hi, I’m making my own snake juice. But I’m having trouble finding food-grade epsom salts or other forms of magnesium. Previously I used NoSalt, but it’s now no longer available in my country. What can I use instead? I eat magnesium pills but I’m not sure if that’s sufficient for the purpose here. Also I’m a bit skeptical or the pink himalayan salt as it’s not iodized. And why do we need baking soda? Is it purely for laxative purpose? I do get iHerb here so I can order other ingredients. I’ve tried the electrolyte tablets but find those just kick me right out of ketosis. Has anyone tried keto-friendly electrolyte tabs?
So, the thing about factory-iodized salt is that the iodine has a fairly short half-life. I don’t know how they add it to the salt, but I’m willing to bet that Himalayan salt has a more stable form of iodine, even if it’s less than the concentration of factory-iodized salt. What I’ve done before is use half-iodized, half-Himilayan salt for the sodium chloride portion.
If you can’t find No-Salt, you could use “light-salt”, which is half-sodium chloride, half-potassium chloride. Of course you’ll need to figure out the math for the rest of the recipe to balance it out.
I believe the purpose of the baking soda is to balance the load to the kidneys during fasts, and reduce the risk of kidney stones.
As far as non-food-grade epsom salt goes, I’m not sure. A coffee-filter can reduce large particles, but for smaller contaminants, you could try a carbon or charcoal filter if you have them. In this direction, you could think of the epsom salt as the first ingredient into the water, and then add the rest after filtration.
Edit: spelling