Thread: bananas and cramps

"Somebody" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:k4ql6q$ghv$[email protected]..
>I knew it would be a problem, getting out of the recliner. You have to
>really force it with your legs. And when I've overly exercised, I cramp up
>in the ankle.. And it is a pain like I've never felt... Sure enough.
>Started to cramp when I tried to get out.... banana usually helps and I
>tried eat part of one earlier. But I only had one, and it was going bad...
>At least it didn't go into a full cramp. It literally feels like the
>muscle has twisted itself around itself like a Moebius strip.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RO3Kly8Gssg

Try using 1/4 to 1/2 tsp No Salt stirred in water.

Cheri

On Sat, 6 Oct 2012 18:24:20 -0700, "Cheri" <[email protected]>
wrote:

>"Somebody" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:k4ql6q$ghv$[email protected]..
>>I knew it would be a problem, getting out of the recliner. You have to
>>really force it with your legs. And when I've overly exercised, I cramp up
>>in the ankle.. And it is a pain like I've never felt... Sure enough.
>>Started to cramp when I tried to get out.... banana usually helps and I
>>tried eat part of one earlier. But I only had one, and it was going bad...
>>At least it didn't go into a full cramp. It literally feels like the
>>muscle has twisted itself around itself like a Moebius strip.
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RO3Kly8Gssg
>
>Try using 1/4 to 1/2 tsp No Salt stirred in water.

What is 1/4 teaspoon of water with no salt stirred in going to do?

"Cheri" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Try using 1/4 to 1/2 tsp No Salt stirred in water.
>
> Cheri

Cheri,
what is "no salt"?

I've read it's potassium deficiency... I should go drink some PowerAde.
That also helps. Nothing worse than waking up in the middle of the night--
with a leg not so silently screaming.

"John John" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]..

> What is 1/4 teaspoon of water with no salt stirred in going to do?

perhaps she means I need to hydrate?

On 6-Oct-2012, John John <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Sat, 6 Oct 2012 18:24:20 -0700, "Cheri" <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> >"Somebody" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> >news:k4ql6q$ghv$[email protected]..
> >>I knew it would be a problem, getting out of the recliner. You have to
> >>really force it with your legs. And when I've overly exercised, I cramp
> >>up
> >>in the ankle.. And it is a pain like I've never felt... Sure enough.
> >>Started to cramp when I tried to get out.... banana usually helps and I
> >>
> >>tried eat part of one earlier. But I only had one, and it was going
> >>bad...
> >>At least it didn't go into a full cramp. It literally feels like the
> >>muscle has twisted itself around itself like a Moebius strip.
> >>
> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RO3Kly8Gssg
> >
> >Try using 1/4 to 1/2 tsp No Salt stirred in water.
>
> What is 1/4 teaspoon of water with no salt stirred in going to do?
Provide potassium, same as a banana would. NoSalt, like most salt
substitutes is potassium chloride.
--

Change Cujo to Juno in email address.

"Somebody" <[email protected]> wrote:

> "John John" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]..
>
>> What is 1/4 teaspoon of water with no salt stirred in
>> going to do?
>
> perhaps she means I need to hydrate?



I think Cheri means salt substitute, like Morton's salt
substitute (potassium chloride

I tried it on food and it was far saltier than regular table
salt. A glass would taste terrible! Plus ill advised. Since your
cramps are localized in the ankles you wouldn't want to possibly
poison yourself with the stuff.

There's got to be a different cause. Are you cutting off
circulation with your feet up on the recliner's footrest?

Andy

On Sun, 7 Oct 2012 02:05:32 GMT, "l, not -l" <[email protected]> wrote:

>
>On 6-Oct-2012, John John <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 6 Oct 2012 18:24:20 -0700, "Cheri" <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >"Somebody" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> >news:k4ql6q$ghv$[email protected]..
>> >>I knew it would be a problem, getting out of the recliner. You have to
>> >>really force it with your legs. And when I've overly exercised, I cramp
>> >>up
>> >>in the ankle.. And it is a pain like I've never felt... Sure enough.
>> >>Started to cramp when I tried to get out.... banana usually helps and I
>> >>
>> >>tried eat part of one earlier. But I only had one, and it was going
>> >>bad...
>> >>At least it didn't go into a full cramp. It literally feels like the
>> >>muscle has twisted itself around itself like a Moebius strip.
>> >>
>> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RO3Kly8Gssg
>> >
>> >Try using 1/4 to 1/2 tsp No Salt stirred in water.
>>
>> What is 1/4 teaspoon of water with no salt stirred in going to do?
>Provide potassium, same as a banana would. NoSalt, like most salt
>substitutes is potassium chloride.

Oh, NoSalt, thanks.

--
John

On Sat, 6 Oct 2012 21:44:16 -0400, "Somebody" <[email protected]> wrote:

>"John John" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]. .
>
>> What is 1/4 teaspoon of water with no salt stirred in going to do?
>
>perhaps she means I need to hydrate?

And a whole teaspoon might drown you.

--
John

"John John" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> And a whole teaspoon might drown you.
>
> --
> John


isn't that what did in Moon?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKUBTX9kKEo

"Somebody" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:k4qmnj$mj0$[email protected]..
> "Cheri" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]..
>> Try using 1/4 to 1/2 tsp No Salt stirred in water.
>>
>> Cheri
>
> Cheri,
> what is "no salt"?

It's the name brand for a salt substitute which is potassium chloride. It
usually works for me. Try it and see.

Cheri

"Andy" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]..
> "Somebody" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> "John John" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]..
>>
>>> What is 1/4 teaspoon of water with no salt stirred in
>>> going to do?
>>
>> perhaps she means I need to hydrate?
>
>
>
> I think Cheri means salt substitute, like Morton's salt
> substitute (potassium chloride
>
> I tried it on food and it was far saltier than regular table
> salt. A glass would taste terrible! Plus ill advised. Since your
> cramps are localized in the ankles you wouldn't want to possibly
> poison yourself with the stuff.
>
> There's got to be a different cause. Are you cutting off
> circulation with your feet up on the recliner's footrest?
>
> Andy


It's very good for leg cramps. Poison yourself indeed!

Cheri

"Cheri" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "Andy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]..
>> "Somebody" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> "John John" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>> news:[email protected]..
>>>
>>>> What is 1/4 teaspoon of water with no salt stirred in
>>>> going to do?
>>>
>>> perhaps she means I need to hydrate?
>>
>>
>>
>> I think Cheri means salt substitute, like Morton's salt substitute
>> (potassium chloride
>>
>> I tried it on food and it was far saltier than regular table salt. A
>> glass would taste terrible! Plus ill advised. Since your cramps are
>> localized in the ankles you wouldn't want to possibly poison yourself
>> with the stuff.
>>
>> There's got to be a different cause. Are you cutting off circulation with
>> your feet up on the recliner's footrest?
>>
>> Andy
>
>
> It's very good for leg cramps. Poison yourself indeed!

And shouldn't be used by some people.

http://www.mysanantonio.com/life/foo...es-1029365.php

"Cheri" <[email protected]> wrote:

> It's very good for leg cramps. Poison yourself indeed!



Cheri,

In 2005, I was in the hospital with pancreatitis. I wasn't
allowed to eat or drink for a week. I did get the OK to gargle
and spit water to relieve dry mouth.

I lived on IV sodium chloride all day with the exception of
one bag of potassium chloride daily. I don't know the dosage
and figured I'd absorb what my body required rather than at a
constant rate.

I also had an IV in the other arm to draw blood daily. I'm
sure they kept close watch on both chlorides and pancreas
function/mending.

Overdosing on potassium chloride is well known. Fatalities
have been documented.

Your 1 tsp suggestion may approach or exceed %RDA. That
doesn't even count potassium in the course of eating.

I was just providing practical cautionary advice not a
doctor's advice like you did.

Look at the potassium in a daily multivitamin. The unit
measure falls way, way short of the %RDA, probably for good
reason.

Andy
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"Andy" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]..
> "Cheri" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> It's very good for leg cramps. Poison yourself indeed!
>
>
>
> Cheri,
>
> In 2005, I was in the hospital with pancreatitis. I wasn't
> allowed to eat or drink for a week. I did get the OK to gargle
> and spit water to relieve dry mouth.
>
> I lived on IV sodium chloride all day with the exception of
> one bag of potassium chloride daily. I don't know the dosage
> and figured I'd absorb what my body required rather than at a
> constant rate.
>
> I also had an IV in the other arm to draw blood daily. I'm
> sure they kept close watch on both chlorides and pancreas
> function/mending.
>
> Overdosing on potassium chloride is well known. Fatalities
> have been documented.
>
> Your 1 tsp suggestion may approach or exceed %RDA. That
> doesn't even count potassium in the course of eating.
>
> I was just providing practical cautionary advice not a
> doctor's advice like you did.
>
> Look at the potassium in a daily multivitamin. The unit
> measure falls way, way short of the %RDA, probably for good
> reason.
>
> Andy

My Endo. said if you are lacking in potassium, you are generally lacking in
other things as well. Checking for a deficiency can be done via a blood
test.

"Julie Bove" <[email protected]> wrote:

> My Endo. said if you are lacking in potassium, you are
> generally lacking in other things as well. Checking for a
> deficiency can be done via a blood test.



Julie,

I know that and agree. I mentioned I had blood work daily in
the hospital.

I also tracked my nutrient intake through diet software with
meticulous nutrition data and foods throughout the day for a
year. I could see my deficiencies on a daily, weekly, monthly,
quarterly and annual basis. Did I take drastic measures? No!

All I was pointing out was that since the cramps were
localized to the ankles, flooding the entire blood stream with
potassium chloride seems excessive but, what do I know?

I would never EVER seek OR give medical advice from any
internet source. I do put good faith in timely food recalls.

Best,

Andy

Andy wrote:
>
> Look at the potassium in a daily multivitamin. The unit
> measure falls way, way short of the %RDA, probably for good
> reason.

IMHO, bananas are the best way to provide potassium.
Sports drinks are maybe 2nd best way.

G.

Gary <[email protected]> wrote:

> IMHO, bananas are the best way to provide potassium.
> Sports drinks are maybe 2nd best way.



Gary,

The Gatorade sports drink is an interesting story.

Named after the Florida Gators college football team, Gatorade
simply examined what was lost in human sweat. Presto, Gatorade
puts it back.

I enjoy Gatorade fairly often but not for intense athletic
replenishment or cramp reasons.

Best,

Andy

Andy wrote:
>
> Gary <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > IMHO, bananas are the best way to provide potassium.
> > Sports drinks are maybe 2nd best way.
>
> Gary,
>
> The Gatorade sports drink is an interesting story.
>
> Named after the Florida Gators college football team, Gatorade
> simply examined what was lost in human sweat. Presto, Gatorade
> puts it back.

You read that people sweating a lot (for whatever reason) need to replace
the electrolites. It's potassium (and maybe a bit of salt). This is why
running races offer the sports drinks during the race and alway bananas at
the end of the race.

My favorite "end of the race" offering though was the free beer. heheheh

G.

"Cheri" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> It's the name brand for a salt substitute which is potassium chloride. It
> usually works for me. Try it and see.
>
> Cheri

where?