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Boosting your Libido with Minerals
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You’ve probably heard about mineral supplements for sleep, stress, and immunity—but what about minerals for sex?
It turns out minerals are an effective (and simple) way to increase your sex drive. A lot of the underlying biology that drives libido relies on minerals, from hormones to blood flow, and a good mineral supplement will enhance your sex drive more than you might expect.
Here’s a look at how minerals affect libido, and how you can use a mineral supplement to improve your sex life.
Minerals to Support Testosterone Production
Most of us think of testosterone as a male hormone, but it’s essential to libido in men AND women. Testosterone is one of the main hormonal drivers of libido, and is often prescribed to both men and women with low sex drive. [ * ][ * ][ * ][ * ]
Minerals play a major role in testosterone production. They’re co-factors for testosterone synthesis as well as distribution, and mineral depletion is strongly associated with lower testosterone levels. [ * ][ * ]
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Magnesium increases testosterone production and enhances cellular access to testosterone. [ * ] Conversely, low magnesium decreases testosterone levels [ * ] (and more than 60% of Americans have low magnesium, while 45% are clinically deficient[ * ]).
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Zinc is essential for testosterone production. It plays a central role in fertility, especially in men, and even marginally low zinc levels (on the low end of the “acceptable range” in standard zinc tests) leads to lower testosterone, [ * ] while a zinc supplement increases it for both men and women. [ * ][ * ]
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Selenium works as a co-factor alongside zinc, and is also important for both testosterone production and fertility. [ * ]
- Boron increases the bioavailability of testosterone (and estrogen in women). [ * ]
You use a variety of minerals to create testosterone and giving your body the raw materials it needs, can support your testosterone levels and increase libido.
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Minerals for Enhanced Blood Flow
After about age 35, blood flow to sex organs begins to decrease for both men and women. For men it translates to decreased erection quality, [ * ] while for women it causes decreased lubrication. [ * ] Both can make it more difficult to have sex.
A number of minerals regulate blood flow. Magnesium, potassium, and sodium all work together to normalize blood pressure and promote even blood flow throughout the body. [ * ]
Minerals also affect nitric oxide levels. Nitric oxide is a potent vasodilator—it widens blood vessels, allowing more blood to pass through—and is the main biological driver of erection quality for men. [ * ] Research shows that trace minerals—the variety of lesser-used minerals the body needs—are essential for nitric oxide production, and deficiencies in trace minerals correlate with low cellular nitric oxide expression. [ * ]
It’s not just your hormones that control sex drive. Your physical biology needs to work properly too. Minerals regulate both, which is why they have such a major impact on sex drive.
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Boost Your Libido with a Full-Spectrum Mineral Supplement
A 2022 national medical survey found that 97% of Americans have at least one mineral deficiency. [ * ]
Almost all of us are short on minerals, and the minerals that support libido—magnesium, potassium, zinc, boron, selenium, and others—are among the most common deficiencies in the U.S.
If you want to replenish your minerals and increase your libido, you could get your mineral levels tested and supplement with a bunch of single minerals. But that can take weeks of testing and retesting, multiple doctor visits, and a cabinet full of supplements.
That’s where BEAM Minerals comes in. We offer full-spectrum mineral supplements that contain every single mineral the human body needs, in ideal ratios, with close to 100% bioavailability.
Our liquid mineral supplements are derived from humate, a mineral-rich component of soil. Over thousands of years, plants break down and deposit their minerals into the ground. Humate forms as those plant minerals aggregate and form a black, crystalline substance.
We take humate, from ancient decomposed rainforest deposits, and extract it into two ultra-potent liquid supplements, called humic and fulvic complexes. Together, these supplements provide every single mineral your body needs, delivered in a liquid form that’s far more absorbable than the rocks, shells and bones from which most standard mineral supplements are extracted.
BEAM Minerals liquid supplements taste like water and you can use them to replenish all your body’s mineral stores in 30 seconds every morning, without the need for a cabinet full of pills and powders.
Give BEAM Minerals a try. They’re a powerful way to support testosterone production in your body and bring vitality back to your sex drive.
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FAQs
Can I take BEAM Minerals with my other supplements?
Yes, in fact, BEAM Minerals will enhance the bioavailability of all your other supplements.
What is the difference between Micro-BOOST™ and Electrolyze™?
Electrolyze™ is primarily composed of Fulvic Mineral Complexes . Fulvic complexes are small molecules that provide inter-cellular transport for nutritional elements into the cells and carry bio-waste out of the cells. Fulvic complexes are flavonoids , which provide many benefits in the body.
Micro-BOOST™ is primarily composed of the Humic Mineral Complexes . Humic complexes are large molecules that are extra-cellular, meaning they do not enter the cells but stay outside the cells. They are highly-charged molecules that attract, through their electrical charge, bio-waste, free radicals and heavy metals. They ultimately carry bio-waste out of the body. Thus, we call them “Nature’s Janitor”.
How many milligrams (mg) of an electrolyte (Potassium, Magnesium, Sodium, Calcium, etc.) is there in BEAM Minerals?
The quantities of each element in BEAM Minerals products are measured in “parts per million” (ppm), rather than the “milligrams” (mg). Here is the information which usually helps to understand the difference:
Milligrams (mg) vs parts per million (ppm)
In comparing our products to other supplements, people want to know how much of an electrolyte is in our products (like potassium, magnesium, sodium, calcium). Usually they are looking for an amount in milligrams (mg).
We have a hard time answering that question, because the electrolytes (and other elements) in BEAM Minerals products are measured in parts per million (ppm). So how can consumers compare?
The answer is a little complex, but here’s the high points.
The electrolytes in BEAM Minerals products are provided in “trace” amounts that are completely dissolved and thus 100% bio-available, immediately introduced into your circulation when you consumed them and will produce and active effect.
When you take a 320mg pill of magnesium, your body is only able utilize about 12-20% of it as it takes some time because your body has to digest it first. Whatever is not dissolved gets processed out of your body.
When you take a capful of liquid Electrolyze™ and/or Micro-BOOST™, you receive approximately 5.22 ppm of magnesium in which 100% of the magnesium is immediately available to your body. In addition, an important to know is that the magnesium in BEAM Minerals products stay in your system much longer building up healthy levels as you continue to take it daily.
