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Weight Loss Forum / Low Carb / January 2004Muscle Aches
Hello, I am getting leg muscle aches in particular at night while sleeping. I take one Potassium tablet per day and drink tons of water. Any thoughts on how I might resolve this problem absent aspirin/tylenol? Also, does the Potassium tablet make one retain water? -Cheers i take over the counter potassium 99mg, and i take three daily.  Signatureread and post daily, it works! rosie "Hell they won't lie to me/ Not on my own damn TV/ But how much is a liar's word worth/ And whatever happened to peace on earth?" ....................................Willie Nelson REGIME CHANGE BEGINS AT HOME ****VOTE**** > Hello, > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > -Cheers > i take over the counter potassium 99mg, and i take three daily. I have been taking only one daily--I think I will increase these and see what happens. -Cheers i also use NO SALT as a seasoning, and it contains extra potassium.(small amount) Signatureread and post daily, it works! rosie "Hell they won't lie to me/ Not on my own damn TV/ But how much is a liar's word worth/ And whatever happened to peace on earth?" ....................................Willie Nelson REGIME CHANGE BEGINS AT HOME ****VOTE**** > > i take over the counter potassium 99mg, and i take three daily. > > I have been taking only one daily--I think I will increase these and see > what happens. > > -Cheers > Hello, > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > -Cheers One potassium tablet provides a microscopic portion of the potassium that you need. Better to get it from food. Avocado is a particularly good source of potassium, with 1 c pureed providing 1166 mg. (One cup provided 877 mg.) That according to http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/cgi-bin/list_nut.pl Or go to http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/Data/SR16/wtrank/wt_rank.html and click to see potassium. BTW, can someone tell me why, given the fact that the first shows potassium in avocados as stated above, the chart does not show avocado in that range? SignatureJean B. FWIW, I made this same complaint to my pro-LC doctor, and he told me to add Calcium-Magnesium supplements. They are 1000mg of CA and 500mg of MG in one tablet. He also said I was getting plenty of Potassium from Morton's Lite Salt, which I use everyday. I asked if there were any other things I was missing on LC, and he said these three are really it. This has completely cured my nighttime leg cramps. > > Hello, > > [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > potassium in avocados as stated above, the chart does not show > avocado in that range? > FWIW, I made this same complaint to my pro-LC doctor, and he told me > to add Calcium-Magnesium supplements. They are 1000mg of CA and 500mg [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > really it. > This has completely cured my nighttime leg cramps. Interesting. I have been careful about my calcium for years. I'm not sure of my magnesium consumption though. My leg cramps went away when I started paying more attention to my potassium consumption. SignatureJean B. >They are 1000mg of CA and 500mg >of MG in one tablet. He also said I was getting plenty of Potassium >from Morton's Lite Salt, which I use everyday. I asked if there were >any other things I was missing on LC, and he said these three are >really it. Yep, the magic 3 for muscle cramps: Calcium, magnesium, and potassium. Connie ***************************************************** My mind is like a steel...um, whatchamacallit. > Hello, > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > -Cheers I get serious muscle cramps if I am not getting enough Calcium. I always take calcium supplements to help. Daisie > I am getting leg muscle aches in particular at night while sleeping. More often than not, leg cramps are fixed with calcium, arm cramps are fixed with potassium. While "more often than not" is crappy statistics, it's worth trying the most common fix first. So go get some cal/mag or cal/mag/zinc tablets. Many are 333 mg each, take 3 per day. I take 1 in the evening and 2 in the morning to spread them out for better absorbtion. > I take one Potassium tablet per day and drink tons of water. Pitiful potassium tablets have 99 mg. It takes a dozen of them to count. use lite salt. A teaspoon gives a gram, and you can sprinkle it on 3 meals to get up to that levels. Caveat, potassium interacts with certain diuretic BP pills and that's why tablets are so tiny. > Also, does the Potassium tablet make one retain water? Does it really matter? Water isn't fat. So no matter how much effort you put into fighting water, it will never contribute to losing a gram of stored fat. You may be able to fight water for a couple of weeks, but over a few months fighting water is one of the ultimate self inflicted frustrations out there. |
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