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The Mineral-Mood Connection: How Replenishment Supports Mental Health
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If you struggle with mental health, you aren’t alone. Mental health difficulties affect one in five adults. [*]
It can be hard to reach out and find mental health support. Things like anxiety, depression, and trouble focusing can make it difficult to even get through the day.
That’s where minerals can help. They affect the biological side of mental wellbeing, helping your brain work the way it should. They’re also a simple, effective first step: you can replenish minerals in 30 seconds a day, without leaving your home.
Research shows that minerals have a surprising impact on mental health. Let’s talk about the best minerals for anxiety and depression, how minerals affect your mental state, and a simple, effective way to support your brain with minerals.
How Minerals Support Your Mental Wellbeing
Though it’s just 2% of your weight, your brain uses 20% of your body’s daily nutrients. [*] It needs a huge amount of resources to work properly, including a wide range of minerals.
Even small shortages in certain minerals can influence your mood, anxiety, stress response, focus, and more.
Here are some of the most important minerals for mental health, and what the research says about how they affect mental wellbeing.
Magnesium for Anxiety and Depression
About 60% of American adults don’t meet their daily need for magnesium. [*] Low magnesium can have a profound, but often overlooked impact on your mental wellbeing.
Magnesium is especially important for anxiety and depression. It stimulates GABA, your brain’s main calming neurotransmitter, and stabilizes pathways that affect mood. [*]
Replenishing magnesium helps you relax, while low magnesium can worsen anxiety, stress, and mood.
In a 2017 study, people took magnesium daily for six weeks. They saw significant improvements in both depression and anxiety, with effects comparable to prescription antidepressants. [*]
A 2023 review found that replenishing magnesium consistently relieved depression across multiple studies. [*]
A 2024 review found that magnesium significantly reduced anxiety. [*] It also improved sleep.
- A series of studies found that people with depression often have magnesium deficiencies, and replenishing magnesium to normal levels fully reversed low mood in multiple cases. [*]
Finally, magnesium lowers cortisol, your body’s main stress hormone. [*] Easing stress can help support overall mental wellbeing, as well as anxiety and mood.
Zinc for Mood Support and Sleep
Zinc also plays a big role in mental health. It’s the second most abundant mineral in the brain and it’s important in numerous mental pathways. Zinc is especially important for mood and sleep.
A 2010 review found that low zinc is a risk factor for depression, and that replenishing zinc improves mood in depressed people. [*]
A large 2017 review found the same: across numerous clinical trials, zinc improved both mood and anxiety in depressed people. [*]
- A 2013 study found that taking zinc alongside an antidepressant led to better mood and less overwhelming negative emotions, compared to taking the antidepressant alone. [*]
As more and more research comes out, a growing number of researchers suggest that doctors test for zinc deficiency in depressed people. [*]
Zinc also improves sleep. Researchers don’t yet understand why, but several studies have found that taking zinc causes people to sleep longer and deeper. [*]
Mental health difficulties often impact sleep. If that’s the case for you, replenishing zinc may help.
Multiple Minerals for Focus and Attention
Several minerals regulate attention. Deficiencies make it hard to focus, and replenishing minerals can have a surprising impact on your ability to concentrate.
In a 2022 study, people with ADHD were given either a full-spectrum mineral supplement or a placebo. The mineral group showed significant improvement, including better sustained attention and less distractability. [*]
A 2014 study found similar results. People with ADHD took a broad-spectrum mineral supplement daily for 8 weeks. They saw a nearly 50% improvement in attention. [*]
Another study found that people who struggle to focus are more likely to have iron, magnesium, and zinc deficiencies. Replenishing these minerals improved attention and impulse control.[*]
- A double-blind 2019 study gave people with ADHD either a full-spectrum mineral supplement or placebo. [*] After one year, 84% of people taking minerals had longer attention spans and better focus.
Minerals play a huge role in both short-term focus and sustained attention. Since 2022, some doctors even suggest using mineral supplements for ADHD, as a way to reduce stimulant prescriptions in children. [*]
The Best Minerals for Mental Health Support
Mental health is a serious and complicated topic. Minerals are not a treatment for any mental disorder. They should never replace prescribed medication, and they are not a substitution for working with a doctor.
However, minerals can make a surprising difference in your mental wellbeing. A full-spectrum mineral formula is an easy way to support your brain. It can help with mood, anxiety, stress, sleep, and focus, all in 30 seconds a day.
At BEAM Minerals, we make things simple. Our liquid formula delivers every essential mineral you need for mental health support, in an optimal ratio. All you do is take a shot of concentrated liquid each morning. It tastes like water and reaches your brain in minutes.
Minerals are a great option for natural mental health support. If you need a little extra help, give BEAM Minerals a try.
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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.
