It seems like a significant percentage of my problems with fatigue, muscle ache and exercise intolerance are caused my poor electrolyte balance. Also my methylfolate side effects.
I tried to fix this by drinking coconut water. Then I tried potasium gluconate, but I had a bad hyperkalemia reaction after I started craving potassium and drinking more potassium powder (perhaps 2500mg in one day). Potassium powder is cheap but very strong and not balanced with other electrolyes.
To get this down right - it seems we need the right amount of sodium, potassium and magnesium. We also need the right ratio of water - too much will make you pee, too little will make the electrolyte mix too potent and strong. We need to deliver it slowly throughout the day or activity period.
This is got me nicely though a Sunday of housework, yard work and ice skating with energy left over... no muscle aches.
Please add your electrolyte tips, favorite products, MTHFRade recipes and questions below and we can try and figure it out together.
I tried to fix this by drinking coconut water. Then I tried potasium gluconate, but I had a bad hyperkalemia reaction after I started craving potassium and drinking more potassium powder (perhaps 2500mg in one day). Potassium powder is cheap but very strong and not balanced with other electrolyes.
To get this down right - it seems we need the right amount of sodium, potassium and magnesium. We also need the right ratio of water - too much will make you pee, too little will make the electrolyte mix too potent and strong. We need to deliver it slowly throughout the day or activity period.
- For MTHFRade I am using Optimal Electrolyte powder (580mg K, 150 Mg, 140 Na) mix. I dissolve 1 scoop in 1 liter of purified water, and drink slowly throughout the day (from about 8am to 4 pm). It's not cheap, but at < $1 scoop, it's more inexpensive than mix-it-yourself MTHFRade.
- If I crave extra potassium I am trying to get it from food, like bananas and potatoes.
- I salt my food to taste - neither cautiously or excessively.
- I am trying to roughly balance my supplemental (powder) potassium & magnesium to a 1:1 ratio. (I am not sure if this is ideal -- ??? -- just trying to keep things balanced & porportional.) I get 630mg K in supplements and take ~530mg Mg in the form of Albion magnsium byglycinate caps.
This is got me nicely though a Sunday of housework, yard work and ice skating with energy left over... no muscle aches.
Please add your electrolyte tips, favorite products, MTHFRade recipes and questions below and we can try and figure it out together.