Anybody out there have an EFFECTIVE electrolyte recipe to combat nightly leg cramps? I already take 400mg of magnesium in pill form. Drinking pickle juice seems to work pretty well but can’t keep up eating all those pickles. Thanks in advance for any responses.
Electrolyte Recipe to combat nightly leg cramps
robintemplin
(Robin)
#2
I also take magnesium carbonate pills morning and night. But it takes the powdered version of Magnesium CITRATE in a glass of water each evening to stop my leg cramps. I use the brand called Calm. But I’m sure there are others.
Side benefit, it keeps me regular.
Pjam
(Peter - Don't Fear the Fat )
#3
Mrs Pjam had this idea to spray us with magnesium! I wasn’t sure about this but it seems to have worked!
VirginiaEdie
(Edith)
#4
I get nightly cramps when I haven’t had enough salt. You may want to try taking a 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon of salt before bed.
robintemplin
(Robin)
#6
Good for you! Maybe there is a wide spectrum of spays. Never worked for, but kudos to you and for listening to your wife.
cooked
(David Cooke)
#7
Coconut water + adequate salt on my meals seems to have done the trick for me.
Mega leg cramps here, due to a broken foot bone. Calm is a great leg cramp remedy. The best and fastest solution has been Theraworks Magnesium Foam. Rub it in, and the cramps disappear almost instantly.
anon38787346
#10
I used to take an electrolyte from the US with no sugar LMNT? I think it was but it is no longer possible to get it sent to Australia, no idea why.
So, I take salt tablets, 1 gram each and have a hot bath in half a kilo of Epsom salts each evening.
No potassium, haven’t found a way to get that here yet.
Currently I am on a carnivore diet and it is more important for me to take the salt tablets now I don’t have access to a sugar free electrolyte drink.
Tried my local health food store and they stock a sugar free electrolyte but it contains calcium which I won’t take cause I don’t believe I need it.
Avocados which I don’t currently eat are apparently high in potassium. If I wasn’t on a carnivore diet to address severe gut issues, that would be a solution for me.
Best wishes.
scaperdude
(B Creighton)
#11
I have starting making my own electrolyte water this year. I add a tad of sea salt to a jug of water, and add the contents of one capsule of calcium lactate as well. Our tap water is essentially spring water from a mountain well, and is already hard. I do not know if this will help your cramps, but I have drunk much less this year. I just keep the jug in the fridge. I also supplement with ZMA and/or magnesium bisglycinate every night. This adds a little bit of calcium as well. I haven’t had a leg cramp since doing this. My wife can still get them, and she gets rid of them with this magnesium and calcium too.
anon38787346
#12
I likes to use the Epsom salts (magnesium) because in a bath of hot water, you absorb the magnesium you need.
Only thing is to remember to shower off the Bath water on your skin afterwards, otherwise it is very drying.
I think I am getting calcium from meat…and I take vit d with K2M7 daily, so I absorb what calcium I do get into bones.
My keto (very) informed dietician asked me to take 3 grams of sodium a day as she said that is the baseline for me with no additional sodium from food.
I really liked the LMNT electrolyte with no sugar…it was very drinkable.
Aldi in Australia is having a sale on Epsom Salts currently…3Kg for $10.99. I am stocking up!!!
If I have an Epsom salt bath, I am protected from cramping for at least a day.
When I can’t have a bath, I take magnesium tabs.
Geezy56
(Geoffrey)
#13
I just started using the LMNT electrolyte drink mix (unflavored).
If you’re interested I found this recipe from their website.
- ½ teaspoon salt provides about 1 gram sodium.
- 400 mg potassium chloride provides about 200 mg potassium.
- ¼ teaspoon of magnesium malate provides about 60 mg magnesium.
- 2 tablespoons lime juice.
- Dash of stevia, to taste
That’s for the sweet version but leave out the juice and stevia and it’s just fine.
