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6 minutes ago, GreenTealael said:

Oh ... Yeah so about once a month I add cream of tartar to a drink to keep my potassium levels up..

Whahhhh? NOW ya tell me!!!!! LOL.

How come you didn't tell me this??? 🤨🤯:51_scream: And how does cream of tartar raise your potassium? How do you eat it?

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1 minute ago, FluffyChix said:

Whahhhh? How come you didn't tell me this??? 🤨🤯:51_scream:

I take potassium pills on vacay, because lots of walking causes my calves to cramp. (I'm sure part of this issue is dehydration too. But who wants to constantly be looking for a restroom on vcation?)

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6 minutes ago, FluffyChix said:

Whahhhh? How come you didn't tell me this??? 🤨🤯:51_scream:

This is normal supplementation stuff, nothing to do with IF or even WLS. I have a lot trouble synthetic Vitamins, basically all of them, so I have to be tricky and get them other ways...

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16 minutes ago, FluffyChix said:

Ha! I bought it cuz of you! I heart it! :) It was a pretty super combination. Should have made my Dijon garlic vinaigrette but didn't feel like it--it was already complicated enough to put all the parts together. Ha!

Lol ... glad you like them. Be warned, it'll be hard to go back to other shrimp!

Your meals are still way fancier than my chunk o' cheese, even without the vinaigrette!

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1 minute ago, sillykitty said:

I take potassium pills on vacay, because lots of walking causes my calves to cramp. (I'm sure part of this issue is dehydration too. But who wants to constantly be looking for a restroom on vcation?)

I did a crap ton of walking this weekend too...and the test was on Monday. I thought my muscle cramps were from low magnesium. Derp. And thought my little palpitations were from my low thyroid that I'm being seen for next month. LOL. I'm in danger of having my Jr. Doctor Kildare card yanked! :51_scream: ROFLMFAO!

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1 minute ago, sillykitty said:

Lol ... glad you like them Be warned, it'll be hard to go back to other shrimp!

Your meals are still way fancier than my chunk o' cheese, even without the vinaigrette!

They had 'em on sale (peeled, deveined, 16/20s for $5.97/lb) and I got a pound to try to make sure I liked em. I grew up eating Gulf shrimp so I didn't really know...but I do like them quite a lot--more lobster/langostino-ish than shrimpy? So next time they are on sale, I'm gonna score a big one! :D TY for tellin' me about them!

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3 minutes ago, GreenTealael said:

This is normal supplementation stuff, nothing to do with IF or even WLS. I have a trouble synthetic Vitamins, basically all of them, so I have to be tricky and get them other ways...

Ok, now tell us all your other ways to support vits/mins naturally through food stuff rather than vits? :D Spill it. And we mean, ALL the knowledge...

Go.

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Just now, GreenTealael said:

Cream of tartar, Himalayan salt, lemon water... Electrolytes to the rescue!!!!

All in the same glass? :) How much of each por favor! :D

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14 minutes ago, FluffyChix said:

Ok, now tell us all your other ways to support vits/mins naturally through food stuff rather than vits? :D Spill it. And we mean, ALL the knowledge...

Go.

IDK mostly through food, except pesky iron!!! I can't handle red meat well, blackstrap molasses will probably put me in a coma, and I eat tons of leafy greens... Still have to get infusions every couple months unless I decide to just eat rust...😂😂😂😂😂😥😥😥

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9 minutes ago, FluffyChix said:

All in the same glass? :) How much of each por favor! :D

https://holistichealthforlife.com/why-and-how-to-get-more-potassium-2/

Just I pinch of salt should do

9 minutes ago, FluffyChix said:

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Do you cook in a cast Iron pan? I'd cook everything in one if I were you! :D

https://www.nomeatathlete.com/iron-for-vegetarians/

https://academic.oup.com/ajcn/article/78/3/633S/4690005

Also, can you tolerate pate? Especially if you use livers from Whole Foods? I have an awesome recipe for green peppercorn pate that makes getting down chicken liver flat dreamy! Also have a great recipe for authentic "chopped livah" that's absolutely divine especially with the Wasa rye crackers!! Let me know if you want those recipes btw. I'm sure you know all about adding enough things with zinc, vit c, and carotenoids also helps iron absorption?

((hugs)) sweetie! Thanks for telling me about the cream of tartar!

I think some of the issue (cuz it hasn't been low until now) is that I'm also having some intestinal disturbance along with the whatever is happening in my gut thing...you know? So I'm sure I'm losing some potassium through um, you know...TMI.

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I'm gonna tell ya, even if I was eating 6 meals a day, it would be damned difficult to get in 3-4K of potassium through diet alone!

I'm stuffed to my gourd with 2 meals that I couldn't finish and only have about 460mg of potassium in from food. I don't know how any of us post RNY can take in enough potassium?

Talked to the pharmacist and because of the hbp/the hbp pill and Fluid around my heart she does not recommend doing anything other than eating foods rich in potassium until the order for the K-dur is filled. Ugh. The doc/nurse are in surgery and she didn't have time to call in the order yet.

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