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Anecdotal Experience follows: The combination of coffee and exercise was leaving me truly exhausted. I was drinking water but still had signs of dehydration(fo

by photoJ 11y ago

Anecdotal Experience follows: The combination of coffee and exercise was leaving me truly exhausted. I was drinking water but still had signs of dehydration(foggy, listless etc). Started using rehydration packets EMERGEN-C ELECTRO MIX and instantly(15 min) felt distinctly better than after a liter of straight water. Given the rest of my diet, magnesium was the main probable culprit. I switched to SLOW-MAG and it reduced earlier symptoms. (in theory this was controlling for other electrolytes). My recommendation is to try the Packets first as they effect is within 15 min, although it might take two if you're really dehydrated.

eli 11y ago
How can you know this isn't the placebo effect?
- photoJ 11y ago
  Not sure if your response is rhetorical or not. 1. I cannot. 2. I noted that in the first line that this was anecdotal. The implication being that other the comments should be considered just as highly and I offer nothing beyond what is commonly accessible on the web in terms of research, with N=1 additional observations. 3. Despite not being a double blind study(with blood work to corroborate with ground truth, what could in fact be a psychosomatic condition), I varied my choice of supplements considerably and noted those lacking in magnesium provided little benefit. 4. My experience fits what is known in the literature. To quote Carl Sagan,'Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.' but in our case, its effectively an application of occam's razor. 5. Finally, I present what I think is the best way for other people to test if my effect was a placebo effect. The slow absorption isn't nearly as dramatic as the instant with a litter of water. Try it yourself if you think its the case, (not that that will remove the placebo possibility).
photoJ 11y ago
Not at all clear to me why this is getting down voted..

by photoJ 11y ago

eli 11y ago

How can you know this isn't the placebo effect?

photoJ 11y ago
Not sure if your response is rhetorical or not. 1. I cannot. 2. I noted that in the first line that this was anecdotal. The implication being that other the comments should be considered just as highly and I offer nothing beyond what is commonly accessible on the web in terms of research, with N=1 additional observations. 3. Despite not being a double blind study(with blood work to corroborate with ground truth, what could in fact be a psychosomatic condition), I varied my choice of supplements considerably and noted those lacking in magnesium provided little benefit. 4. My experience fits what is known in the literature. To quote Carl Sagan,'Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.' but in our case, its effectively an application of occam's razor. 5. Finally, I present what I think is the best way for other people to test if my effect was a placebo effect. The slow absorption isn't nearly as dramatic as the instant with a litter of water. Try it yourself if you think its the case, (not that that will remove the placebo possibility).

photoJ 11y ago

Not at all clear to me why this is getting down voted..