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@OracleOutlook Any updates on that Potato/potassium supplementation diet thing from last month? Curious to see if anyone here has seen any results.
I tried putting 1/4 teaspoon of potassium chloride into a cup of water, and was unable to drink more than half of it. It has quite a strong flavor. I tried mixing 1/4 with food, and found the food extremely salty (I don't know what I expected) and difficult to choke down. I tried melting a bunch of M&Ms and mixing it in, which was tolerable but doesn't seem like a sustainable solution.
I will say that on the M&M day, where I got the full 1/4 teaspoon (about 680 mg of potassium) early in the morning I was remarkably not hungry for the next 6-8 hours. Could be placebo, but if so it was a very good one. Normally even if I'm not hungry "I could eat", but food held no real attraction for those hours. Promising, though I'm on a few of other supplements (and one prescription) that are also supposed to lower appetite. Maybe the potassium was just the last straw.
I'm still trying to find a way to take a large dose with food or water: in the meantime I just sprinkle some on my food the way I would salt. Well, actually, less than I would salt: this stuff is pretty strong.
I think 1 cup of water is too much. I've been dissolving mine in whatever about 2 swigs is. I think the good thing about potassium chloride is that, while I agree the taste is really awful, there's almost no lingering aftertaste, so just have something to chase it with and it's 3 seconds of unpleasantness.
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