Signs Your Body Needs Minerals: 
Chronic fatigue
Always feeling "so stressed out."
Frequent urination/excessive thirst
Muscle weakness, tightness, or cramping
Irregular heart beat
Adrenal dysfunction
If you are struggling with stress and chronic fatigue, your body needs minerals.
As we head into a higher-stress season, your body needs some extra TLC. If you are not already taking a mineral supplement, now is the time to start. Why? Minerals are rapidly depleted during times of stress. But here's the catch, minerals are needed to support the stress response. Add high intensity workouts, lack of sleep, and lack of sunshine on top of it, and it's easy to see why so many women struggle with chronic fatigue, chronic illness, adrenal issues, and thyroid problems.
Basically, minerals are your body's "spark plugs" -- they are required to activate the more than 20,000 enzyme reactions in your body.
When minerals are depleted, your body doesn't have the resources it needs to create energy at a cellular level and support enzyme function. Our mitochondria are rich in minerals, and minerals are the catalyst for energy creation within our cells.
So where have all of the minerals gone?
1. Minerals are largely missing from our food supply due to decades of farming where land hasn't been given an opportunity to rest, combined with the effects of pesticides, herbicides, and air and water pollution. Our soil has slowly been drained of its vital elements. Minerals cannot be created by the body. We must consume them from our diet.
2. Most people aren't absorbing the minerals they are eating in their food due to poor gut health.
3. Minerals need to be fat soluble vitamins to be properly absorbed. The low-fat movement scared people away from foods rich in fat soluble vitamins like meats, organ meats, eggs, and grass-fed butter. If you have bone density issues or tooth decay/cavities/root canals, you likely have a deficiency in fat soluble vitamins.
4. During pregnancy and breastfeeding, minerals are depleted. Without intentionality, the body can quickly become depleted.
5. Table salt is highly processed and removes trace minerals, whereas unprocessed sea salt contains all the trace minerals along with the sodium.
If you're struggling with signs and symptoms of mineral depletion, there are many ways to support your body with minerals.
1. My favorite way is just using a simple unprocessed sea salt when cooking like this one https://a.co/d/fzFyYKj.. or this one https://a.co/d/fzFyYKj.. You can also drink an adrenal cocktail which has Vitamin C, potassium, trace minerals.
2. If you have had a really stressful season or if you are like me and had back-to-back babies, I would add Mineral drops to your filtered water.
Here are two of my favorites:
Mineral Essence https://m.lfstps.com/ZmV4/CHw3X
Trace Minerals: https://a.co/d/3DBSali
3. Eat fruits and veggies in season and from local sources to reduce mineral depletion.
4. Incorporate grass-fed beef and organ meats into your diet, which are rich in minerals and fat soluble vitamins (needed for mineral absorption).
5. Drink an adrenal cocktail (I'll post a recipe below).
6. Get outside! Sun exposure will increase your Vitamin D, which is necessary for mineral absorption.
Do you supplement with minerals? Has it made a difference? If you haven't intentionally added minerals to your daily regiment, give it a shot for 90 days and I'd love to hear how they make you feel!
Blessings!
Melinda Haak
Adrenal Cocktail Recipe:
Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup orange juice (for vitamin C)
- 1/4 cup coconut water
- 2 Tablespoons coconut cream or milk
- 1/4 tsp cream of tartar (for potassium)
- 1/4 tsp unprocessed sea salt (sodium + trace minerals)
Directions: Mix, and sip! Drink midmorning to support cortisol rhythms.
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