Thanks Sheila for you feedback.
Going to integrative healthcare professionals and doing Permaculture organic gardening most of my 72 years, produce and products are familiar to me. I can understand how they might seem complex. Months went by before I got it right. I did start with evening OptiMg and potassium (K), then morning ground flax and chia but it wasn't predictable enough. I did more research along with trial and error.

The osmotic gradient balance was an AH HA moment. It reminded me of keeping garden soil moist with compost (not really the same but once a gardener always a gardener). I needed to keep my longer than average pipe moist enough. It made sense to take one each of OptiMag and K plus I added Real salt in the middle of the night to be ready for "regularity" in the morning. Because I have low blood pressure and drink lots of water, minerals can become imbalanced. Unlike people with high blood pressure, I can use Real salt.

Just wanted you to get the idea of my discovery process.
Best of luck Sheila,
farmersmith