I put this here b/c I didnt see any other topic where it would fit. I havent been on a true to life controlled diet lifestyle in about 8 years. I started the velocity diet training and used the amount generator on the site to figure my prot, fat, carbs. I didnt follow to a T as I lifted my carbs up b/c of running two times a week plus the prescribed routine from V diet. Its been the full six weeks now and I’ve been doing 260g prot, 43 fat and 200 carbs daily.
I’ve tightened up and lost about ten to twelve pounds. I love the routine. Given that, since I started dieting I’ve been getting calve cramps during sleep and I’ve noticed that I am cramping up in different areas easily. Like twisting or reaching will cause a cramp sometimes in my side or shoulder. Its pretty crazy. I eat fruit, I drink at least 2L of water a day, sometimes 3L. I take vitamins and minerals. I dont know what could be causing the excessive cramping. Any Ideas??
I tried low carb about 10 years ago and cramped like crazy. They say it’s a lack of potassium. Since I couldn’t eat bananas I bought expensive potassium pills.
This is especially common on lower carb diets. Add an electorlyte complex to your supplement programme; also add a bit of sea salt to your food and you should be fine.
[quote]Nards wrote:
I tried low carb about 10 years ago and cramped like crazy. They say it’s a lack of potassium. Since I couldn’t eat bananas I bought expensive potassium pills.[/quote]
You realize that any ‘salt substitute’ at grocery stores are usually potassium chloride, and are around 5$ for a 2 months supply, right?
And OP, check magnesium levels as well as potassium. Grains are a good source of magnesium and if you are omitting them you better be upregulating the dark green veggies intake or supplementing with Mg.
hmm. I use sea salt or kosher. I have both. I eat greens too. I’ll have to play with it. might try the magnesium supplement and see. what do you mean by electrolyte complex?
[quote]Nards wrote:
I tried low carb about 10 years ago and cramped like crazy. They say it’s a lack of potassium. Since I couldn’t eat bananas I bought expensive potassium pills.[/quote]
You realize that any ‘salt substitute’ at grocery stores are usually potassium chloride, and are around 5$ for a 2 months supply, right?
And OP, check magnesium levels as well as potassium. Grains are a good source of magnesium and if you are omitting them you better be upregulating the dark green veggies intake or supplementing with Mg.
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This was about 15 years ago and in Winnipeg I couldn’t find that salt substitute stuff.
Light Salt (spelled Lite Salt Mixture on the package, by Morton) is another good option. It has about one-half sodium (290mg) and one-half potassium chloride (350mg)per serving, which is a good mix if you don’t eat any prepared foods and therefore don’t get any sodium from other sources. It also has a bit of magnesium, but I’m not sure of the amount, probably pretty minimal.