Muscle cramps can be a real problem on weight loss diets, especially on low carbohydrate weight loss diets.
Muscle cramps are usually due to electrolyte imbalances of sodium or potassium. You can have weight loss
muscle cramps almost anywhere – in your calves, rib cage, back, arms, chin, thumbs, etc. The easiest way to
treat muscle cramps is a combination of salt, boullion cubes and magnesium carbonate. (Never take potassium
unless you are under medical supervision. A whole bottle of potassium from a health food store contains less
potassium than 1 tablet of prescription potassium, so potassium from a health food store is all fillers and worse
than useless.) If you suffer from muscle cramps on a diet, add a few sprinkles of table salt to almost everything
you eat. Drink 2-3 cups of soup a day made with boullion cubes. Finally, take 1-2 500mg tablets of
Magnesium Gluconate a day. If your muscle cramps don’t disappear in 2-3 days, I need to draw your
electrolytes and check your sodium and potassium levels.