Glassy
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That's 5g in one drink. Is that once a day? If you're doing it once in a while, you won't be likely to feel anything untoward. But if you are doing it daily, the effects could be cumulative in terms of acid load. Keep a log, and see at what point your urination frequency increases. I got to a point where I would wake up 4x a night to pee. Needless to say, I had less sleep and my health went down. Got allergies back and a cough that wouldn't go away. The extra work on the liver and the kidneys needed to keep acid-base balance means energy wasted that would otherwise have been used to bolster your immunity, among other things the body does to maintain itself in top shape.
Yeah 5g of MgCl2 flakes per dose containing approximately 600mg elemental magnesium. I’ve been taking this daily for about 4 weeks. I noticed more loose stool reactions when taking doses of mag bicarb water in this range of elemental magnesium (overall pretty mild though), I suspect part of this is me becoming more accustomed to dealing with magnesium in the GI tract.
I rarely wake in the night to pee but sometimes have quite a large pee in the morning after waking. I’ve not noticed any significant negative effects and I’m still not sure if I’ve experienced positive effects. I’ve not been sick (cold, flu, etc) for a long time (at least 12 months) and my energy levels aren’t too bad considering increased work stress and it’s the middle of winter here.
I’ve been adding the MgCl2 solution to the quart of OJ (and hydrolysed collagen/gelatine) I sometimes take to work and then having roughly 25ml before dinner for the last week or so. I’d be getting close to 8g of MgCl2 flakes most days now (I use the 30ml per day as my minimum but often take more).
From what I’ve read on high dose Mg supplementation, this sort of dose is generally not tolerable by most people orally. FWIW I’m a bit guy at 6’4 and 228lbs. Each 5g dose contains about 1.75g of elemental chlorine as chloride ions.