31/01/2026
Most women are told to look at their hormones.
But hormones are messengers, not makers.
The body can’t produce, metabolise, or clear them properly without minerals doing the groundwork first.
Every hormonal shift ovulation, pregnancy, postpartum, perimenopause, menopause even a prolonged stressful period depends on mineral communication staying coherent.
Zinc, magnesium, and selenium support ovulation, thyroid signalling, and cellular repair.
Copper and iron move oxygen, build blood, and support energy delivery.
Calcium and sodium regulate muscle tone, heart rhythm, and stress response.
When that system is coordinated, women often describe feeling steady. More resilient. Less reactive.
When one part drifts out of sync, symptoms begin to speak. Not dramatically. Quietly at first.
Energy feels thinner. Sleep changes. Cycles feel different. Mood shortens. Skin flares. PMS creeps in. The sense of capacity narrows.
This isn’t always about deficiency.
Often it’s regulation.
Minerals can be present but poorly used. Stored in the wrong places. Blocked by competition or chronic demand.
Lead can interfere with how iron and calcium are handled.
Low stomach acid and ongoing stress can limit absorption.
Modern life steadily drains the very minerals that buffer us most magnesium, sodium, zinc.
Light shapes this too.
Morning daylight helps calibrate cortisol, thyroid output, and reproductive rhythm.
The infrared light at sunrise and sunset supports mitochondrial repair and the movement of minerals into the places they’re actually needed.
But most of our “daylight” now comes through glass, or from blue-lit screens.
Timing is lost. Feedback loops blur.
The body compensates.
Oestrogen also changes how copper and iron move through the system.
Some women show higher circulating copper. Others show low or poorly utilised stores.
That’s copper dysregulation.
Not enough coming in through food, and not enough being used properly once it’s there.
Copper relies on zinc, vitamin A, and liver function to remain bioavailable. When that coordination breaks down, symptoms of both excess and deficiency can appear at the same time. Which is why it’s so often misunderstood.
This is where HTMA becomes useful.
It adds a timeline.
It shows how the body has been adapting over weeks and months, not just how it looks on a single day.
I look at the core mineral ratios that track energy production, stress regulation, and hormonal signalling. They show whether the terrain is building, buffering, or burning through reserves.
Because if you only chase hormones, you stay focused on the messengers.
When you start with minerals, you can see the landscape they’re responding to and begin rebuilding it from the ground up.
