Category: Minerals

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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How minerals impact hormones

There’s not a day that goes by where I don’t get a DM about someone’s DUTCH test or hormone blood work that shows a hormone imbalance and then asking what they should do about it. I cannot answer these DM’s (not safe for you or me), but if I did, my first question would be […]
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Supporting Minerals For A Healthy Stress Response

Not only can we minimize stressors using nutrition but we can also strengthen our body’s ability to handle stress through nutrition principles. I am going to dig into specific minerals we can focus on prioritizing without having any testing done, but make sure you are eating enough (I talk about how to know if you […]
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Prioritizing Minerals To Support 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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Thyroid Foundations Deep Dive

The topic of thyroid health has generated an overwhelming number of questions. You don’t need to be diagnosed with hypothyroidism to suffer from thyroid issues. I’ve discovered subclinical thyroid dysfunction in myself and many of my clients, impairing their ability to heal fully. How does the thyroid work? Your thyroid powers every cell in your […]
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Zinc & Fertility

Zinc is an important mineral for many reasons. I think zinc is likely most well-known for immune system function. When I did a question box in my Instagram stories, a lot of the questions were about taking zinc when you’re sick or to prevent illness. While zinc is absolutely important for our immune system health […]
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Optimizing Potassium For Healthy Hormones

Potassium is one of those minerals that most people can start supporting without doing any testing and start seeing benefits because of all of the different areas of our health it impacts. Let’s talk about exactly how potassium impacts our hormones, what depletes it, and how you can start supporting potassium levels today. How Potassium […]
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Do I Really Need More Salt?

Sodium is a very misunderstood mineral. Some people love it and recommend not limiting your intake and pounding salt/electrolyte powders. Others avoid it like the plague because of blood pressure concerns. As usual, the true optimal approach to sodium lies somewhere in between these extremes. We need sodium. It’s an essential mineral for nourishing our […]
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3 Ways Magnesium Impacts Our Hormones

Magnesium is one of the more well known minerals. It is required for over 3,000 different reactions in the body to occur properly including processes involved with heart health, detoxification, stress reduction, nutrient status (vitamin D, excess sodium, Ceruloplasmin, calcium), bone health, dental health, blood sugar balance and mental health. I think one of the […]
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Getting To The Root Of High Calcium On An HTMA

Calcium is a misunderstood mineral. While it’s often touted for its importance for bone health, it does SO many other things in the body. We need enough calcium in order to have optimal heart health, a healthy nervous system, proper muscle growth and contraction, cell division, blood clotting, maintaining pH balance, supporting thyroid health, and […]
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