Jennifer Hawks Health
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07/07/2026
GLP-1 medications are everywhere right now. And I get it.
When you have been exhausted, bloated, and struggling with your weight for years, something that promises to regulate your appetite and help you lose weight sounds like the answer you have been waiting for.
But here is what the conversation around GLP-1 is almost completely missing.
Your body already makes this hormone. And when it is not producing or responding to it properly, that is not a sign that you need a prescription. It’s a sign that something in your internal environment needs support.
The question worth asking is not “how do I get more GLP-1?”
It is “why is my body struggling to produce and respond to it in the first place?” Because when you answer that question and address it at the root, your body starts doing what it was always designed to do.
And the two places I always start are minerals and gut health.
If you want to begin supporting your mineral foundation today, comment ‘ELECTROLYTE’ and I will send you my free electrolyte guide including my favorite mineral mocktail recipe. 🥤
And if you are ready to find out what is actually disrupting your gut health and GLP-1 production at the root, comment ‘GUT’ and I will send you information on my Precision Gut Health Testing. 🔬
One of the biggest things nobody talks about when you are building a functional health practice is how much time gets lost in the administrative side of interpreting labs.
You spend hours cross referencing markers, trying to remember what you noted for a previous client, building protocols from scratch every single time, and second guessing whether you have caught everything important in a result.
And that time adds up fast when you have a full client load.
The practitioners who are able to see the most clients, build the most targeted protocols, and actually grow their practice are not necessarily the ones who know the most.
They are the ones who have a system.
A system that means when a lab result comes in you know exactly where to put it, how to read it, what to look for, and how to translate it into a clear actionable protocol for your client without starting from scratch every single time.
That is exactly what my Lab Ledgers were built to do.
They are the same spreadsheets I use in my own practice to organize and interpret functional lab results efficiently and accurately, so nothing gets missed and no time gets wasted. Comment ‘LEDGERS’ below and I will send them straight to you. 🔬
06/10/2026
One of the things I love most about working with minerals is that the body is rarely subtle about what it needs.
Once you know what to look for, the signs are everywhere.
The way someone describes their energy. The symptoms they mention almost as an afterthought because they have had them so long they assume they are just normal.
The patterns that show up together that seem completely unrelated on the surface but tell a very clear story once you understand mineral physiology.
Most people think of minerals as a nice addition to a healthy routine. A supplement to take alongside everything else.
But minerals are not supplementary. They are structural.
They run your nervous system, your adrenal function, your metabolism, your hormonal balance, and your digestive capacity. When even one is significantly off it creates a ripple effect across every system that depends on it.
And because minerals work in relationship with each other, it is rarely just one that is out of balance.
A calcium imbalance affects magnesium. A copper imbalance affects iron. A sodium deficiency affects adrenal function which then impacts potassium.
The patterns compound and the symptoms multiply until a woman is dealing with what looks like five different problems that are actually one interconnected picture.
This is why I always say symptoms are not random. They are information.
And once you learn to read them through the lens of mineral balance, the path forward becomes much clearer.
Swipe through to see the five minerals I look at most closely and the specific signs I watch for in each one.
Then comment ‘QUIZ’ for my free mineral balance quiz to see where your levels might stand, or comment ‘MINERALS’ for information on getting started with full mineral testing so we can uncover your unique mineral profile and build a protocol around exactly what your body needs. 🌿
This is one of my favorite things to hear from clients.
And it makes complete sense once you understand what minerals actually do for your digestion.
Here is what most people never connect.
Bloating is almost never about the food itself. It is about whether your digestive system has what it needs to actually process that food. And minerals are the foundation of every single step in that process.
Stomach acid production requires zinc and chloride.
Without adequate levels food does not get properly broken down in the stomach and it moves into the small intestine partially digested, where it sits, ferments, and creates exactly the gas and bloating you feel after eating.
Digestive enzymes depend on zinc and magnesium to function properly.
Without them even the most nutritious meal cannot be fully processed. Magnesium also powers the muscular contractions that move food through your digestive tract. When it is low everything slows down, food stagnates, and bloating builds throughout the day.
This is why so many women develop what they think are food sensitivities.
They cut out gluten. Then dairy. Then FODMAPs. The list of trigger foods grows longer and longer. But the food was never really the problem.
The problem was a digestive system that did not have the mineral foundation to process food efficiently in the first place.
When you rebuild that foundation the foods that used to trigger you often stop being a problem entirely. Not because the food changed but because your body finally has what it needs to handle it.
This is always where I start with my clients. Not with elimination. With minerals.
Comment ‘ELECTROLYTE’ below and I will send you my free electrolyte guide including my favorite mineral mocktail recipe to start rebuilding your digestive foundation today. 🥤
Probiotics are not bad.
But throwing one at a gut that has not been properly assessed first can actually cause more harm than good.
If you have an underlying gut infection, a parasitic overgrowth, harmful bacteria, or a fungal imbalance like Candida already present, adding a probiotic without addressing those first can actually feed the problem.
Certain probiotic strains thrive alongside harmful organisms and can make bloating, gas, and digestive discomfort significantly worse before they ever make it better.
And even if your gut is relatively clear, a probiotic cannot do its job in a mineral-depleted environment.
The gut lining itself depends on zinc, magnesium, and sodium to maintain its integrity.
The muscular contractions that move everything through your digestive tract require magnesium.
The cellular environment that beneficial bacteria need to colonize and thrive depends on a foundation of minerals that most women are, unfortunately, not anywhere close to having in adequate supply.
You cannot supplement your way out of a broken foundation.
The probiotic is not the first step. Rebuilding the environment it needs to actually work is.
And the simplest place to start with that is minerals.
Comment ‘ELECTROLYTE’ below, and I will send you my free electrolyte guide, including my favorite mineral mocktail recipe, to help you start rebuilding your foundation from the ground up.
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