most recent 30 from http://paleohacks.com 2013-05-19T06:51:06Z http://paleohacks.com/feeds/question/102529 http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/rdf http://paleohacks.com/questions/102529/help-my-feet-are-cramping Feet Cramping 2012-03-04T13:30:36Z 2012-03-04T15:46:01Z

<p>I have been "Paleo" for the past 5 months. Typical diet is eggs/meat for breakfast, banana, occasional green smoothie= Lunch - Meat/salad - Dinner/ Grass Fed Meat or Fish with Veggies. Snacks: Nuts or apples</p> <p>My feet have been cramping for weeks now. </p> <p>Any ideas as to what may be causing this? I supplement with Fish Oil, Vit D.</p> <p>Thanks!</p>

http://paleohacks.com/questions/102529/help-my-feet-are-cramping/102531#102531 mindi 2012-03-04T13:38:02Z 2012-03-04T13:38:02Z

<p>Try adding more salt to your food. I was having calf cramps, and salt helped a lot.</p>

http://paleohacks.com/questions/102529/help-my-feet-are-cramping/102532#102532 PaleoGran 2012-03-04T13:38:14Z 2012-03-04T13:38:14Z

<p>FC, Dr. Michael Eades gives some good suggestions for bone and meat broths, magnesium, potassium, tonic water (the quinine).</p> <p><a href="http://www.proteinpower.com/drmike/saturated-fat/tips-tricks-for-starting-or-restarting-low-carb-pt-ii/" rel="nofollow">http://www.proteinpower.com/drmike/saturated-fat/tips-tricks-for-starting-or-restarting-low-carb-pt-ii/</a></p> <p>Also, using a tennis ball underneath your foot can help stretch out the cramp, so that it lets go.</p>

http://paleohacks.com/questions/102529/help-my-feet-are-cramping/102533#102533 henny 2012-03-04T13:56:15Z 2012-03-04T13:56:15Z

<p>Not to cure it but to temporarily ease it, I roll my foot arch over a wine bottle on the floor. (I always have a wine bottle around!).</p> <p>I think it is caused by a mineral imbalance- sometimes magnesium, sometimes calcium.</p>

http://paleohacks.com/questions/102529/help-my-feet-are-cramping/102543#102543 Dragonfly 2012-03-04T15:03:13Z 2012-03-04T15:03:13Z

<p>Magnesium. Try 200-600 mg Magnesium Glycinate before bed. Solved all my muscle cramping issues!</p> <p>If you are dairy-free, then 500 mg Calcium Citrate may be helpful.</p>

http://paleohacks.com/questions/102529/help-my-feet-are-cramping/102545#102545 Bri 2012-03-04T15:13:53Z 2012-03-04T15:13:53Z

<p>My feet were doing that too. Turns out I was low in potassium, magnesium and calcium! I took Natural Calm, calcium-magnesium supplements, and potassium supplements and drank lots of water. No problems since!</p>

http://paleohacks.com/questions/102529/help-my-feet-are-cramping/102550#102550 Deb 2012-03-04T15:28:22Z 2012-03-04T15:28:22Z

<p>Magnesium via Natural Calm keeps cramps from my legs and feet.</p>

http://paleohacks.com/questions/102529/help-my-feet-are-cramping/102556#102556 Phoenix 2012-03-04T15:46:01Z 2012-03-04T15:46:01Z

<p>When you start eating lower carbohydrate food, you body no longer holds on to the water. (think Carbo-"hydrate"). When the water leaves, so do some of the electrolytes. This will cause some muscle cramping.</p> <p>One thing you can do is supplement with potassium. Or better yet, find some Morton's Lite Salt and use about a teaspoon full a day on your food. Morton's Lite is made with 1/2 Potassium Chloride.</p>