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Weight loss injections/treatments

Discuss weight-loss injections and treatments, including personal experiences. Mumsnet hasn't checked the qualifications of anyone posting here. You may wish to speak to a medical professional before starting any treatments.

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Electrolytes

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MJOkayy · 05/04/2025 15:48

Hi lovely people! Please help me out!

I don't understand electrolytes!

I have dioralyte sachets at home for when I am feeling dehydrated. They have to be measured out exactly and taste gross!

I also have a few tubes of sports electrolyte tablets which I drop into water when I go for a run. They taste quite nice!

Then I also sometimes have a lucosade electrolyte drink, which I also like the taste of.

So ... What is the difference between all these?

In my head, because the dioralyte tastes so disgusting, I assume it must work the best to rehydrate me!! But is that wrong?

Why does dioralyte taste so gross if it's the same as other electrolyte solutions?

What is the difference and what is the most hydrating solution?

I'm confused! Help me understand!!

Thank you!!

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rosemarble · 07/04/2025 08:32

MJOkayy · 06/04/2025 13:25

I follow a lot of USA GLP1 YouTubers and they all use "electrolytes"! So I thought it was a normal thing to do when you use GLP1s! But in the UK I think things are a bit different and definitely I got myself confused with the different types of electrolytes (e.g. dioralyte, lucosade sport etc..)

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Do the you tubers explain why taking GLP1 results in electrolyte imbalance?

TourangaLeila · 07/04/2025 08:42

You do not need endless vitamins and electrolytes just because your taking a weight loss injection.

What you need to do is:

Make sure your eating varied balanced diet, no less than 1200 calories a day.
Drink 2 litres of water daily.

That's it. That is all.

All these youtubers are doing is trying to hawk you stuff you don't need!

If you have dry mouth (a symptom of the drug, NOT because your dehydrated) try chewing gum.

IrisPallida · 07/04/2025 09:12

Yeah, step away from youtube. It is just an echo chamber of idiots copying each other and trying to go one up all the time.

If your diet is good you do not need 'electrolytes'. They can aid the sort of sweating that heavy exercise causes, (some sports are best done on an empty stomach so they are useful in those conditions), or a sodium/potassium inbalance that extreme dieting might cause. Dioralyte and medical electrolytes are even more specific and to aid rehydration when there is extreme fluid loss from eg diarrhea.

The other thing no-one needs is protein shakes. They are extremely fashionable despite being as UPF as you can get AND causing stomach upsets in a surprising proportion of people. Another youtube/Insta echo-chamber item.

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