlight here in this blog post. Zinc deficiency is associated with many mental health conditions such […]
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Three Minerals You Want To Test & Not Guess Before Supplementing

Supplements are so common these days that it’s easy to forget just how powerful they are. You can go to the grocery store, pharmacy, and most prominently, online to find just about anything you need. I think it’s great that access to supplements is so widely available, but the downside to supplements being so readily […]
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