People who are fatigued all the time are often told that they are deficient in one specific mineral like selenium, iodine, magnesium or other similar ones... 

... which is partly true, but what I hope you don't fall for is the idea that the place to find the nutrient is a pill.

Nutrients don’t come from supplements (pills)... Nutrients come from food… 

When you get your nutrients from pills, you create more mineral imbalances... say you take a selenium supplement... selenium needs other minerals like zinc in other to work properly... so taking a selenium supplement will make you deficient in zinc, copper, chromium and iron... 

Some supplement companies will try to sell you a "proprietary formula" that includes selenium, zinc, copper, ashwagandha, etc., but trace minerals from supplements create oxidation in the body which is why many people end up with higher Thyroid Peroxidase (TPO) levels... 

That's why you don't want to address your mineral deficiencies through supplements, and instead should focus on foods that give you those minerals...

In other words, the purpose of getting minerals is to feed your gut flora... your gut flora prefers minerals from food rather than supplements... 

Natural > Lab made.

This becomes more apparent when you learn that your body needs healthy gut flora to uptake nutrients. 

Think about this...

How does a tree get nutrients in the soil to the fruit on its branches?

Probiotics.

Probiotics that live in the root system make that happen, just like probiotics in your gut digest food and help your body absorb and deliver nutrients to the rest of your body.

The problem is that most people are eating food without nutrients and don't know it... 

Not all food is made with nutrients. Eating "organic" doesn't mean you are eating food with nutrients (... more on how to tell if food has nutrients later.)

You can work on hydration all you want, but if the food you eat lacks nutrients, then what’s the point?

The nutrients are what give you energy and keep your gut flora healthy...

Pair eating food that lacks nutrients with dehydration, and you can quickly start to see why people end up with autoimmune conditions.

Worse, food without nutrients has a consequence few people know about that leads to extreme fatigue and it has to do with your gut flora.

I learned about this when I was learning to brew a light lager beer. The difference between a regular lager beer and a “light” lager is that a regular lager beer recipe uses just barley grains. A “light” lager uses what’s called an adjunct grain like rice or corn. They are called adjunct grains because they have little to no nutrients for probiotics and less nitrogen (protein) which reduces the heaviness of the beer making it “light”.

As a brewer, however, one must be careful not to use too many adjuncts in a recipe because it dilutes the overall nutrient content of the brew. If you dilute the nutrients too much, you end up with sugar with not enough nutrients… or sugar with empty calories.

The problem with that type of sugar is that brewer’s yeast (probiotics) won’t eat it… but wild yeast, like yeast candida will have a feast. That’s how you get a spoiled batch of beer… and that’s how people end up with bad gut flora. 

Bad gut flora is considered bad because they release digestive enzymes that attack the body. This is the definition of autoimmune conditions like Hashimoto's. It's not the body attacking itself. It's bad bacteria in the body attacking the body.

So next time you take a bite of food, whether it’s a steak or some lettuce, know that if that food you are eating is missing nutrients, then it won’t feed the probiotics in your gut… but it will feed all the bad gut flora… and bad gut flora is what drains your energy.

Key nutrients like minerals are what your body needs to grow healthy skin, hair and nails... no pill or supplement will ever match minerals found in nature.

Minerals are just one part of this. Vitamins are another key part of nutrients. Vitamins are vital minerals. 

We cover how to address mineral deficiencies using food inside our All-Day Energy Blueprint...

(Don't buy my program!!! buy these tools instead and get results... once you see a boost of energy, then we can talk...)

The 5-day energy challenge is simple. Aim to drink 2 to 4 quarts of mineralized water a day.

Mineralized water recipe:

1 Quart of clean water
2 mL ionic magnesium
4 mL SOLE salt

An hour before bed, take 4 capsules of fermented cod liver oil & butter oil.

That's it! You should start to notice a boost in energy in as little as five days!

The 5-Day Energy Challenge is just the tip of the iceberg... but if you simply add these to your daily routine, you will be shocked how much it helps when you get to two weeks. Some people may notice a difference much faster. Others may take up to four weeks. 

Again, this is just the tip of the iceberg, but I want you to get results before you even start looking at any of our programs.

The 5-Day Hydration Challenge

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