So I just completed a 72 hour fast and I was wondering if some other froggies had any experience with it. I found I really wasn’t hungry the whole time it was just the headaches and dizziness. I did take Celtic sea salt and sodium bicarb and lots of water. Any suggestions to decrease the headaches and dizziness?
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Next time you fast make this. I call it Greaterade powder.
1/2 C Celtic Salt
1 3/4 tsp Potassium Chloride (Nu Salt)
1/2 tsp Magnesium Glycinate
Combine all of it an put it into a grinder until it's dust. 1/2 tsp per quart of liquid is all you need. I think you are dehydrated and that's why the headaches. Just water ain't gonna cut it. You NEED the salt on a cellular level to let the water into your cells.
Now, the reason I call it Greaterade is because it makes a great sports drink.
Recipe for 1/2 gallon
1 Cup of fruit juice of your choice. The OG Gatorade was OJ.
1/2 C sugar or honey
1/4 C lemon or lime juice (2-4 lemons or 3-5 limes juiced)
1 tsp Greaterade powder
Remainder of the 1/2 gallon water
Dissolve the powder and the sugar in some of the water over a low heat. Once dissolved add a few ice cubes. You do not want to pour it hot over the lemon/lime juice as it will destroy the enzymes you need for rehydration. If you use honey make sure the water is not hot to dissolve it for the very same reason.
Mix everything together in a pitcher and add water to round out your half gallon.
This recipe is for heavy duty sweating, like at the gym or in the garden. You can cut the sugar and powder in half for every day hydration.
That is great thanks, saved!
Do you know how many mg you used? And which form of magnesium and potassium? I definitely needed more potassium. I didn’t take any. I did take magnesium but I think not enough.
Says it in the recipe:
1 3/4 tsp Potassium Chloride (Nu Salt)
1/2 tsp Magnesium Glycinate
And no I don't know how many mg. Volume measurements are fine for this small batch. If you want to scale it, I'd weigh out the ingredients thrice individually and take an average and round that to the nearest number divisible by 3.
Thanks, I also realized the links to the products she used are in the video. Looks delicious with pineapple juice for times when you are not fasting.