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Stay Energized: Mineral Support for an Active Life
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What are the best minerals for athletes?
If you’re physically active, you need more minerals than the average person. Minerals can help you perform better on multiple levels, from endurance to recovery to increased strength.
Let’s take a look at the best minerals for athletic performance and how they can help you take your workouts to the next level.
Electrolytes for Dehydration & Strength
Dehydration doesn’t seem like a big deal, but it has a surprising impact on both physical and mental performance.
A 2014 study found that mildly dehydrated people had a 16% decrease in muscle strength during a workout. [*]
A 2012 study found that just 2% dehydration impaired concentration, memory, and physical coordination in healthy participants. [*]
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In a 2010 study, mildly dehydrated people reported greater mental fatigue and lower overall energy while lifting weights. [*]
Dehydration is an easy fix. In all of the above studies, rehydrating with water and electrolytes restored people’s performance almost immediately.
But the key there is electrolytes. Electrolytes allow your muscles to contract and relax properly, which is why dehydration causes a 10-20% decrease in performance.
The water in your body is rich in electrolyte minerals, and you lose a surprising amount throughout the day, especially during exercise. Replenishment matters most in summer, when you deplete electrolytes about 40% faster. [*]
The most important electrolytes are magnesium, potassium, sodium, calcium, and chloride. A good mineral formula, like Electrolyze™, replenishes all of them at the same time, in an optimal ratio.
If you want an instant upgrade in the gym, add electrolytes to a water bottle and drink it throughout the day. You’ll see a measurable increase in energy, strength, focus, and endurance.
Post-Workout Minerals for Muscle Soreness & Recovery
Minerals also speed up muscle recovery—and the benefits are bigger than you might expect.
People who took magnesium after exercise showed 15-30% faster muscle recovery, as well as increased strength and endurance during weightlifting. [*]
Runners who took a combination of iron, zinc, selenium, and manganese after a race showed significantly faster muscle recovery than runners who took placebo. [*]
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A large review of exercise research found that deficiencies in zinc, magnesium, and potassium lead to slower muscle repair and greater muscle soreness after a workout. [*]
Most post-workout replenishment focuses on protein, but that’s only half of the story. Your muscles need minerals to put that protein to good use. Mineral deficiencies slow down muscle repair, increase soreness, and decrease muscle growth after a tough workout.
Deficiencies are also surprisingly common. About 45% of US adults are deficient in magnesium, while 97% are deficient in potassium. [*][*]
If you want to speed up recovery and build muscle faster, a full-spectrum formula can help.
Minerals for Muscle Cramps
Minerals also help with muscle cramps. Your muscles need two different minerals to contract properly: calcium and magnesium.
Calcium causes your muscles to contract and shorten. When you want to contract your muscle, your brain sends a signal to flood your muscle with calcium. As it attaches to your muscle cells, they latch together and pull on each other, producing a contraction. All muscle contractions require calcium. [*]
Magnesium reverses the process. When you want to relax your muscle, magnesium floods into your muscle cells and displaces calcium. As calcium exits and magnesium replaces it, your muscle fibers let go of each other, relax, and lengthen. Without magnesium, your muscles can’t relax. [*]
You need lots of both calcium and magnesium for your muscles to function smoothly. If the ratio of the two is unbalanced, your muscles can get “stuck” in a contracted state. The result is a muscle cramp—a painful contraction that won’t go away.
Replenishing both calcium and magnesium keeps your muscles from seizing. Getting more minerals is the simplest, most effective way to prevent muscle cramps.
The Best Minerals for Athletes
Minerals don’t get the attention they deserve when it comes to exercise. If you aren’t replenishing minerals, you won’t see as much progress in the gym—no matter how hard you work or how much protein you eat.
The good news is it’s easy to get more minerals. Our full-spectrum mineral formulas provide every essential mineral you need for exercise, all in a convenient liquid form. There are two parts:
Electrolyze™ delivers all the electrolytes your body needs for hydration and muscle strength. Unlike most electrolyte drinks, Electrolyze™ doesn’t load up on salt. Instead, it contains a balanced ratio of magnesium, potassium, calcium, sodium, and chloride, for truly complete electrolyte replenishment.
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Micro-BOOST™ contains every essential mineral your body needs post-workout. It’s rich in zinc, iron, selenium, manganese, and other key minerals for muscle recovery and faster muscle growth.
And if you struggle with muscle cramps, our Insta-Lytes™ spray can help. Keep a bottle in your gym bag and spray it on cramping muscles. It absorbs through your skin in seconds, delivering minerals locally for instant relief from muscle cramps.
If you want to perform better in the gym, give BEAM Minerals a try. Replenishing your mineral stores will help you reach your goals better—and you’ll feel the difference immediately.
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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.
