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Re: Muscle spasms
From: Margo (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun, 30 Apr 2000 09:46:20 -0500 (CDT)
Alexis, I have been doing LOTS of reading on the low carb diets and
found that they also recommend taking potassium and magnesium when
experiencing leg cramps. If you want I can give you some of the
webpages.
At Sat, 29 Apr 2000, A wrote:
>
>Yes, I am currently low-carbing. Have also experienced these spasms prior also.
>Thanks for the info on Vit C....I'll give it a try. :-)
>
>anonymous@obgyn.net wrote:
>
>> Hi Alexis, since you have these spasms in your calf, I would first wonder if
>> you are on a low-carb diet? If so, the lack of vitamin C can cause your
>> calves to have spasms, and with most low-carb diets there is a serious lack
>> of vitamin C. Taking one vitamin C tablet a day helps this. I was on Atkins
>> and had the same problem, once I started taking the vitamins, that never
>> happened again. If you aren't on any low-carb diets, I would try the
>> vitamins anyway, they can't hurt! =)
>>
>> In a message dated 4/29/00 1:56:11 AM Central Daylight Time, lpd22@gis.net
>> writes:
>>
>> << Another ?...
>>
>> Last night I awoke in horrible pain. I've had quite a few of these in
>> my days.....very bad muscle spasms in my calve. The spasms are so
>> horrible that I wake up screaming in excruciating pain, grasp my leg
>> and there is "what feels like" a very hard ball in there. The pain
>> usually lasts for a few minutes or so but that area remains sore for the
>> remainder of the day....sometimes 2 days! I've never been able to
>> associate these pains with anything and was just curious as to whether
>> or not anyone has ever experienced similar episodes. Any thoughts?
>> Thanks-
>> Alexis >>
>>
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