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Stuffing, Sugar & Stress? Minerals to the Rescue
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The average person gains 2-5 pounds during the holiday season. [ * ]
Between rich food, tempting desserts, plentiful alcohol, and the stress of travel, the holidays are the worst time of year for staying fit.
But there’s a simple way to beat holiday weight gain: get more minerals.
Replenishing your mineral stores helps stop cravings, so you feel more in control of your food choices during the holidays. Minerals also ease stress—perfect if you’re hosting or facing a long travel day.
And if you decide to overindulge, a good mineral supplement will help you recover faster. It’s perfect for getting back on your feet after a big night of eating and drinking.
Here’s how you can use minerals to look and feel your best this holiday season.
Minerals Help Stop Food Cravings
If you crave sugar, salt, or processed foods during the holidays, you may actually be starving for minerals.
Cravings are often nutrient deficiencies in disguise. Researchers call this phenomenon “hidden hunger”: if you don’t meet your body’s mineral needs, you’ll feel hungry and experience cravings, no matter how much food you eat. [ * ]
The reason is that minerals regulate leptin and ghrelin, your two main hunger hormones.
Leptin makes you feel full, while ghrelin makes you feel hungry. When you’re short on minerals, both go in the wrong direction.
A zinc supplement increases leptin and lowers appetite. [ * ] Conversely, low zinc decreases leptin, making it harder to feel full after you eat. [ * ]
Magnesium helps with weight loss by stimulating leptin production, increasing satiety after meals. [ * ] People with magnesium deficiencies are more likely to gain weight, and replenishing magnesium speeds up weight loss. [ * ]
Calcium suppresses appetite in healthy adults, according to a 2015 study. The researchers believe it’s due to increased leptin. [ * ]
Selenium also regulates appetite by balancing leptin and ghrelin. It has a bonus benefit as well: increasing selenium helps you absorb and retain other appetite-suppressing minerals. [ * ]
More than 90% of American adults have at least one mineral deficiency, according to the CDC. [ *] A deficiency in one of the above minerals can make food cravings worse.
But if you replenish these minerals, you’ll feel a noticeable improvement in both cravings and hunger. You’ll regain control of your behavior around food, even during the holidays.
Minerals For Stress and Travel
Hosting, traveling, dealing with difficult family—for many of us, the holiday season comes with stress.
You’re also more likely to get sick. According to a 2016 study, more American adults get the flu during winter holidays than any other time of year. [ * ] The study’s authors chalk it up to traveling, plus lowered immunity from alcohol and stress.
Again, minerals can help. Several minerals relieve stress and boost your immune system.
- People who took a broad-spectrum mineral supplement showed lower stress levels. [ * ] They also had lower cortisol,less anxiety and more stable mood.
Replenishing zinc stores relieved stress-induced depression and made people more resistant to stress going forward. [ * ]
Taking magnesium made people less affected by stress. They also recovered from stress faster. [ * ]
In a 2015 study, people who had just been rescued from a natural disaster took either a broad-spectrum mineral supplement or a placebo daily for six weeks. Those who took the mineral supplement showed significantly faster recovery from stress and lower anxiety. [ * ]
A 2023 study found that zinc, copper, iron, magnesium, and selenium all support immune function, increasing your resistance to illness. [ * ]
A good mineral supplement will help you stay relaxed and illness-free, no matter how hectic the holidays become.
When to Take Minerals During the Holidays
At BEAM Minerals, we make mineral replenishment easy. Our liquid complex minerals contain every essential mineral your body needs, in the right ratios, with rapid absorption.
For general wellbeing, it’s a good idea to take a shot of BEAM Minerals every morning. It tastes like water and refills all your mineral stores at once.
But during the holidays you may want some extra support. If you’re going to drink alcohol or eat a big meal, try taking half a shot of BEAM before and after you partake. The extra minerals will help you feel your best.
And if you overindulge, make sure to take a full shot of BEAM Minerals the next morning. The electrolytes will rehydrate you, and the plant-based humic compounds in BEAM will gently bind and remove any lingering byproducts from alcohol or unhealthy food.
Make sure you have BEAM Minerals at your side this holiday season. They can help you resist food cravings, manage stress, and guard against illness—so you make it to the New Year feeling great.
And if you’re flying somewhere for the holidays, make sure you pick up our Travel Pack. It’s the same comprehensive mineral support, in a smaller package that makes travel easy.
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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.
