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hey dr. Burke here in this video we’re

going to talk about cramps charley

horses if you have these here are the

causes there’s four main causes the

number one cause of cramps in the

especially when you’re sleeping at night

is medication the side effects of high

blood pressure medication also high

cholesterol medication and also

prednisone

so that will majorly affect the

contraction relaxation of your muscles

especially at night so that’s number one

number two too much calcium calcium

causes the contraction of muscles now

that usually comes because your stomach

is off if you have a lot of acid reflux

or digestive problems that means you

don’t have enough acid and the calcium

doesn’t get mobilized and so that’s your

going to end up having too much calcium

stuck in the joints and all that

another cause would be taking like too

many calcium supplements that are

calcium carbonate that’s like rocks

you’re going to plug up things let’s say

you want to prevent osteoporosis you’re

going to get a lot of crafts because

you’re taking too much calcium so

calcium you know it could be you’re

taking too much vitamin D without

divided the the other fats like vitamin

k2 and also the omega-3 fatty acids but

too much calcium because calcium always

works with other minerals and it could

be too you don’t have the magnesium to

transport and to relate to calcium so

you always want to take these minerals

together especially calcium magnesium so

too much calcium will cause it and then

and the reason to bring it up is because

if you have a cramp and you just take

straight calcium it might make it worse

number three to little magnesium

magnesium is the relaxation mineral of

the muscle and that’s the one that you

really want to take if you have cramps

so that will just knock it out like that

you could also take calcium magnesium

that would be good especially if it’s in

a 1 to 1 ratio because that’s what we

need and the fourth cause is too little

potassium and because potassium also is

involved in muscle contraction and that

would come from not eating enough

vegetables

or a lot of stress that can deplete the

potassium I don’t know if you knew this

but our bodies need about 4700

milligrams of potassium every single day

yeah that’s like seven to ten cups of

vegetables every single day like no

one’s getting that so no wonder they’re

deficient potassium and also if you add

on stress that will deeply deplete

potassium and if you also add in the

fact that sugar depletes potassium no

wonder the people have a lot of cramps

magnesium comes from the leafy green so

again if you have those vegetables

you’re going to actually kill two birds

with one stone but I’m not saying never

have calcium like you should have some

good cheese from maybe a European cheese

or grass-fed cheese or some dairy like

kefir or maybe even yogurt that would be

a good source of calcium versus just

taking pills all the time but you just

want to look at these as a potential

cause of your cramps the other thing is

them if you’re if you take apple cider

vinegar you’ll make the body a little

more acidic and you’ll really mobilize

this calcium into the tissues so that

episode of enter vinegar is really good

for cramps because it acidifies and it

transports a lot of these minerals and

it also helps your stomach absorb the

minerals and then lastly if you’re

deficient in vitamin b1 due to stress or

too many refined carbohydrates or sugar

you’re going to have not necessarily a

cramps in your calves

you’re going to have tenderness in your

calves so if they’re tender when you

press on them you need b1 and that would

be a nutritional yeast so you can

consume that and that just goes

completely right away so go ahead and

follow this information and I will see

you in the next video