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Is Your Water DEHYDRATING You? The Missing Minerals in Every Glass

October 3, 2025

Read Time 3 min

Water is Life with Isabel Friend

What if the water you're drinking is actually dehydrating you?

SUMMARY

Today, I chat with nutritionist and regenerative farmer Amber Lynn Vitale to explore how we've been drinking "empty" H2O water. Amber beautifully explains how ancient postbiotic minerals found in BEAM MINERALS act like intelligent delivery systems, bringing nutrients into your cells and detoxifying things like glyphosate, all while supporting your mitochondria to produce energy on demand.

We dive deep into why we're not just bodies of water, but bodies of electrolyte-rich, mineral-rich seawater, and how depleted soil translates directly to depleted gut health. She shares why most electrolyte powders aren't the solution (and can actually throw off your freshwater microbiome), how fulvic and humic minerals were formed 65 million years ago from massive planetary composting, and why restoring these minerals to our water is one of the most foundational things we can do for our health. This is about transforming our hungry, immature water into the conscious vessel of life it's meant to be and transforming ourselves in the process.

IN THIS EPISODE

Conversation with nutritionist and regenerative farmer Amber Lynn Vitale about how we’ve been drinking “empty” H₂O.
Amber explains how ancient postbiotic minerals found in BEAM MINERALS act as intelligent delivery systems, helping:
Bring nutrients into cells
Detoxify substances like glyphosate
Support mitochondria to produce energy on demand
Discussion on how we are not just bodies of water, but bodies of electrolyte-rich, mineral-rich seawater.
Connection between depleted soil and depleted gut health.
Why most electrolyte powders aren’t the solution and can disrupt the freshwater microbiome.
Explanation of how fulvic and humic minerals were formed 65 million years ago through massive planetary composting.
Importance of restoring these minerals to our water as a foundation for overall health.
The idea of transforming “hungry, immature water” into a conscious vessel of life—and transforming ourselves in the process.

RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE

Water is Life with Isabel Friend: Is Your Water DEHYDRATING You?The Missing Minerals in Every Glass
BEAMMinerals.com

Disclaimer: The information provided in this podcast is for educational and informational purposes only and is not intended as medical advice. This content should not be used to diagnose, treat, or prevent any medical condition or health issue. Always seek the guidance of your physician or other qualified health professional with any questions you may have regarding your health or a medical condition.

ABOUT THE HOST

Isabel Friend is an international ambassador of Water, public speaker, and educator. As a student, servant, and steward of Water, she seamlessly blends science and spirit into a comprehensive cosmology of Water wisdom. Spanning the practical insights of health, hydration and biology, to empowering tactics for Watershed guardianship and ecological activism, to the esoteric and subtle insights of ancient indigenous Water wisdom, to the heady scientific discoveries of cutting edge Water research, Isabel's offerings are as multifaceted as Water itself.

She has taught about Water throughout the US, Canada, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Bali, Mexico and Thailand. She is currently semi-nomadic, and enjoys spending her time fire-dancing, hiking, riding her motorcycle, and geeking out like a mad scientist in her laboratory. Most importantly, Isabel is deeply devoted to helping YOU embody the empowerment that is inherent in being a body of Water, living on a body of Water. Because Water is life, and life is sacred.

ABOUT THE GUEST

Amber Lynn Vitale, CN is Board Certified in Holistic Nutrition®, is a Certified Dietary Supplement Professional™ and is the Clinical Director for the BEAM Minerals, Practitioner Program. She is also an Ayurvedic Clinical Consultant on faculty as an instructor with Wild Rose College of Herbal Medicine and sits on the advisory board for Natural Practitioner and Taste for Life magazines.

Amber has maintained an Integrative Nutrition practice since 2003 in collaboration with Functional Medicine healthcare providers. She is passionate about traditional foods, herbs, and regenerative farming, and incorporates these important lifestyle concepts into her nutrition education. In 2020 she and her family of four moved from Brooklyn, NY to a 25-acre farm in Montana where they raise sheep, ducks, chickens, and Border Collies.

This is where Amber now puts theory into practice rejuvenating the soil to improve plant and animal health as well as that of her family and community.