Ellen, Your message is encouraging and I agree, doing this the "natural"
way is so much better than the drug way. I've been eating a banana a day
plus the calcium/mag for my leg cramps. Madi





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> 1. Re: Muscle Cramps and Magnesium-Marcia
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> Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2003 15:41:53 EDT
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> Subject: Re: Muscle Cramps and Magnesium-Marcia
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> Hi Marcia,
>
> It's so good to have this forum to share our experiences and, hopefully, be
> of help to one another.
>
> I'm so glad to hear from others who are 'ahead' of me on this
> program and seeing progress. Would you mind sharing what symptoms its
> helped you with? I'm really looking forward to relief from fatigue and
> fibromyalgia pain.
>
> It's pretty much two steps forward, one step back. At first I had more
> energy consistently. As I started to sweat more I began having more back pain
> (some of the time, not always) and less days of good energy. I think what's
> happening is that 1) I'm detoxing, and 2) I'm losing minerals and need to find
the
> right balance to supplement until I can get my diet straightened out. I
> started out with too high a dose of dessicated liver and sweet dairy whey and
had to
> give them both up for a while. I began again with just the liver - 1/4 tsp.
> a day - and got that up to 1 tsp. twice a day. Then I started again with the
> whey - 1/4 tsp a day - and now that's up to 1 tsp twice a day, too. I'm
> feeling noticeably better since taking both of these consistently.
>
> I recently had the flu and when it was over I was surprised that I had more
> energy than usual. I think that's probably from the liver ... and the saunas.
> I stopped doing them while I was sick and am anxious to get back to them.
>
> I used to get some nasty cramps in my calves at times and found too
> that
> mag/calcium helped me. Sometimes it didn't seem to be enough tho and I
> aslo had to add potassium which is also important in muscles/nerves and
> needs to stay balanced with sodium. That keeps my leg cramps at bay
> too. But on those rare occasions I get them, nothing can take them away
> fast enough, LOL!
>
> Yes, I sometimes take potassium along with the mag/calcium. At first I was
> taking potassium every time I had the leg cramps, but after discussions with
> Jim realized I was probably creating problems with my sodium levels. (Sodium
and
> Potassium need to be balanced). At that time I didn't have a good food
> source of sodium, so stopped the potassium and most of the time I don't seem
to
> need it.
>
> Its great to have 'natural' options that work to turn to instead of
> drugs, isn't it?
>
> That's a big 10/4 !!! Drugs just don't work for me. I always seem to have
> the opposite reaction than intended. Uppers make me depressed ... Downers
make
> me hyper. In fact, that was my first clue as to what was wrong with me. I
> read many years ago about the Feingold children taking Ritalin to calm them
> down. That was one of those "Aha" moments and it got me started on the right
> path towards finding answers.
>
> I wish the best to all of us as we take this exciting path. It's so
> encouraging to be able to do something that actually gives results. I think
the best
> thing about the program is Jim's encouragement and help with any problems and
> questions.
>
> Ellen
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