What you see here in this picture is severe mineral deficiency- the white spokes spanning out from the center are easily visible in the dry layers we analyze.

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What causes this?

Numerous things cause mineral deficiency but I will highlight a few.

❗️Poor digestion caused by:

– chronic “flight or fight” state of the body and an inability to enter “rest and digest” aka adrenal overdrive

– several months or more of an acid reducer like nexium, omeprazole, pantoprazole etc causing insufficient stomach acid to break down foods properly

– SIBO (small intestine bacterial overgrowth) where the bacteria consume nutrients and ferment as a byproduct causing gas & bloating

– Inflammatory foods disrupting the absorption process, this includes alcohol

– Poor gut motility

– Overexercise and/or poor recovery

❗️Parasite Overgrowth which steal the nutrients

❗️Leaky gut and food sensitivities

– aka inflammation

❗️Poor diet/non-organic foods and grown in a nutrient depleted soil

❗️Chronic loose bowel movements

❗️Drinking Reverse Osmosis water without adding minerals back in

And more! How do you know if you’re mineral depleted? It isn’t always obvious- we recommend checking through Live Blood Analysis and further breaking down the specifics through HTMA (hair tissue mineral analysis).

If you only drink RO water I HIGHLY recommend adding back in fulvic or ionic minerals. Shilajit is a great product too- a resin found in Asia abundant in minerals. Fulvic minerals are typically the liquid form taken from Shilajit. This can be found in powder form and added to water and smoothies.

I personally drink RO water as I believe distilled has too much of a detoxifying effect for daily use and spring water is not clean anymore unfortunately (and can be acidic).

Hope this helps you on your health journey! ❤️