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so I wanted to talk about all the

different reasons why you may have leg

cramps at night it’s called nocturnal

leg cramps okay are nocturnal cramps all

right

first one is low potassium okay

potassium is intimately involved in the

contraction and relaxation of your

muscles so if there’s not enough

potassium you’re going to have a

tightening of that muscle low sodium

which is an electrolyte can also cause

cramping not as common but it can

magnesium another common one potassium

in magnesium deficiencies are probably

the two top minerals that are involved

with leg cramping because these minerals

are needed to relax the muscle it’s not

surprising when a lot of people are

deficient in this mineral in this

mineral simply because they don’t

consume enough leafy greens they have a

lot of sodium but they have not enough

potassium foods or magnesium foods and

then we have calcium if you’re low in

calcium which by the way are also in

greens and dairy but if you don’t have

enough calcium that can also cause a

cramp another reason is that your pH of

your blood is slightly too excessively

alkaline okay and there’s a narrow band

there but if it goes too far to one side

and too alkaline

what’ll happen these minerals can’t be

transported so everything kind of locks

up but you’re too alkaline you can also

have tetany or like twitching right here

on your arm because the muscles are not

in their normal tone okay so if the pH

is off these minerals can’t be

transported into the muscle and you can

have techne spasms cramping and all

sorts of muscle and nerve problem but I

want to talk about another cause of leg

cramps at night that go beyond some of

these minerals and it has to do with a

vitamin okay vitamin e deficiencies okay

a vitamin D deficiency will cause

restless legs now you can also be

deficient in vitamin b1 and have

restless legs as well but vitamin E will

do it too because vitamin E is involved

in oxygen carrying capacity in the

muscle it’s also involved in the storage

of glycogen which is the sugar in the

muscle now

if you’re in the ketogenic diet you’re

still using some of your glycogen

reserve ok so especially at night you’re

gonna use that up and then you’re going

to burn more fat but I also want to

include a couple studies down below in

using vitamin E to get rid of nocturnal

cramps okay now when you take vitamin E

number one make sure it’s not a

synthetic version make sure you take a

food concentrate a blend of several of

the natural parts to this complex and

make sure you take an empty stomach 15

minutes before you eat

it’ll just be absorbed a lot better

alright guys there you have it thanks

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