Many issues and questions can be answered by reading through our wiki, especially the page on electrolytes. Concerns such as intense hunger, lightheadedness/dizziness, headaches, nausea/vomiting, weakness/lethargy/fatigue, low blood pressure/high blood pressure, muscle soreness/cramping, diarrhea/constipation, irritability, confusion, low heart rate/heart palpitations, numbness/tingling, and more while extended (24+ hours) fasting are often explained by electrolyte deficiency and resolved through PROPER electrolyte supplementation. Putting a tiny amount of salt in your water now and then is NOT proper supplementation.
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Osmosis. If the electrolytes in the water are higher in concentration than your serum, it will pull water into your intestines and you will have a liquid pooo. If you’re doing only three days, just drink water or unsweetened green tea if you need caffeine. Your kidneys do a great job retaining the electrolytes your body needs. When you’re not fasting, just take a multivitamin. If you’re a female, you may want to include vitamin D and calcium. But not on the days you’re fasting. Taking vitamins on an empty stomach can cause nausea.
Sounds like you drank a lot of magnesium. It’s best if you put it all in a gallon that you drink throughout the day. Also keep track of how much you consume. Too much of one electrolyte can unbalance another one
I’m going to try to phrase this carefully, but sometimes this sub gives the impression that electrolytes are a thing you need to be consuming constantly and that’s not true. You lose electrolytes at a steady rate while fasting and you need to replenish them, but the early signs of electrolyte deficiency are benign - feeling light-headed when you stand up too quickly - and IMHO there’s nothing wrong with finding a “dose” size and frequency that alleviate symptoms, instead of feeling obligated to pound back a predetermined quantity regardless of how you’re feeling.
In my experience, accounting for a weekly meal that was heavy on electrolytes (deli meat, cashews, olives, cheese, crackers, etc.), it took a couple months before I started feeling light-headed.