Category: Minerals

Minerals & Gut Health!

What do minerals have to do with our gut health? Everything! But seriously, they have a big impact on many different aspects of gut health from supporting digestion to ensuring our immune system is functioning properly to avoiding imbalances of bacteria and fungus. They really impact every aspect of our gut health. One of the […]
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Hallmarks of endometriosis

With endometriosis, similar tissue can be found on the ovaries, fallopian tubes, rectum, bladder, and intestines. 10% of women in the world have endometriosis. Because getting a diagnosis can be difficult since it requires exploratory surgery, this number is likely much higher. One of the most important things I discussed with Cindy from @endo.fertility.dietitian in […]
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The many benefits of sodium

Prioritize this before you invest in another supplement… When I was recently asked about what I’m doing to support my body in a stressful season, and my answer was to increase my sodium intake, I was immediately met with, “But what supplements are you taking?” which really made me pause. Are there supplements that can […]
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Stress and your thyroid

In this podcast episode on the AYM Podcast, @kaelyRD and I dive deep into every area of thyroid health, including how stress impacts your thyroid and how a low-functioning thyroid then in turn impacts your menstrual cycle. If you haven’t heard of the OAT axis (or the ovarian-adrenal-thyroid axis), it’s the communication between these three […]
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Assessing thyroid health

There are several ways you can assess your thyroid function. One of the best ways, in our opinion, is by how you feel. Thyroid dysfunction usually goes hand in hand with period problems, see this blog post for info on the connection between your thyroid and your cycle!, but there are so many other symptoms […]
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Major Minerals That Impact Blood Sugar/Insulin

You can connect many minerals to blood sugar, but if I had to pick the most important to focus on, I’d choose these: Other minerals that can also impact blood sugar and insulin include: boron, zinc, selenium, chromium, and iodine. These are not macro minerals, which is why I don’t recommend focusing on them first. […]
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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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