25: The Postpartum & Midlife Crash: Rebuilding Minerals, Bones & Energy with Maja Miller

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In this episode of the Thyroid Pharmacist Healing Conversations podcast, I had the pleasure of chatting with my dear friend Maja Miller, a metabolic health coach and functional diagnostic nutrition practitioner. Her work is all about utilizing clinical labs to analyze everything from blood to hair samples, helping her clients uncover the root causes of their burnout, exhaustion, and various health issues.

She reports that many of her clients have seen an average of 12 medical doctors before finding relief through her tailored protocols!

During our conversation, Maja shared some eye-opening insights about the crucial role minerals play in our overall health.

Here are some key takeaways from our discussion:

Minerals are the “spark plugs” of the body. They drive every metabolic process, including hormone production, energy, and detoxification. Without the right minerals in balance — especially foundational ones like magnesium, sodium, potassium, and calcium — your body’s systems can’t function properly, no matter how “healthy” your diet looks on the surface.
Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis (HTMA) reveals deep insights. Blood tests show only what’s in transit, but 90 to 95 percent of minerals are stored inside cells. HTMA provides a three-month snapshot of what’s going on intracellularly and is especially useful in identifying mineral deficiencies, toxicities, and imbalances that blood work misses.
Thyroid issues may actually be mineral issues. The thyroid relies on at least nine key minerals — including iodine, magnesium, zinc, and copper — to function properly. TSH may look “normal” on labs, but if minerals are deficient or out of balance, thyroid hormone won’t be produced, converted, or utilized properly at the cellular level.
Pregnancy and breastfeeding rapidly deplete minerals. Women can lose up to 20 percent of their bone density while breastfeeding, especially if they enter pregnancy already deficient. Maja emphasizes the importance of remineralizing preconception and during postpartum to prevent issues like tooth demineralization, postpartum anxiety, and infertility.
Low stomach acid from mineral deficiencies opens the door to infections. Sodium is required for stomach acid production, but it’s been demonized in modern diets. Without enough stomach acid, pathogens like H. pylori, mold, and parasites can thrive — especially in those with thyroid issues, where low stomach acid is common yet often misdiagnosed.

If you’re eager to optimize your health through nutrition and understand the powerful impact of minerals, this episode is a must-listen!

Guest Resources/Connect with Maja Miller

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Inside Out Protocol Group Program – This is an eight-week group program with three clinical labs to try and figure out the root cause of your symptoms. We then use those labs to create a tailored, bio-individual protocol that reverses them once and for all.

Freebies

Enroll in Maja’s next Mineral Magic Workshop – A FREE live workshop that discusses the impact of minerals and healthy metabolism – register HERE to access the waitlist and check out the previous workshop!
Check out Maja’s Mineral Superfood Guide

Supplements We Discussed

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Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis (HTMA)

Books and Articles About Thyroid Health

This episode is packed with information that can empower listeners to take control of their health by understanding the vital role of minerals. Don’t miss out on Maja’s practical advice and insights!

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About Our Host

Dr. Izabella Wentz

Dr. Izabella Wentz is a compassionate, innovative, solution-focused integrative pharmacist dedicated to finding the root causes of chronic health conditions. Her passion stems from her own diagnosis of Hashimoto’s thyroiditis in 2009, following a decade of debilitating symptoms.

Dr. Izabella Wentz has written several best-selling books, including the New York Times bestseller Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis: Lifestyle Interventions for Finding and Treating the Root Cause, the protocol-based #1 New York Times bestseller Hashimoto’s Protocol: A 90-Day Plan for Reversing Thyroid Symptoms and Getting Your Life Back, the Wall Street Journal bestseller Hashimoto’s Food Pharmacology: Nutrition Protocols and Healing Recipes to Take Charge of Your Thyroid Health, and her latest book, Adrenal Transformation Protocol.

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About Our Guest

Maja Miller is a metabolic health coach and Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioner (FDN-P). A fancy way of saying that she uses clinical labs to analyze blood, urine, stool, hair, and other labs to figure out why her clients feel burned out, exhausted and sick. She uses those results to create tailored, bio-individual protocols to reverse their symptoms.

On average, her clients have seen 12 medical doctors, before working with her and actually finding relief for their symptoms. As the founder of Maja Miller Wellness, she helps highly productive individuals and ambitious professionals transform their bodies from the inside out through her signature programs like the Inside Out Protocol, Mineral Magic and the Adrenal Detox. Over the course of her 10+ year career in wellness she’s worked with over 10,000 clients.

She’s been a podcast guest on many shows including Fertility Confidence, Superwoman Wellness with Dr. Taz and Thrive. She’s also been featured in Forbes, Austin Fit Magazine and the Austin Business Journal. She lives in Austin, Texas with her husband, son and two pups.

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