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Electrolyte supplements: which ones do anything — a second dataset

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h.delgadoTL2 Moderator20 Feb 2025#1

Electrolyte supplements: which ones do anything — a second dataset Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did.

Maintenance rather than loss, which is the part of this that almost nobody writes about.

I have been at roughly the same weight for 15 months. The interesting questions are all different from the ones I had at the start, and the documentation here is much thinner on this phase.

I would like to compare notes with people who are further along, and I would like to know what the published evidence says about this phase specifically rather than by extrapolation.

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g.oyelaranTL2 Moderator24 Mar 2025 · edited#2

Constipation and hydration: dehydration makes constipation worse. Increasing fluid intake is the first intervention for constipation alongside other measures.

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vial_tableTL2Member16 Apr 2025#3

Potassium: similar to sodium; losing weight involves some potassium loss. Bananas, sweet potatoes, and other potassium-rich foods help. Severe depletion is rare but symptomatic (weakness, palpitations).

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