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537: You Can Eat Perfectly Clean and Still Be Mineral Deficient - Here's Why with Caroline Alan

Midlife Conversations with Natalie Jill: Fat Loss, Hormones & Health for Women Over 40

Release Date: 07/07/2026

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You guys know I am a HUGE believer in the right supplements and the right protocols. So when I tell you that today's episode is about the FOUNDATION underneath ALL of it, lean in.

Modern scientists believe we are operating at only thirty-seven to forty percent of the mineral levels our bodies actually need. Minerals are the only nutrient class your body cannot make. They are the foundation under hormones, gut, sleep, energy, hair, and yes, even under the great supplements you are already taking.

This is the conversation midlife women have been waiting for. I sat down with Caroline Alan, founder of BEAM Minerals and author of The Mineral Reset, published by Hay House (with a foreword by Dr. Mindy Pelz, who called it "a lifeline").

Caroline was the woman doing everything right at 50 and still falling apart. Brain fog. Hair loss. Inflammation. Three miscarriages. Doctors told her it was just normal aging. She went deep into the science of minerals and it changed everything for her.

This is NOT anti-supplement. This is the FOUNDATION that finally makes the supplements and protocols you are already loving actually land.

Level up your health with BEAM Minerals HERE https://midlifeconversations.com/beam and use code NATALIEJILL to save! 

 

WE GO DEEP ON:

  • Why minerals are the FOUNDATION under everything you are already doing

  • The bathtub moment that started Caroline's mineral mission at 50

  • Why 40 to 45 cups of spinach a day would not even cover ONE mineral

  • Glyphosate, soil depletion, and what 19 BILLION pounds of spraying has done

  • Bioavailability — the word every midlife woman needs to know

  • What humic and fulvic actually are, and why one chemist calls fulvic the "God molecule"

  • Why "you are what you eat" is wrong — and what to say instead

  • Perimenopause and menopause: the 5 key minerals (Magnesium, Calcium, Zinc, Selenium, Boron)

  • Sleep, hair loss, and fasting — all the mineral connections nobody told us

  • The simplest possible 14-day reset to feel the difference

 

TIMESTAMPS:

  • 00:00 — The bathtub moment + the foundation idea

  • 12:00 — Why minerals are the foundation

  • 26:00 — What minerals actually do + humic and fulvic

  • 40:00 — Menopause, sleep, hair, fasting

  • 54:00 — The ONE sentence to take + the 14-day reset

 

Catch the full episode on YOUTUBE HERE: https://bit.ly/MidlifeConversationsYouTube 

 

Learn More About Caroline Alan 

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Get Mineral Reset  Book ➜  https://mineralresetbook.com/ 



Thank you to our show sponsors: 

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