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GlitzArmstrong
GlitzArmstrong Posts: 15 Member
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I have been at this woe since around Easter, and I keep thinking I sold be taking vitamins and supplements but haven't got around to it.
I was dairy free also but have added just a bit back in.

Thank you!
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  • FIT_Goat
    FIT_Goat Posts: 4,224 Member
    What deficiency symptoms are you experiencing?
  • KnitOrMiss
    KnitOrMiss Posts: 10,103 Member
    Giltz wrote: »
    I have been at this woe since around Easter, and I keep thinking I sold be taking vitamins and supplements but haven't got around to it.
    I was dairy free also but have added just a bit back in.

    Thank you!

    Agreed with @FIT_Goat. Unless you have tested deficiencies, the short answer is none, other than watching your sodium, potassium, and magnesium to make sure you're maintaining what you need. This WOE fulfills most nutritional needs because the body is far more efficient without the wasteful processing of carbs.
  • Sk8Kate
    Sk8Kate Posts: 405 Member
    I've been waking up with charley horses in feet & calves the past few mornings. Was waiting for blood work before I started taking anything, but maybe I should pick up some magnesium? Does it need to be with something else so we can process it?Drinking the chicken boullion keeps headaches away. As soon as I feel one coming on, drink the broth & voila! Gone (placebo?).
  • AngInCanada
    AngInCanada Posts: 947 Member
    edited May 2015
    Magnesium is amazing for cramps. I'd just start taking it. Only thing that'll happen if you take it and don't need it is you'll get diarrhea.
  • jumanajane
    jumanajane Posts: 438 Member
    Whats 'charley Horses'??? :)
  • cellis8487
    cellis8487 Posts: 1 Member
    I take calcium and vitamin D. Because I'm a woman and have been vit D deficient since i could remember. I used to take a multivitamin but stopped because i feel it's unnecessary to load myself up with vitamins I'm already ingesting while I eat. Just my opinion. Trust your body.
  • lauraesh0384
    lauraesh0384 Posts: 463 Member
    I take a Vitamin B complex. I also take cinnamon pills since I read it's good for sugar metabolism. Whether they do anything, I can't say. I also did notice when I took the magnesium, calcium and zinc combo my cramps weren't as bad and my period wasn't as heavy. Sorry if that's TMI lol.
  • KnitOrMiss
    KnitOrMiss Posts: 10,103 Member
    Sk8Kate wrote: »
    I've been waking up with charley horses in feet & calves the past few mornings. Was waiting for blood work before I started taking anything, but maybe I should pick up some magnesium? Does it need to be with something else so we can process it?Drinking the chicken boullion keeps headaches away. As soon as I feel one coming on, drink the broth & voila! Gone (placebo?).

    Make sure you get Magnesium CITRATE. Slo-Mag is a preferred one for some. I just got it straight, but it's only 135 mg, so I'm taking it more than once a day. I had 500 mg OXIDE and it would give me the diarrhea problems. Badly. Like went on myself in my sleep bad.

    Citrate can be liquid, powder, or capsules... You can get it at some pharmacies (my Walgreens carries it, but not my WM, as far as I can tell)...or online.... 500 mg is about the max dose you want to take unless you're deficient...but you'll be able to tell.

    And I think that the best ones tell you to take it with food so it is metabolized. There was something here someone mentioned to take with it, but I can't recall. I have no problems with absorption, as I can easily tell when I do or don't take it.
  • annalisbeth74
    annalisbeth74 Posts: 328 Member
    AngInCanada wrote: »
    Magnesium is amazing for cramps. I'd just start taking it. Only thing that'll happen if you take it and don't need it is you'll get diarrhea.

    Sokath, his eyes uncovered.

  • AngInCanada
    AngInCanada Posts: 947 Member
    annalisbeth74 wrote: »
    AngInCanada wrote: »
    Magnesium is amazing for cramps. I'd just start taking it. Only thing that'll happen if you take it and don't need it is you'll get diarrhea.

    Sokath, his eyes uncovered.

    Huh? Good for muscle cramps. Lol.
  • Kitnthecat
    Kitnthecat Posts: 2,073 Member
    I take Natural Calm before bed, but I've also started to drink way more water than before and I find it really helps for the charley horses ( leg cramps ).
  • Sk8Kate
    Sk8Kate Posts: 405 Member
    Do we only get charley horses in Canada? I have hard time with calcium as most is derived from oysters (shellfish allergy) & I'll look for the magnesium citrate. Thanks
  • saraphim41
    saraphim41 Posts: 205 Member
    jumanajane wrote: »
    Whats 'charley Horses'??? :)
    A "charley horse" is a cramp in the leg or foot. Can be very painful.
  • AngInCanada
    AngInCanada Posts: 947 Member
    Sk8Kate wrote: »
    Do we only get charley horses in Canada? I have hard time with calcium as most is derived from oysters (shellfish allergy) & I'll look for the magnesium citrate. Thanks

    Lol. My auntie who lives in the USA had never heard of the term Charley horse ;)
  • Kitnthecat
    Kitnthecat Posts: 2,073 Member
    LOL. This feels like the conversation about the quack grass or crab grass...
  • Sk8Kate
    Sk8Kate Posts: 405 Member
    Exactly...
  • KetoGirl83
    KetoGirl83 Posts: 546 Member
    annalisbeth74 wrote: »
    Sokath, his eyes uncovered.

    Darmok and Jalad on the ocean. :wink:
  • camtosh
    camtosh Posts: 898 Member
    KetoGirl83 wrote: »
    annalisbeth74 wrote: »
    Sokath, his eyes uncovered.

    Darmok and Jalad on the ocean. :wink:

    lol, I had to google it: http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/HowTo:Speak_Tamarian

    I'm living in a different universe in Japan...
  • totaloblivia
    totaloblivia Posts: 1,164 Member
    I have started taking magnesium as a spray in oil - it's great because if you forget to take the magnesium as a pill you can just spray on before going to bed. Works a treat!

    I take magnesium and potassium as a supplement. Very occasionally I take a multivitamin or some spirulina.
  • KetoGirl83
    KetoGirl83 Posts: 546 Member
    edited May 2015
    camtosh wrote: »
    KetoGirl83 wrote: »
    annalisbeth74 wrote: »
    Sokath, his eyes uncovered.

    Darmok and Jalad on the ocean. :wink:

    lol, I had to google it: http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/HowTo:Speak_Tamarian

    I'm living in a different universe in Japan...

    LOL, not many people speak Tamarian... anywhere. :smile:

    This is a resource for all things Trek: en.memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Tamarian_language
  • KnitOrMiss
    KnitOrMiss Posts: 10,103 Member
    AngInCanada wrote: »
    Sk8Kate wrote: »
    Do we only get charley horses in Canada? I have hard time with calcium as most is derived from oysters (shellfish allergy) & I'll look for the magnesium citrate. Thanks

    Lol. My auntie who lives in the USA had never heard of the term Charley horse ;)

    I was born in Kansas, raised in Texas, and live in Oklahoma, USA now, and every single person I've ever spoken to knew EXACTLY what I meant when I said charley horse!!!! So either I'm more non-US than I think or something. LOL
  • jumanajane
    jumanajane Posts: 438 Member
    Lol, I'm from UK so.......still want to know what it means. :p:)
  • Dragonwolf
    Dragonwolf Posts: 5,600 Member
    jumanajane wrote: »
    Lol, I'm from UK so.......still want to know what it means. :p:)
    saraphim41 wrote: »
    jumanajane wrote: »
    Whats 'charley Horses'??? :)
    A "charley horse" is a cramp in the leg or foot. Can be very painful.

  • jumanajane
    jumanajane Posts: 438 Member
    Thanks! Wonder why it's called Charley horse. Lol. Google here I come.
  • Fvaisey
    Fvaisey Posts: 5,506 Member
    KetoGirl83 wrote: »
    annalisbeth74 wrote: »
    Sokath, his eyes uncovered.

    Darmok and Jalad on the ocean. :wink:

    Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,263 Member
    AngInCanada wrote: »
    Sk8Kate wrote: »
    Do we only get charley horses in Canada? I have hard time with calcium as most is derived from oysters (shellfish allergy) & I'll look for the magnesium citrate. Thanks

    Lol. My auntie who lives in the USA had never heard of the term Charley horse ;)

    I'm from the U.S. and charley horse is the term I grew up with and still use.
  • KetoGirl83
    KetoGirl83 Posts: 546 Member
    Fvaisey wrote: »
    KetoGirl83 wrote: »
    annalisbeth74 wrote: »
    Sokath, his eyes uncovered.

    Darmok and Jalad on the ocean. :wink:

    Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra

    Temba, his arms wide.
    ::flowerforyou::
  • annalisbeth74
    annalisbeth74 Posts: 328 Member
    KetoGirl83 wrote: »
    Fvaisey wrote: »
    KetoGirl83 wrote: »
    annalisbeth74 wrote: »
    Sokath, his eyes uncovered.

    Darmok and Jalad on the ocean. :wink:

    Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra

    Temba, his arms wide.
    ::flowerforyou::

    Lol we're such nerds.

    I rarely have friends get that reference.

    I actually didn't realize until I read this thread that the... ahem, digestive problems I was having was related to the mag citrate. I've even taken it before! I should have known better. Well, eyes are opened now. Lol.
  • Journey_258_thru
    Journey_258_thru Posts: 22 Member
    Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »
    AngInCanada wrote: »
    Sk8Kate wrote: »
    Do we only get charley horses in Canada? I have hard time with calcium as most is derived from oysters (shellfish allergy) & I'll look for the magnesium citrate. Thanks

    Lol. My auntie who lives in the USA had never heard of the term Charley horse ;)

    I'm from the U.S. and charley horse is the term I grew up with and still use.

    Charlie Horse is also the term here in Western Canada, and speaking of them, following my night shift I had Charlie horses' twice this morning in my left calf as I was stretching/yawning in bed around 3pm. It really sucked: I took magnesium when I got up, and have been trying to eat an assortment of foods throughout the day to prevent same from happening again. Good luck taming your Charlie Horses!
  • KnitOrMiss
    KnitOrMiss Posts: 10,103 Member
    annalisbeth74 wrote: »
    KetoGirl83 wrote: »
    Fvaisey wrote: »
    KetoGirl83 wrote: »
    annalisbeth74 wrote: »
    Sokath, his eyes uncovered.

    Darmok and Jalad on the ocean. :wink:

    Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra

    Temba, his arms wide.
    ::flowerforyou::

    Lol we're such nerds.

    I rarely have friends get that reference.

    I actually didn't realize until I read this thread that the... ahem, digestive problems I was having was related to the mag citrate. I've even taken it before! I should have known better. Well, eyes are opened now. Lol.

    I'm a total Trek nerd too, but I don't have access to as many reruns anymore, so my logic memory starts to fade after some point...but y'all are making me laugh...just for the record.

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