Mon, Mar-02-09, 10:18
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Plan: quasi paleo + starch
Stats: 153/148/118
BF:
Progress: 14%
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Potassium pills are notoriously hard on the digestive system for everyone.
It sounds to me like your electolytes might be awry -- I've even read that lack of SODIUM can be a cause of cramps.
Yes, salt!
Then there is the idea that dehydration brings on cramps.
Personally, I tried everything -- and was shocked that in my case, all I needed was a few iron pills, abandoning a low-meat mainly veggie diet in favor of an Atkins plan relying on large amounts of red meat. I also stopped all caffeine beverages, after I learned that anytime you drink coffee with a meal, 75 percent of the iron isn't absorbed.
Geeesh, I'd always read that iron is BAD for you, I had no idea that some experts claim that almost all coffee drinkers are iron deficient.
There are really alot of different things that can cause leg cramps, but if you are truly set on potassium, the only way I've been able to successfully incorporate that into my diet is to add a teaspoon of CREAM OF TARTAR into anything I bake.
Right now, I'm on low carb, and I can't eat flaxseed MIMs, so I can't do that - I'm not baking anything.
Cream of Tartar is potassium from GRAPES.
I have no idea what the carb count is, but I've read that it definitely contains carbohydrates, so better check first.
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