Minerals are a huge part of mental health. [*][*][*] The human brain contains 76 billion cells, and every single one needs minerals to function.
If your mineral stores are low or out of balance, you often feel it in your brain first. Mineral deficiencies affect your mood, confidence, energy, and more.
Let’s talk about why minerals are so important for mental health, and how a good mineral formula can help you feel better.
Minerals for Depression and Mood
Research shows that several minerals have a big influence on your mood.
We often think of depression as psychological, but it’s also strongly rooted in biology. A large body of research suggests that low mineral stores contribute to depression. Replenishing those minerals can help restore a positive mood, often completely.
- A 2026 study found that people with high levels of iron, magnesium, and selenium are significantly less likely to get depressed. [*]
- A 2023 review found that increasing magnesium, selenium, and zinc all individually reduced symptoms of depression. They also lowered people’s risk of depression in the future. [*]
- Conversely, a 2023 study found that deficiencies in iron, magnesium, selenium, or zinc were associated with higher rates of depression and more severe symptoms. [*]
- Finally, a 2024 review found that magnesium, copper, selenium, and zinc were effective at supporting treatment-resistant depression, even in people who didn’t respond well to prescription drugs. [*]
More and more research suggests that nutrients play a strong role in mood. [*] If you have low mood, replenishing your mineral stores can make a surprisingly big difference in how you feel.
Minerals for Anxiety
Minerals can also help with anxiety. Some minerals calm down overactive brain pathways, helping your brain return to a state of balance. Other minerals reduce inflammation, which can help stabilize your emotional state.
- A 2025 study looked at the relationship between nutrients and anxiety. It found that magnesium and selenium both directly reduced anxious feelings. Magnesium also reduced the risk of future anxiety. [*]
- In a 2023 study, people with anxiety took either a broad-spectrum mineral supplement or a placebo pill daily for 10 weeks. The mineral group saw significant reductions in anxiety. [*]
- A 2019 study found that low zinc, copper, and manganese were all associated with increased anxiety in otherwise healthy adults. Depression was also more common in people deficient in any of those three minerals. [*]
- A large 2020 review of double-blind, placebo-controlled studies found that broad-spectrum mineral supplements decreased anxiety and improved mood in otherwise healthy adults. [*]
Anxiety can be overwhelming, but there are things that help. The research is clear: if you’re feeling anxious, minerals are a simple, natural way to support your brain.
Minerals for Fatigue
Fatigue happens when your mitochondria, the power plants in your cells, can’t produce enough energy.
Your brain needs a lot of fuel, so it has a huge amount of mitochondria. A single brain cell has up to 2,000 mitochondria. [*]
The problem is that mitochondria run on minerals—in fact, mitochondria are one of the most mineral-hungry parts of your body. Their ability to make energy depends largely on your mineral stores.
There’s another thing that makes mitochondria unusual. While most bodily processes use two or three minerals, mitochondria need every type of essential mineral to function at their best. [*] Even minor mineral shortages disrupt their energy output.
That means that if you’re even slightly low on a mineral, you’ll often feel fatigue before anything else. You might get tired in the middle of the day. Your mineral stores begin running out, and your mitochondria can’t keep up with your body’s energy needs.
The good news is mineral replenishment gives your mitochondria a powerful boost. To quote the authors of a groundbreaking 2022 study: [*]
“Mitochondria are particularly rich in minerals, where they function as essential cofactors for mitochondrial physiology and overall cellular health…nutritional recommendations should be adjusted in order to ‘tune-up’ metabolism and reduce mitochondrial decay, a hallmark of aging and many disease processes. A major subset of tunable nutrients are the minerals, which despite being integral to every aspect of metabolism are often deficient in the typical Western diet.”
If you tire easily or struggle to make it through the day, you may have a mineral shortage. Replenishing your mineral stores can make a huge difference for your energy levels.
The Easiest Way to Get More Minerals
Getting more minerals is a natural, effective way to support your mental health.
One option is to change your diet. Eating more mineral-dense foods like liver, shellfish, and leafy greens will increase your mineral stores. Or you can get a mineral test from a health practitioner, to see if you have any mineral deficiencies.
There’s also an easier way to replenish your mineral stores: take BEAM Minerals.
We make it simple to upgrade your nutrition: just take two shots of liquid each morning. Our liquid formula contains every essential mineral your body needs, in an optimal ratio, with rapid absorption. It provides complete mineral support in 30 seconds a day.
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