Food first, always.
Whole foods should be the primary source of the minerals in your day. This page is here to help you see where those minerals actually live in food, and where a drink mix fits around them, not in place of them.
Common in everyday eating, and the one most people already get plenty of. Intake needs can rise with heavy sweating, long heat exposure, or very low-processed-food diets.
- · Sea salt and table salt
- · Broths and soups
- · Cheese
- · Olives and pickles
- · Breads and crackers
Surveys consistently show most adults fall short of the recommended intake, largely because it lives in produce, beans, and dairy.
- · Potatoes and sweet potatoes
- · Beans and lentils
- · Bananas and oranges
- · Spinach and leafy greens
- · Avocados and tomatoes
- · Yogurt and milk
Another one that is easy to under-eat, since the richest sources are nuts, seeds, legumes, and whole grains rather than refined foods.
- · Pumpkin and chia seeds
- · Almonds and cashews
- · Spinach and Swiss chard
- · Black beans
- · Whole grains and oats
- · Dark chocolate
The everyday gaps.
Potassium and magnesium are concentrated in vegetables, fruit, beans, nuts, and whole grains. When those get squeezed out of a week, those two minerals go with them.
Highly processed foods tend to carry plenty of sodium while carrying very little potassium or magnesium, which is where the balance gets lopsided.
Sweat carries minerals and water out together. A day outdoors, a hot kitchen shift, or a long training block is a different situation than a desk day.
Cutting whole food groups, or simply eating less often, changes how much of each mineral comes in from meals across the day.
BLNC is a flavored drink mix with the amount of every mineral printed on the label. It is not a stand-in for meals, and it is not a fix for anything. Read the label, look at your plate first, and use the Nutrition Facts panel to decide what makes sense for you.