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The Best Minerals for Hair Growth and A Healthy Scalp
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Do you have thinning hair? It could be a mineral deficiency.
Several different minerals play a key role in hair growth. Both your scalp and your hair itself depend on minerals to stay healthy as you age.
Mineral deficiencies often contribute to hair loss. In fact, a 2007 study found that low mineral stores are a major cause of thinning hair in women aged 35-60. [*] If you notice your hair thinning or becoming more brittle, you may not be getting enough of certain essential minerals.
Fortunately, hair loss is often reversible. Let’s talk about why minerals matter for hair, the best minerals for hair growth, and how mineral replenishment can help keep your hair healthy and full.
Minerals Nourish Your Hair Follicles and Scalp
A lot of hair growth (and hair loss) depends on the health of your scalp.
Your scalp contains about 100,000 individual hair follicles, located just under the surface of your skin. Each follicle grows up to four strands of hair, holding them securely in place with a tiny muscle. Hair follicles are the driving force behind hair growth. They’re also the reason your hair doesn’t fall out. [*]
Your hair follicles need a lot of nutrients to keep your hair growing. They depend on a steady supply of minerals and amino acids to do their job.
Your circulatory system delivers those nutrients to your scalp. Your body sends all those building blocks up to your scalp via your blood and drops them off in your follicles. Once they arrive, your follicles assemble them into new hair.
In order to keep your hair growing strong, you need good circulation to deliver nutrients to your scalp. Mineral deficiencies can interfere with the process. Low iron, for example, decreases the oxygen content of your blood. Keratin, the protein that makes up your hair, is about 28% oxygen. If your circulation is poor due to an iron daeficiency, your hair follicles will struggle to keep up normal hair production. [*]
In fact, a 2007 study found that low iron is one of the most common causes of hair loss in women aged 35-60. [*]
Your hair follicles also depend on zinc to make healthy hair. Zinc plays an important role in protein synthesis, which is how your follicles produce the main component of hair strands.
A 2022 study found that zinc deficiency is a common driver of hair loss. [*] The authors recommended increasing daily zinc intake to help counter baldness.
A 2013 study found similar results. People with low zinc were significantly more likely to have balding or thinning hair. [*]
Iron and zinc keep your scalp healthy. They support good circulation and protein synthesis in your hair follicles. If your zinc or iron stores are low, you’ll struggle to maintain a full head of hair.
What Are The Best Minerals for Hair Growth?
Minerals keep your scalp healthy, but they’re also important for your hair itself.
Your hair is about 95% keratin, a special type of protein. Keratin is unusual: it’s extremely durable but also elastic and smooth. When keratin is healthy, you have resilient, lustrous hair.
Keratin’s elastic strength depends on sulfur. Your hair has some of the highest sulfur content in your body, mostly in the form of sulfur-sulfur bonds—pairs of sulfur molecules that stick together and give your hair structure. [*] These permanent, nearly-unbreakable bonds are spread throughout each strand of your hair, keeping it thick and full.
Low sulfur is a common cause of hair problems. [*] A 2013 study found that if you don’t get enough sulfur, your hair becomes brittle. [*] It doesn’t contain enough strong sulfur-sulfur bonds, making it more prone to falling out or snapping off near the root. The result is thinning hair.
Can Minerals Help with Male Pattern Baldness?
Yes, minerals can help with both male pattern baldness and female pattern baldness, especially if you catch them early.
The technical term for pattern baldness is androgenetic alopecia. It’s the most common type of hair loss. A 2024 study found that androgenetic alopecia affects about half of all men and women. [*] It usually causes full hair loss for men. Women usually keep their hair, but see it thin significantly with age.
This type of hair loss is genetic, and you can’t reverse it once it starts. However, minerals can help slow hair loss and make your remaining hair thicker and stronger.
A 2024 review looked at data from 49 different studies on nutrients and androgenetic alopecia. To quote the authors, zinc, iron, and selenium are all “involved in the pathogenesis of androgenetic alopecia and may represent modifiable risk factors for the treatment and prevention of this condition.” [*]
In other words, getting the right amount of key minerals can help slow or prevent male pattern baldness, as well as thinning hair in women.
Support Your Hair Growth with Minerals
Minerals are a key part in hair growth. If you have brittle or thinning hair, replenishing your mineral stores can help.
At BEAM Minerals, we make things easy. Our liquid formula delivers every essential mineral you need to support your hair and scalp, in an optimal ratio.
You don’t need to worry about a cabinet full of pills or a complicated supplement routine. Just take a 1-oz. shot of mineral-rich liquid each morning. You’ll get the full spectrum of minerals your hair needs to thrive, all in 30 seconds a day.
Mineral deficiencies are often a hidden driver of hair loss. If you’ve noticed your hair getting thinner, try replenishing your mineral stores. You may be surprised by the difference you see.
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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.
