Why can't we consume more water with the SN?

[dudewheresthebus]

I'm talking like a 1:4 ratio. Like 25g:100ml so it doesn't taste as salty. Or does that make vomiting more easy because there's more liquid in the stomach?

 

[Aergia]

I think it's advised to take a higher ratio because it'll be absorbed and enter your bloodstream quicker. But I've often thought that taking a lower ratio might increase one's overall chances of success because the saltiness of a higher concentration would be more likely to induce vomiting.

 

[Forever Sleep]

I might very well be wrong here. Part of the reason I think is that following the water and food fast, our bodies will be dehydrated. So, I'm guessing the idea is they'll quickly absorb any small amount of water given to them. Maybe without noticing what's in it. I suppose a larger amount might take longer to digest/ absorb and increase risk of vomiting but- I'm not actually sure. Interested to see what other people think.

I wonder how they even arrive at these amounts in the fist place. I doubt the powers that be much like detailed information of suicide attempts that have succeeded or failed being circulated. Someone must have sat down and done an analysis though to come up with the optimal amounts.

 

[lionetta12]

I'm talking like a 1:4 ratio. Like 25g:100ml so it doesn't taste as salty. Or does that make vomiting more easy because there's more liquid in the stomach?

Idk I just think about how every time I have surgery I'm only allowed a small cup of water an hour or so before the surgery to be able to swallow the pills they hand you. They don't let you drink more than that because it would break the fluid «fast» and increase the risk of vomiting while you're under the surgery. I apply this to the SN method when I think about the fasting regime and the low water amount that you mix the SN with.

 

[TAW122]

Another possible reason is that having more liquid, fluid, like water would end up diluting the concentration even more so that it isn't as potent as the prescribed ratios mentioned. SN is not my method, but this was something that made sense to me with regards to substance concentrations and such.

 

[dudewheresthebus]

Another possible reason is that having more liquid, fluid, like water would end up diluting the concentration even more so that it isn't as potent as the prescribed ratios mentioned. SN is not my method, but this was something that made sense to me with regards to substance concentrations and such.

That makes sense, but when it's in your body, it's in no? There's only so much stomach acid that will interact with it. So if you drink more water, what difference does it make? Maybe it makes very little difference.

i think the dehyration (fasting-before-surgery) explanation makes most sense. Without any water in your system, your body will more quickly absorb whatever is there so it just makes you absorb it faster I guess.