For those that asked about the Epsom Salt trick

[mylovelydd]

I can't seem to find the thread but I've been tagged in it a few times.

It's very simple, if I'm feeling bloated or I just have a night out or whatever the next day, I buy those bags of Epsom salts from Boots or wherever and run a hot bath. Tip in half (if I'm feeling bloated I tip in the whole lot but I am hardcore like that) and just soak in the water for at least 20 minutes ideally 30. That's it.
The next day you will fit into whatever dress or outfit and just be generally depuffed. It's a trick all the Oscars or awards ceremony celebs use and yes of all it costs a couple of quid (cheaper on Amazon actually)
This is what I use:
www.boots.com/westlab-pure-mineral-bathing-epsom-salt-1kg-10187096?cm_mmc=bmm-buk-google-ppc--PLAs_HeroCompare--Toiletries_Personal_Care-_-UK_Smart_Shopping_Toiletries_Personal_Care&gclid=CjwKCAiA8bqOBhANEiwA-sIlN8AapL921QGcdUKG0ubeEpng8E4lI44q1hN-2Z6HhscOwSStnmiG9hoCZNAQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

Hexeal are good for Epsom salts at a fraction of that price

@CeCeSchmidt

Hexeal are good for Epsom salts at a fraction of that price

I use them too, the big buckets of salt are very cost effective.

Can I just fill the bath with the salts

You need to be careful doing this. You’re basically pulling water out of your body by osmosis. Too much salt, too hot, too long etc can make you dangerously dehydrated and quite unwell.

Surely that’s just dehydrating yourself?
Doesn’t sound like a good idea

I think it’s more than absorbing the magnesium in the Epsom salts helps your body with a lot of self regulation, including stress hormones and blood glucose.

@BoopTheFloof

I think it’s more than absorbing the magnesium in the Epsom salts helps your body with a lot of self regulation, including stress hormones and blood glucose.

Yeah, sure. That happens overnight.

It's not an every day thing...just for nights out or when you need to feel your best.

Tk maxx sell big bags of Epsom / magnesium salts for about £4

That sounds dangerous, especially as the subsequent night out may well involve alcohol? Adding to any dehydration.

I would suggest avoiding the trigger foods that cause bloating and/or taking a nutritional supplement or look into IBS if the bloating is accompanied by other digestive issues.

Sorry to sound judgy, but I would worry if my DDs tried this.

@WouldIBeATwat

It does happen pretty quickly. A lot of people are magnesium deficient. Transdermal absorption is fast.

@CinnamonJellyBeans

One of the main causes of IBS-D is microbiome imbalance in the aftermath of food poisoning. Basically the body continues to attack itself with the same defences it has used against the bacteria in the food poisoning. With repeated instances of food poisoning this can progress to being an autoimmune condition.

The main bacterial culprit behind IBS-D in this situation is sulphate reducing bacteria, which are healthy and actually promote a longer life span when the microbiome is in balance. However when they become too prolific this is very bad for the body as SRBs turn dietary sulphur in hydrogen sulphide (smelly gas) and sulphuric acid (causes burning, cramps, diarrhoea, bleeding etc).

This is especially difficult for people who naturally h e a high level of SRBs because they have issues with the processing of sulphur in the body anyway. This is largely genetic.

A way to help regulate this is to provide the body with sufficient levels of sulphate via a transdermal rather than a digestive route so the body doesn’t really on the sulphur content in foods, as having a diet high in sulphur is literally pouring fuel in the INS flames in these cases.

If you want more information about hydrogen sulphide and it’s role in IBS I recommend the research of Dr Mark Pimentel of Cedars-Sinai. His body of work is pretty recent, mostly in the last decade or so.

@BoopTheFloof

Thanks very much for that info. I will look into that

@WouldIBeATwat

You need to be careful doing this. You’re basically pulling water out of your body by osmosis. Too much salt, too hot, too long etc can make you dangerously dehydrated and quite unwell.

So, sort of what happens to a slug if salt is poured on it!?

Basically!

Oh my, it is just bath salts! Which turns bath water into something far far less salty than a water in a swimming pool by the beach and has far less chemicals than your usual hot tub!

I didn’t know they were so effective for other things. I haven’t seen any difference, my only experience after a long soak is coming out of the bath very relaxed, as if I had a good swim.

@GrandmasCat

Oh my, it is just bath salts! Which turns bath water into something far far less salty than a water in a swimming pool by the beach and has far less chemicals than your usual hot tub!

I didn’t know they were so effective for other things. I haven’t seen any difference, my only experience after a long soak is coming out of the bath very relaxed, as if I had a good swim.

Basic science not your strong point, eh?

Everything is chemicals.

(As it happens I only use oxygen in my hot tub. )

I have a disability that means I dehydrate at the drop of a hat and I use epsom salts on days when pain is bad. Never had issues with dehydration. The pain relief is great.

There isn't a bag of salts big enough to de-puff me

Whilst i'm sure this is fine for the majority, Epsom salts baths leave me feeling pretty unwell in the night after one, every single time - i feel hot (it isn't the hot bathwater since i have one every night) and a bit jittery and usually have nightmares and sleep badly that night. Shame because i do find them good for muscular pain.

Oh wow I did not know this op

I use them sometimes when I'm feeling achy, I love them. Added bonus if they de puff me! Haha

@dontgobaconmyheart

Whilst i'm sure this is fine for the majority, Epsom salts baths leave me feeling pretty unwell in the night after one, every single time - i feel hot (it isn't the hot bathwater since i have one every night) and a bit jittery and usually have nightmares and sleep badly that night. Shame because i do find them good for muscular pain.

Could it be low electrolytes?

OP a whole bag?

When I was a full on gym goer, I used to have a bath with two handfuls of salts in...why so much? Does all the depuffing mean you pee a lot?

Seems a bit odd.

I’d need a truck load but might give this a go!

I have been eating and drinking since the day before Christmas Eve and now resemble a space hopper. I'll give this a try. I'm not hopeful of a radical result

As it happens I am massively deficient in magnesium @BoopTheFloof
I get restless legs every night if I don't take magnesium (it's the only thing that seems to stop it) and I've noticed that on the occasions I have a epsom salt bath I don't have restless legs and sleep better.
It's interesting that you say the majority of people are deficient because so many people I know these days have tinnitus and there are peer reviewed studies I've read on PubMed of high strength magnesium having an excellent effect on tinnitus. A good friend of mine actually managed to get rid of his tinnitus through magnesium.

@DaisyNGO I know, I shouldn't use a whole bag, I don't always tbh (just depends if I'm looking like the Michelin man 😂)