Reddit reviews BulkSupplements.com Potassium Citrate (250 Grams - 8.8 oz - 909 Servings)

Well I'm not a doctor so I will first give that as a disclaimer!

For electrolytes, your main concerns are sodium, potassium, calcium, and magnesium. One benefit of fasting is that the body does a better job of recycling these nutrients during a fast so you usually need much less in your diet than the full 100% RDA. Some people say they get 'keto flu' when they don't have large doses of sodium during their keto or fasting phases, but that hasn't been shown in the research literature yet. I would personally start out shooting for 25-50% of the RDA for all of those electrolytes and seeing how you do. If you end up going to 100% RDA, that won't be harmful. For my fasts I use 'lite salt' since that contains a 50/50 blend of sodium and potassium, but you could easily use the potassium supplement you have and eat some regular table salt separately.

I don't know anything about your specific potassium supplement but the reviews appear legitimate, which is promising. I usually go for Bulk Supplements products since they are usually rated well and it's a well-known brand.

For some supplement rankings, Labdoor.com is a good site. Here is their magnesium page and here is their calcium page. You can sort by quality or value. If you create an account (free) if you want to see a full breakdown of how they came up with their score for each product. Also not that many of the calcium supplements also include magnesium (and sometimes other nutrients), much like the NOW product that you bought.

As far as the different forms you can buy and use, Examine.com has info for magnesium here. For calcium, the various forms are generally all well tolerated and absorbed, so it's not much of an issue. It really upsets me that magnesium oxide is included in so many products since it's so useless from a nutritional perspective, but it's a cheap form and there isn't any government regulation when it comes to the absorption of supplements, so there isn't much to be done.

BulkSupplements Potassium Citrate.

Ummm... salt? You want to buy salt from Amazon? You know "iodized salt" is table salt right? In my experience it's harder to find non-iodized salt for sale. Okay, as long as you know. Here's The salt I found that was least overpriced.

I bought this Sherpa Himalayan Pink Salt, and Potassium and Magnesium from Bulk Supplements on Amazon. All powdered and I just weigh it out into my water a few times a day. On day 2 of my first extended fast!

Congrats on the hard work, you are looking amazing!!

I recommend looking into things like lite salt or nusalt, which are salt substitutes that contain potassium in place of sodium, often used to make potassium drinks or season food. I personally don't care for the taste in most foods, but many seem to like it.

There's also this supplement which I use. I put a small amount of this into a water bottle with some mio or other sugar free water flavor every morning (it tastes bad otherwise). Helps me immensely. If you do go with this stuff, make sure you measure how much you need, don't want to get too much potassium of course. I probably only use maybe 1/8 of a teaspoon I think, but you may need less/more.

It's hard to get a consistent source of potassium and magnesium if you're busy, which you clearly stated you are, I would suggest checking out supplementing them. I personally do, with good results.

http://www.amazon.com/Natural-Vitality-Magnesium-Calm-Original/dp/B00HTIZF7Y/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1426305824&sr=8-2&keywords=natural+calm+magnesium - Natural Calm Magnesium ---- Has a good taste and dillutes very well in water.

In regards to potassium, I just bought a 500 gram bag for 24$ off amazon as well. http://www.amazon.com/BulkSupplements-Potassium-Citrate-Powder-grams/dp/B00ENSA942/ref=sr_1_2?s=hpc&ie=UTF8&qid=1426305907&sr=1-2&keywords=potassium+citrate - but that's the link to a 250 gram bag... Mix it in some water and you have your fill for the day


Drink before bed. Helps a lot with sleep / main

I get enough Na and Mg from food and ZMA so the only one I have to watch is K. I've been thinking about getting this. One reason is because it's citrate it will help counter my risk of kidney stones (they aren't fun).


A few things to note...K is limited in the US to 99mg per serving in supplement form. LabDoor, which independently evaluates supplements, doesn't have anything on potassium, unfortunately, but here is what they have on magnesium.


Here is a big post on [potassium](https://www.reddit.com/r/keto/comments/2205ma/more_than_you_ever_wanted_to_know_about_potassium/
) from a while back.

I add potassium citrate powder to various foods, protein shakes, drinks. It doesn't have much of the "salt" taste.

https://www.amazon.com/BulkSupplements-Potassium-Citrate-Powder-grams/dp/B00ENSA942/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8&th=1

Edit: I should add that the 275 mg suggested serving on this powder is ~99 mg potassium (the other 176mg being the citrate). And the FDA limits potassium doses to 99mg for a reason... you can hurt yourself taking too much at once. If you decide to use this product, I recommend getting a good milligram scale and spreading it out thtoughout the day.

I use bulk potassium citrate powder and mix it into chicken broth. Half a teaspon is 1g potassium. Go slow with it, though. If you're not used to it it can cause rumbling in your intestines or diarrhea.

I always thought a banana soylent smoothie sounded amazing. I wonder how this would work added to the powder.

By the way powdered peanut butter is great!

The bulk supplement I bought was here:
http://www.amazon.com/BulkSupplements-Potassium-Citrate-Powder-grams/dp/B00ENSA942

Technically it says 3% daily serving on the package but you're free to take however much you want. I usually mix in about a teaspoon with my coconut milk and take it with my other vitamins (magnesium, vitamin d, omega-3) as the liquid chaser.

It's probably best to eat it like the other posters have said, but I've mixed some keto chow in the past so I have Potassium Citrate and NOW Cal/Mag/D3 powder. I just put a little bit of salt, potassium, magnesium, and choline into a shaker bottle with a few ounces of water. Taste is not great but its a quick fix.