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Tablet Coating Potentially Breaks Fast?

So I am embarking on a 10-day water fast, and today was supposedly day 1, however after searching online I noticed that the Magnesium tablets I use to supplement my electrolytes had sucrose as one of the ingredients that covers the tablet. Now it is in the scale of milligrams, I can’t tell how much but from weighing the tablets I can say definitely less than 10mg in each tablet, of which I would need to consume 10 daily to maintain my electrolytes.

I searched online and so far haven’t found anything that says this is harmful and since it is combined with acacia gum for the casing of the tablet it should be ok since it’s such a small quantity. That being said I wanted to ask if anyone has any experience with this?

EDIT: Found this in the Wiki that confirms that sucrose can be used as a caking agent, but the tiny quantities are not a problem for fasting.

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Answer

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