Can too much Epsom salt hurt you?

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asked Sep 27, 2019 in Other- Health by MichaelAL (320 points)
Can too much Epsom salt hurt you?

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answered Sep 29, 2019 by Jamie (68,360 points)
Taking an Epsom Salt bath daily should do you no harm even though I've read online that the Epsom salt could be absorbed by your body and cause health issues due to too much magnesium from the Epsom Salt.

But my Grandma took a daily Epsom salt bath and she never had any health issues and she felt better as a result and she lived to be 110 years old.

You would likely have to add a whole box of Epsom salt or more to your bath water to cause any health issues but studies have show that the Epsom salt cannot actually be absorbed by your body although I guess it could be possible even though the study has shown it doesn't.

Still just to be safe I would only add a cup of Epsom salt to the warm bath water daily or take a bath in Epsom salt only once per week if it were me.

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