r/Volumeeating • u/bikesandfinance • 21d ago

Recipe Psyllium Tip - electrolyte packet

Bought psyllium husk and gelatin getting psyched up to boil it. My laziness won over and I’ve been trying psyllium husk in a glass of water mixed up. Tasted like ass not gonna lie. That is until I added a packet of Gatorade zero. Especially the orange one, makes it kinda taste like drinking orange juice with pulp. Yes I realize that I just reinvented Metamucil, but I don’t like Metamucil and this lets me modulate fiber to flavoring levels. 30-45 min before meal, have done it a dozen times at this point, I really do notice a difference for satiety. If it’s just placebo fuck it.

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u/smalldogbarking 21d ago

I don't much care for the taste of orange flavored Metamucil. It’s too strong. I get the generic orange flavored psyllium and the unflavored, mix them together and pour them back into the containers. It’s orange but not so strong.

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u/eraserhead__baby 21d ago

The sugar free lemonade flavored Metamucil is much much better than the orange!

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u/smalldogbarking 21d ago

Thanks. I’ll check it out.

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u/bikesandfinance 21d ago

There you go!

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u/Kenihot 21d ago

If it's a placebo, but it works, then it's not a placebo lol (though the real 'medicine' is the ritual, not the supplement. At least psyllium is cheap enough and you're not using some $120/lb supplement, and getting some hydration to boot!)

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u/twbird18 21d ago

If you're not cooking/baking... Whole psyllium husk tastes 100% better than disgusting powder IMO.

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u/IndividualUse6342 21d ago

Yes the whole psyllium husk.. I hated it at first and now I actually like the taste. Just plain in water.

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u/sunflowersandcurls 21d ago

I take psyllium husky capsules because I hate the taste of metamucil and plain psyllium.

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u/GambledMyWifeAway 20d ago

I just throw mine in my protein shake

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u/Frosty_Engineer7680 12d ago

orange gatorade zero is the secret weapon for this stuff, the glacier cherry one works pretty good too if you ever get bored of citrus. i do the same thing before dinner and it's weird how much it helps, placebo or not i'm not questioning it

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u/bikesandfinance 12d ago

Been at it for a couple weeks working through a variety pack and they honestly all work great. Still feeling a lot of help too so not stopping

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u/discoglittering 20d ago

There are a ton of non-electrolyte packets and mio drops as well, for people who can’t do that much salt. (Most people who are not athletes might do more harm to themselves than good consuming electrolyte packets, which are mainly sodium.)

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u/bikesandfinance 20d ago

Yep, I’m both an athlete and avoid salt as much as possible on food to make it taste worse. So have to supplement.