Hi everyone 
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I am aiming to do a 14 day water fast. I am currently on day 8. My question is can I take psyllium husk while on the water fast?
Also, Dr Boz on YouTube suggests taking some himalayan salt, magnesium and pottassium for electrolytes? What do you think of this?
Thanks
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@Anna @Yasemin You ladies will have to address the psyllium husk question. I’ve got nothing.
Regarding Himalayan salt, magnesium and potassium, yes those are the minimum required supplements for a prolonged fast to maintain your electrolytes. That was my minimum for my 21 and 40 day fasts. Yas has a YouTube video on that topic that you can search her channel for.
Hope this helps!
Thanks. And congrats on going for 21 and 40 days. Much Respect.
Also…another question. Can we take probiotics capsules during a water fast? Will it help?
@Anna @Yasemin Another one for you ladies.
For myself, I don’t use them because I don’t see the point during a fast as there’s no food going down there to feed the gut bacteria.
All I can say is after my 21-day fast and after the subsequent refeed my G.I. Tract got super efficient for about a week. For 4 days I had a bm twice a day and then for a couple of weeks once a day. Its slowed considerably since. Even now though my bm are fast as when I was in my 20s. I love it. No more reading newspapers or my iPhone while sitting on the pot!
Thanks Compudude
Hi, welcome to our fasting community. psyllium husk will break your fast but everything else you mentioned is fine, all the best.
Thanks for answering her question.
Thanks very much 