I drink a LOT but I still get woken up by leg cramps at 6am regularly 👀 Only started after going carnivore

@Promet17

9 сағат бұрын

Experiment with electrolytes. My leg cramps go away when I supplement magnesium, then come back and I supplement magnesium again and they go away once more. I'm also pretty new to carnivore (but I used to get these cramps earlier too), so maybe it's a thing for the first few months.

@codinginflow

9 сағат бұрын

@@Promet17 Thank you

@Promet17

8 сағат бұрын

@@codinginflow ur welcome

Wow .. I just drank 2 bottle waters roughly 32 oz. Cramps disappeared in 10 minutes. The whole time I thought it was electrolyte issues.

I had nighttime leg cramps for years. They were very painful and intense. I tried supplementing minerals and added a lot of magnesium, which helped a little. I finally decided to drink more water. I started drinking at least 32 oz a day and sometimes more. All my muscle cramps went away. I seldom get them and if I do I know it's from dehydration and that I need more water.

@MrManuStudio

Жыл бұрын

32 oz a day is like really low! Even on a normal diet human should drink at least 64 oz

@anthonychaffeemd

Жыл бұрын

Yeah a lot of the time cramps are dehydration as opposed to electrolyte issues

@mikafoxx2717

Жыл бұрын

Wow, I think I drink more than 32oz of tea and coffee, nevermind water. There's also water in the food, too.

@peteroz7332

Жыл бұрын

​@@anthonychaffeemd hi. could you point me in the direction of potassium on the carnivore? somebody told me that we need to eat veg to get potassium... since we need quite a lot of that per day... have got msybe any links? or could you tell me your suggestions? 🙏 thank you 👍

@presouz5

Жыл бұрын

I started drinking exclusively distilled water, and I drink almost a gallon a day I get all of my minerals from my food I do not solely my water. I want my pure water to do it’s job.

One thing I learned is don't expect a medical doctor to know anything about electrolytes. I was bounced around to 3 doctors and prescribed various meds for nighttime leg cramps. Not one mentioned a nutritional issue as a possible cause.

@anthonychaffeemd

Жыл бұрын

We're just not trained that way. We are trained for "here's a problem, here's a pill."

@thelandsavior402

Жыл бұрын

Midnight leg cramp gone after i eat buffet continuously for a month. I think the body are telling you ate not enough protein

@kaibe5241

6 ай бұрын

That's why you gotta find yourself a holistic doctor.

@AngelaDaley-dc7mx

5 ай бұрын

I have nutritional issues. Just transitioning to carnivore. I have been battling cramps. Legs and arm. It sucks. Trying to heal my gut and malabsorption from a vegetarian/vegan diet of 23 years.

@kaibe5241

5 ай бұрын

wow that's quite a transition! Do a blood test, find out where you're deficient on meat diet. Hint: organs help a lot!@@AngelaDaley-dc7mx

Since starting the carnivore diet about 6 weeks ago, I was having occasional nighttime leg and foot cramps. I tried drinking half a glass of water immediately when it happened, and the cramping stopped! Thank you!!!

@anthonychaffeemd

Жыл бұрын

No problem!

@vanessarheadart9708

Жыл бұрын

I'm going to do this, thanks both of you.

@dbb7286

Жыл бұрын

I've done a full three days so far and I'm getting leg and arm cramps. I think it was my electrolytes because I just took something called snake oil which is an electrolyte mix and I think it's better. Are arm cramps also normal?

After watching Dr Chaffee videos I started a carnivore diet and I can’t describe the health benefits. But, I would like to say that if you drink too much water it will also cause cramps. You need to find a balance. Too little is no good and too much is worse. There was a summer when I spend the day outside and I drank a lot of water. That night I got cramps everywhere. From my head to my toes. Even opening my mouth was a challenge because I got cramps below my jaw. No able to move a single muscle. My wife was goin to call 911. But I asked her for some salt with water and after drinking it my cramps went away like 70%. And after a few days no cramps at all. Now I now that my diet was horrible. I had a high carb and sugar diet, low protein, low sodium, low fat. I believe carnivore diet is what we are made for and also don’t go to crazy drinking a lot of water or too little. Every person needs to find what works the best.

@davedosanjh6831

Ай бұрын

The natural water consumption pattern for any animal is to develop a good thirst, then locate a water source and drink a relatively large volume all at once. Most likely on an empty stomach. This idea of preemptive hydration and neurotically sipping on water all day is a product of gatorade marketing and fake studies starting 50 years ago. Prior to the 1970's nobody drank water during marathons and they never had the health issues during races that are considered routine now. Remember to invert literally all health guidelines.

Thank you. This was so helpful. I'm 68 yr old female, get cramps now and then at night. Finally connected the dots. Been carnivore 3 yrs now but still struggle with coffee (oh ok I love my coffee) The nights I get cramps are when I've had too much coffee and not enough water. This might help me in my battle with the bean.

@jeannedigennaro6484

Жыл бұрын

Hi. I’m 73 and have to push myself to drink more water during the day to prevent leg cramps.

@magdalasandia3177

Жыл бұрын

I had cramps too. On carnivore you need coffee because no energy. Stimulant dependency. High carb low fat vegan, zero cramps even if I go to the gym, cycling etc. This is a secret they are hiding from us.

@sportbilly6329

Жыл бұрын

@@magdalasandia3177 that will take care of the leg cramps but what do you do when the honeymoon is over and your body comes calling for all the nutrients you didn’t get because you don’t get those nutrients from plants because all locked by indigestible plant fiber and essential fatty acids (essential) and cholesterol for your brain and hormones on a plant based diet?

@sportbilly6329

Жыл бұрын

@@magdalasandia3177 that’s a secret not hidden from us but right in the medical literature

@carolinemarie44

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this comment. I drank 3 cups of coffee, half decaf last night, then a little water. Horrible cramps last night. I drank 1 cup already tonight, then I read this comment. Now working on another 32oz. of water.

Perfect timing for me to see this video! Thank you Dr. Chafee. I have been struggling lately to figure out what to do next with a return of night time muscle cramps because I knew my electrolyte levels were good. So glad the solution is so simple. Thanks again for all your helpful content.

I have been Carnivore for 28 months. For the first 18 months I was pure Carnivore and I dealt not just with leg and calf cramping (which I'm used to having body-built for 39 years) but I was getting cramps in places I'd NEVER cramped before, like chest, lats, and lower abdomen, as well as heart palpitations. I seriously wanted Carnivore to work. I waited a year for things to straighten out. After a year I added electrolytes and I still waited another six months before modifying the WOE to add fruit. I was definitely hydrating enough so I know it wasn't that. Within a week of adding a moderate amount of carbs, in the way of 3-4+ servings of fruit, all my issues disappeared and have not returned. All the benefits of Carnivore remain. I am very active. Throughout my cramping I workout 4-5 times a week at high intensity. I have a theory of why I was suffering and why a moderate amount of carbs fixed it. It has to do with muscle glycogen. When I workout I am depleting all my muscle glycogen. When there are no carbs to reload that muscle glycogen then I become electrolyte depleted because the electrolytes use the carbs as a carrier into the muscle. Paul went crazy on the fruit and honey (and all power to him for trying new things) but my issues resolved with a lot less. I hoped this video would offer an insight I didn't try but it didn't. I feel so much better with a little fruit. I'm glad I was able to overcome Carnivore dogma to try new things.

@julia912d5

Ай бұрын

Thank you so much for your comment. I've been resting with the same thing. Not sure what the fruit and honey thing is about, I'll look it up. (It sounds like Dr. Kempner's The Rice Diet; rice, fruit, sugar, fruit juice - designed to reverse kidney disease, which it did, and it healed everything else fast too,including obesity. I thought maybe the pain in my body was from oxalate dumping. And eating a few carbs, will slow down The dumping of oscillates into the bloodstream which is causing so much pain in people's bodies. Look up Dr Barry on oxylates. There's a woman, Sally Norton, who has written a book on this, and she's incredibly interesting. This might be part of what's been happening to you too. See her in Chaffee's podcasts, and all other carnivore gurus. 😊

@julia912d5

Ай бұрын

Paul Saladino. Yes, I'm trying his diet this week.

@debbrockmann7935

Ай бұрын

Well said 😊

@caterinadc5567

Ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing! I'm just starting out on carnivore and in my experience so far, I think a fat-heavy beef diet and drinking only water no coffee, plus when I feel like I'm missing something including either eggs or fruit depending on which my body craves, has seemed to work well. Fortunately, I'm not starting from a position of severe medical condition like some, so I'm not as driven to try pure lion diet for maximum elimination/experimentation purposes. I'm more concerned about what helps my health continue to feel optimal on the daily (and continue to see improvement on the measures I care about). I'm not incentivized to "push through" bad headaches or muscle cramps for ideological reasons when just eating some banana or an egg resolves that in-the-moment felt-issue. And I'm happy there seem to be plenty of people in this space of fat/meat-based diets that also include some fruit, etc. I could never be ideologically against those things anyway, at least in the "That's not what humans evolved for!" camp... I'm Christian and the book of Genesis starts off with God giving humans seeded fruits and green plants for food, then later giving humans "every moving thing that lives" for food. I can believe that environmental conditions (e.g. pesticides, GMOs, processed preparation methods, and who knows maybe evolution of plants towards more potent defence mechanisms, or special genetic vulnerability of humans today based on living in an atmosphere tainted by nuclear fallout... I'm just spitballing to illustrate the point of how wide the bucket of "who knows" may be) may have created a situation where at this point it's wisest to eat in a meat-dominant way. But I'll always choose to receive the Eucharist under the form of wine and bread, and I'll never categorically say that humans aren't supposed to eat ANY plants, any more than I'll ever categorically say that humans aren't supposed to eat any animals, when I believe the Word of God has modelled for us that humans were given both to eat.

@EsseQuamVideriSe7en

Ай бұрын

@@caterinadc5567 Thanks for the reply. I'm a Christian too. I believe plants changed after the fall but since plants want their fruit eaten, to spread their seeds, that some fruit is okay. Seeds are a definite no. Same with leaves. Anyway, do what works for you. N=1.

5 weeks into carnivore, with some dairy and coffee, was having terrible cramps on occasion....magnesian completely stopped it immediately.

I literally just had one of those 'screaming cramps' I was kneeling on my bed trying to put up some strip led lights and my hamstring started cramping, I moved to try and relieve the pain then my abs went!! I was crippled for about 8 seconds on the bed (I could feel my muscle clumped together) but I sort of stretched out it soon resolved. I put it down to being dehydrated. I'd also eaten some carbs last night but follow a pretty strict carnivore diet during the week. I've had this happen previously on the day after ingesting carbs too. Thanks for the vid.

@Suzanne2909

Ай бұрын

I am carnivore strictly, whenever I have sugar the cramping started. I tested this 3 times and low and behold its all due to sugar.

@zakblue

Ай бұрын

@@Suzanne2909 yes thanks for reminding me of this comment. I'm much more strict with my carnivore diet these days and cramps almost never happen anymore. I think it's something that can happen when carbs are reintroduced

Thank you so much for answering my questions about muscle cramp since I am currently working on staying in carnivore diet

I've been getting insanely intense cramps (mostly leg) since around 1983. Some people in the southern U.S. call them "Charlie Horse", a buddy of mine said he just let his cramps go until they stopped. These people DO NOT get what I get. A cramp in my thigh feels like it's going to break my femur or rip the muscle from the bone. Prior to Carnivore, I had a pretty good handle on cramps. Drink plenty of water every day,. On racquetball days, don't drink coffee after 9am, and drink two 20 oz bottles of water with 1 1/2 tsp of Maldon Sea Salt in between games. Had my 6 month carniversary on Friday 4-26-2024. First 42 days were Carnivore, then switched to Lion, Ribeye, Maldon Sea Salt and well water. After switching to Lion, I've been getting horrible leg cramps. I've tried increasing my salt, no help, I started drinking more water, but then read that if you drink too much water, you'll loose electrolytes due to excessive urination, also no help. Lately I've been reading and hearing that you may be getting enough electrolytes, but you may not be absorbing them very well..This is beginning to sound like it may be my issue.. FYI, the absolute best fix to stop cramping that I've found is 1/3 - 1/2 cup of Claussen Pickle juice (but I've been refraining while on Carnivore/Lion). Cramps completely gone in 2-3 minutes.

I always had frequent leg cramps, and for about a year high (sometimes very high) blood pressure. I did "keto" (and two meals a day, some times "OMAD", sometimes fasting from three to seven days) for about two years. I eat a lot of broccoli sprouts, and took electrolytes (not sweetened) , I "sinned" with creme Chantilly, sweetened with inulin and stevia. My blood pressure (very high) got normal to low after the first month, weight fell from 120 kg to 69 kg (at 185 cm) in about 7-8 months, but, all this time I suffered because of leg cramps (as before). About a month ago I started to be carnivore. No more sinning, no more sprouts, no more electrolytes. I am surprised to notice that, from the second, maybe third day I hadn't cramps any more. Thank you Dr. Chaffee.

Thanks Dr Chaffee for all your great work

I did know a young lady, maybe 30 years ago, that thought as long as she felt full she didn't need to eat. She was diagnosed with anorexia. She drank so much water that she was taken to the hospital and diagnosed with water intoxication (toxemia). It takes quite a bit to get there but I've seen that it can be done. I believe she drank between 8 or 9 gallons of water in a 12 hour window.

interesting....I am fully carnivore and was foot soaking with epsom salts nightly for magnesium intake and adding sea salt to my drinking water and meals. Cramps grew progressively worse so I stopped magnesium, and noticed some improvement. About a month later I stopped salt intake and since then I have no more cramps.

@devaapurna608

10 ай бұрын

Wow. This is interesting - thanks for sharing the salt info.❤

Thanks Anthony. Just the video I needed. Will up the water intake and see. Will also pause on the magnesium supplementation.

I was about to quit, but decided to add electrolytes and it made all the difference. Now I actually feel good and have energy!

I just went full on carnivore 2 weeks ago and am in horrible pain every day! I think I'm oxalate dumping big time and so AM doing Keto Chow electrolyte drops. I test with my pendulum using kinesiology to see how many I need and when. I hope I start feeling better soon...pain, especially in my legs, ankles, and feet actually makes me sob (not a crier). Dr. Chaffee, don't call SAD eating NORMAL. Carnivore is NORMAL!

@MsSweetlandofliberty

4 ай бұрын

Are the Keto Chow electrolyte drops the citrate form of minerals or are they the chloride form? If you are dumping oxalates you need the citrate form for sure. They really help! See Sally Norton or Elliot Overton for more information of what you can do if you are still having problems. Oxalate dumping is pretty miserable! Hope you are feeling better.😊

Carnivore for 3 years and I drank half a gallon of water a day with electrolytes added to the water and I still got excruciating leg cramps each morning I wake up after stretching. I then added magnesium supplements and the leg cramps simply went away.

@stevestudley5685

Ай бұрын

How much Magnesium and what kind are you taking? Thank you.

Every SAD dieter has damaged/glycated their kidneys to varying degrees. This is why a standard approach does not work for everyone. YOUR kidneys are individual and only you can work it out. The book " the salt fix" has a guide to help you do this. Well worth the read!

Having nothing to do with carnivore I used to get very painful leg cramps pretty regularly and of course thought mag would help but any benefit was slight. To my surprise, it was the addition of potassium that yielded consistent relief that I can count on. I still take mag but now start every day with just 1,000 mg of potassium. I don't know what my issue is but I never needed any supplements in my 20s and 30s.

I got bad leg cramps - I was overdoing at the gym as I was struggling to tire my legs, I found beef tea - Bovril (I’m from U.K.) with a bit a salt really sorted it AND stretch my legs after a workout.

A quick trick to alleviate a leg/foot cramp....use your index & 2nd fingers & press down on the area just above your top lip....do this until the cramp stops....usually takes less approx a minute. These are accupressure points above the lip. Also I just discovered Bob & Brads vid on leg cramps. Had a pharmacist on who said use 1-Tbsp of Apple Cider Vinegar in 4ozs of water & drink. It works immediately. I'm going to start doing this & will take the drink a few hrs before bedtime & see if it works. I want to know if it will act as a preventative?

@Miraak1868

Ай бұрын

I tried it and it does work.

In the beginning of my carnivore diet I started getting leg cramps, extremely painful. I took mineral drops and cramps stopped. After about 2 weeks I stopped taking the mineral drops and now close to 2 years carnivore I no longer get leg cramps.

@hawkforce4295

2 ай бұрын

That’s pretty much how it goes for most people who go carnivore. I am glad you got over them. They suck!!

@Nima-bm3yr

Ай бұрын

Im having them now as we speak watching this video. Started carnivore a week ago, good to read it settles after a while!

@bumpassb

Ай бұрын

@@Nima-bm3yr I'm in my 4th month and still cramping. Not horribly, but it is good to know that they'll eventually go away. One video said to take Boron. I got some drops and used it as directed. Made a huge difference. My water intake is insane compared to before. I have to drink a half gallon of water from the end of my work day to the time I eat. I drink until I'm not thirsty anymore and then wait to eat I put sea salt in almost all the water I drink now because of body aches my whole 3rd month. I read it cleanses the blood and then the cells due to osmotic pressure. I have a lot of cleanup to do. 60 years of crap diet. Haha.

@ThOperator

Ай бұрын

Exactly in the same boat.. working toward full carnivore for two weeks... still not there as I still eat some home grown fruit. It's really hard to eat enough fat+meat to not be hungry. But getting better every day.. and with coocking too.. at least meat is not burned now. 😄

@hawkforce4295

Ай бұрын

@@ThOperator really? For a while there I would eat a pound of 80/20 ground beef and add Tallow or ghee to it and that carried me at least 24 hours. It’s actually the sugars you’re eating that are making you feel hungry. If you get hungry after eating meats and fats eat more meats and fats, don’t eat sugars. Fruits are sugar plain and simple. Sure there’s some fiber, but that’s not needed. I went with bacon for any cravings. Just some advice no judgement. It is truly you game to play your own way, but you can’t truly say you’re carnivore if you’re consuming fruits, maybe keto yeah, but not carnivore. But hey who am I to say? I can only say what carnivore has done for me. Did I have cravings? Yep. Did I eat meats eggs and fats almost 3 times a day for a while? Yep. Did I eat bacon up and above 3 meals? Yep. Did I wake up feeling hungry? Yep. For a little while at least, but as I hit my 30 days of strict carnivore, it seemed to get easier. Do I struggle now? Day 147? Naw, not with what to eat. I’m mostly lion diet and it’s mostly ground beef. Do I think about eating carbs, cookies, or ice cream? Hell naw! I’m no longer diabetic and I just know that if I eat the trash I will be diabetic or fat again and I never want that suffering anymore. Is my weight where I want it? No, but like I said I’m only day 147 and it took me so long to get sick. So I have time, I’ve dropped 65 pounds and I’m bouncing around with 5-10 pounds up and down. It’ll do what it’s supposed to do. I eat 2 pound of beef and add fat a day, whether it’s in one meal or split within 4 hour window and all I’ve ever drank/drunk was water really, so I’m good. I promise you this, I’ve yet to see anyone give it a real 60-90 day honest strict carnivore and it not do good for them and usually it’s an amazing transformation they see. Stay safe

Boron helps me quite a bit. And sometimes I rub magnesium oil into my legs.

It's, most of the time (if not electrolytes), low b1 causing cramps. Please, look into b1 thiamine. This is common. Everyone can benefit from taking b1 for a few days, you will notice no cramps and major mental health improvement.

@100purepinay2

5 ай бұрын

That’s what I’ve heard too but it’s ok to take B1 if it’s in carnivore diet? Also b1 can found in pork

I have been on the Carnivore diet for 5 months with noticeable weight loss and body adjustments. I primarily consume beef, Butter, Ghee, bacon, eggs, chicken, sour cream, cheese. My starting weight was 328lbs and has moved to 311lbs. Many nagging aches and pains have vanished, I breath easier, and my mind is clearing up. I'm still sedentary for the most part but soon will be going for walks. Four years ago, I almost broke my left leg shinbone but tore loose the tendons and cartilage in the left knee and the ankle. Over the past few weeks I have been experiencing cramps in my calf muscles and my feet tendons that dissipated but the last two days the ankle & tendons ( left side of Achilles Tendon) on that left foot is being real mean to me forcing me to limp some to avoid pain. Btw, I had some gout issues but a sometime back and a Holistic practitioner advised me to use celery seed and Tart cherry extract capsules and it was gone in under 48 hrs. After all this above, any opinions or recommended additions or changes you may have please. Thank you.

I've always had pretty bad cramps at night - back of thighs & feet - so started to put salt in water and it helped. The game changer was dropping coffee, or having decaf. I struggled with stopping my espresso (aside from coffee, I've been strict carnivore now since Aug/Sep 2023) as I love the ritual but I would slip into 3 or 4 per day soon after suffering for a few days of going cold turkey. Weaned myself off though with decaf, found I didn't miss the caffeine at all, and no more cramps!

When I am severely low in potassium I do have muscle cramps, but not your normal kind and not in my legs. I get burning cramps either over a rib cage, or one side of my neck, and these cramps don't respond to stretching or using the muscle. When they start they're just there until they stop. I would have to sit up out of bed with the neck ones (I seemed to get the neck ones while in bed and the rib ones wile up moving around) and just wait for it to pass. For a long time I didn't know that's what was causing it, and I didn't have a doctor so I wasn't having labs done. Then my appendix ruptured, and while I was still in the ER they got my labs back, brought me two huge potassium pills, and the entire week and three days I was in the hospital (more about that below) they had me on IV potassium, and then they sent me home with a prescription. And that's how I figured out it was low potassium causing it. A few times I have tried to stop supplementing potassium and the cramps always come back. Now if you're asking why I was in the hospital for a week and 3 days for my appendix, that would be because they admitted me around midnight, and the doctor decided to wait until morning to do the operation. Sometime during the night (and I suspect while I was still in the ER) it ruptured, and by the time they opened me up I had gangrene in my colon, so they had to remove a fourth of it and resection it. I was borderline septic and plus they had to keep a tube down my throat to keep my stomach empathy while the resection healed, and it was a week before they let me go, then three days after I was home I got an abscess at the injection site and was admitted for an additional three days. Sorry for sharing my life story. lol

@multitablez

Жыл бұрын

You need to try vitamin B1 Thiamine. Can you get access to this? You are describing low b1. Take supplement for 3 or 4 days then eat b1 food. b1 HCL or b1 Nitrate.

@HappilyCarnivore

Жыл бұрын

@@multitablez It only went away when I was given potassium and it only comes back when I quit taking potassium, so I don't see how it would be a B1 deficiency. I do take B1 now because it keeps mosquitoes from biting me, but I only started taking it a year ago, and it was 6 years ago that my cramps went away after starting potassium. So yeah, in my case I don't think it was a vitamin B1 deficiency. In fact, I've been taking B1 for a year, and about 6 months ago I tried cutting out my potassium supplementation, while still taking B1 daily, 500 mg, and the cramps came back. Definitely potassium related for me.

@multitablez

Жыл бұрын

@@HappilyCarnivore oh yep then not low b1. may of been the low potassium. Also could be somthing depleting potassium - seed oils or even coffee. Also be carefull not to take b vitamins for too long, they can put others out of wack. ALSO, if you take b6, that can cause very serious problems like you describe.

@HappilyCarnivore

Жыл бұрын

@@multitablez I've never taken b6 on its own. I do occasionally take a B complex, but the only ones I take regularly are B3 and B1. As to depleting potassium, up until the time I had my appendix out and found out about the potassium I was a very heavy coffee drinker. I would drink it from the time I woke until I went to bed, literally. I was also a heavy smoker, and that week in the hospital not being able to drink anything (at the time my hypothyroidism made me VERY thirsty) I was so miserable that I forgot to miss smoking, didn't even think about it until the last couple of days, so I decided to try and just quit, and I quit coffee at the same time because the two go together. I'm sure the coffee contributed, but the problem persisted even after quitting coffee. I've now been without seed oils for two years, and still I feel like I need the potassium. When I try and reduce it I still start to get mild cramps like before. I've been carnivore for a year, so I'm hoping it's just something to do with absorption and hopefully carnivore will eventually cure whatever is causing it.

@multitablez

Жыл бұрын

@@HappilyCarnivore dont take the b complex, i know you dont take it often. it will have a toxic form of b6 that is best to aviod all together. i understand it may as well be to do with potassium, but dont forget those are all linked to other electrolytes and also b1. if you can, i would try a mega dose of B1 HCL. or mega dose of B1 nitrate. the mega dose might fix the issue. Further, sometimes people can tolerate avocado, and eat with salt for the potassium, but you should get enough potassium from meat alone. Unless something else is causing potassium to be out of wack. highly suggest mega dose b1, taking 5x dose in one go for 4 days or so. make sure it has nothing else in it. you might see benefits from that then not need excess potassium in future

If you think you have electrolyte issues, these issues should be solved almost right away after taking electrolytes. I had heart palpatations from low potassium and was gone like 15-30 minutes after taking an electrolyte mix. If it is more like "I'm taking electrolytes now and it got better after 20 days" you can be almost sure that electrolytes were not the real problem.

I’m a old guy carnivore was having leg cramps for the last few years even before carnivore got very little help from supplements even on carnivore when I cut out coffee and tea, they miraculously went away. I’ll take no supplements. Now I only drink water which has electrolyte, of course.

@kerrismith7391

Ай бұрын

Thank you for this. Big time coffee drinker. I have cramps even when hydrated. I'll see how this works ☺

YUP I think to many just think they need all these things that are pushed on them :) I do think they can help some get over deficiency and balanced BUT once they get going correct you can drop them and yes a very few might need them but not the majority as is happening

This makes more sense. I just saw part of Paul Salidino's video saying that we need carbs to create an insulin spike so the kidneys get going and we can absorb electrolytes. That was his solution to cramping. I usually avoid his videos. Your simple advice is appreciated. 😊

@Jdub0126

11 ай бұрын

Good man

@souldesire5932

9 ай бұрын

Actually, it is known that sugar or dextrose helps hydrate much faster..This is why so many hydrating solutions contain it..There's research to prove this. We're not meant to eliminate an entire macronutrient group, just balance it correctly..

@OctMEAG

9 ай бұрын

@@souldesire5932 I feel 100% better eliminating it. Especially because drug like effect sugar has makes moderation very hard. It's easier to avoid it than moderate. Avoiding it has allowed me to reverse my diabetes, get rid of inflammation, gum disease and lose weight. I spent 40 years trying to moderate eating it and I got sicker. You are going to have a hard time convincing me that there are any benefits to having it that are worth it.

@ezranavarro8720

6 ай бұрын

@@souldesire5932 If you consume carbohydrates along with fat it will activate the Randle cycle and cause glycation to your cells. To avoid this the only options would be a nutrient-deficient diet of purely lean protein and carbohydrate as fuel with close to zero fat, or the proper evolutionarily appropriate diet for humans consisting of animal fats and proteins, with not one carbohydrate being necessary, and in fact harmful. Professor Bart Kay's presentations here on youtube provide more information about the Randle cycle.

@souldesire5932

6 ай бұрын

@@ezranavarro8720 Different sources of fuel are used by different organ systems at the same time. You're misinterpreting what that is, it doesn't automatically cause glycation, this isn't accurate. Just grilling or cooking meat produces AGE's also and red meat is up on the list for producing AGE's when grilled and cooked at normal to high temperatures. I mean, I love and eat some red meat, but this community is being brainwashed by lies and biased thinking.. It also creates carcinogens.. In addition, low-carb and ketogenic diets are associated with HIGHER all cause mortality in good research. There are issues that occur with low-carb and keto diets that are overlooked, serious issues and I've seen too many problems in research with it. There's no need for this diet, it's silly and unnecessary honestly. It's extremism and fear-based. The whole plants are trying to kill you and this community thinking each compound produced by a plant is toxic is so incredibly categorically incorrect. It's been proven so many times in so many ways, yet this community buys into it because sometimes people have some issues or aversions they need to understand. This is not the answer and in fact it's a problem..

More great information from my favourite doctor!

This has very little to do with electrolytes but with hydration on cellular level. Salt and other elements need to be in water. Removing carbs from diet causes not only loss of fat but also water from cells. Fat contains water and fat is the only thing that freely enters cells. When fat is used for energy water is released! When you have cramps there is too much salt and not enough water in cells. Once you increase intake of fat cramps are gone. Eat chunks of cold butter. Drinking tons of water and electrolytes is not a solution!

@jpsittt

Жыл бұрын

This is very well explained. Where did you get this info from?🙂

@jpsittt

Жыл бұрын

So water alone can not enter the cell freely? Bc if it could then drinking water would be the solution to this right?

@talktomenowxbmc

Жыл бұрын

@@jpsittt Unfortunately most of the information is scattered and for some reason people have difficulty making connections between various points. I watched countless videos of doctors and testimonials. I recommend watching videos with Dr. Ben Bikman, Dr Cywes, Prof. Bart Kay, channel Nutrition With Judy. To the point. Human body is trying to maintain level of balance (homeostasis) of all elements. Therefore everything that is in excess is removed. This applies to things like water, salt & sugar. If there’s too much of it it is being expelled as urine. Hence, water that we drink is partially absorbed into blood but the rest is send to kidneys and it is removed. We do not swell when we drink water. The only situation when it happens is when there’s a malfunction of kidneys. It manifests itself as swollen ankles, legs and condition is called edema. For electrolytes to work they must be present in water. That combination carries electrical signals within muscles. Since water on it’s own cannot enter cells there must be different mechanism that ensures sufficient level of water within cells. Fat contains molecules of water. There are animals like Camels that store fat. It serves two purposes. It’s source of energy and source of water. When fat is broken down water is released. It’s interesting that if there’s too much water inside cells it’s quickly removed. Also, when we urinate rapidly because we had too much sugar or salt, water is pulled from blood and from cells. One of the visible signs are thirst and dry skin. Especially on top of our hands. Most people heard about statins and what they do. They role is to lower lever of cholesterol LDL in blood stream. One of the major side effects are muscle pains/cramps. LDL is not only form of energy transport as fat molecules but also it regulates water levels on cellular level. Problem with electrolytes occurs mostly after certain period of being on Keto or Carnivore when level of stored fat is reduced significantly. Some people claim that eating more meat helped, others say that eating more butter solved their problem. Either way notice that meat contains fat and water too.

@jpsittt

Жыл бұрын

@@talktomenowxbmc thank you! But as you lose water. Is it not true that with that water also go some elektrolytes? So adding those or eating extra salt is not a bad idea right. To only eat fat might solve the water issue but still those elektrolytes are missing

@talktomenowxbmc

Жыл бұрын

@@jpsittt it is true that you loose electrolytes . It’s because they are dissolved in water. However, human body regulates both sugar and salt levels and secretes any excess with urine. It means it can be counterproductive to eat all these electrolytes as they maybe flushed out from the body. Don’t get me wrong, we need electrolytes but how much of it is effective it’s hard to say and measure.

Talking iron helped getting rid of leg/foot cramps that surprised me. I started iron because I’m marginal on my blood work. I suffer from weak stomach acid causing malabsorption so I’ve been supplementing for many years yet still suffered minor yet nagging leg/foot cramps.

I don't take electrolytes. I used to get leg cramps from eating too many carbs. My doc said they were hormonally induced and metformin did take care of them.

Exercise cured my leg cramps not crazy working out just walking 4-5 miles a day.., I do however keep water by the bed and drink a little everytime I get up.

Magnesium Phosphate works very well. But needed a lot less now on carnivore + water.

Thank you

Pickle juice is my go to. I get paralyzing leg cramps.

I drink a lot of coffee. I'll add more water as I started getting a leg muscle cramp upon waking after I cut down on water.

I originally started taking Mg for sleep and it helps a lot. In the past I would eat K rich foods if I was getting cramps and that helps a lot. When I found fasting and Carnivore it seemed to increase cramps but I also started using more D3/K2 which uses up a lot of Mg. Recently my cramps were getting bad and i drink a lot of water. I suddenly got the idea of stopping my D3/K2 to see if my cramps improved and it worked immediately so I haven't taken any for about 2 weeks now and over the summer I think I will stay off it until winter.

This looks great and was super helpful (the whole playlist). Do you end up eating cold steak though, or does the way you cook it keep the heat inside longer?

I just spent three months trying to work out the whole leg cramp issues. I very, very rarely EVER got leg cramps before going carnivore, and it was from dehydration, for sure. However, while I've been working this out the past three months, I've experimented with electrolytes, raising and lowering levels, and changing my water levels. Then I just quit all the electrolytes, and still taking the same amount of water as I always have. I started the keto chow electrolyte drops because I didn't want to deal with the cramps, and after about two days, the cramps got less and less and after 10 days, the cramps are mostly gone. But, then, the question - water or the drops? Well, my bottle of drops is about to run out, so I'll just try without, but drinking the same amount of water and see what happens.

@anthonychaffeemd

Жыл бұрын

Yeah that will be good to find out! Usually later on it's the water, as electrolyte issues mostly resolve really on, but see how you go and let me know!

@gailivey2015

Жыл бұрын

@@anthonychaffeemd I will!

@multitablez

Жыл бұрын

You should try b1 thamine on top with the drops for a few days. Most of the time it is low b1 causing cramps. Try b1 HCL or b1 nitrate. You will notice no cramps and better mental health.

@gailivey2015

Жыл бұрын

@@anthonychaffeemd Dr. Chaffee, I said I would tell you, so here is the result of my N=1 experiment. First - full disclosure, I was drinking coffee with cream (1 cup) throughout because I didn't want to stop suddenly. For some kind of control, I kept my water intake the same and ate the same foods and kept my activity level the same. Also, the leg cramps I suffer from are not the full on, wake you up screaming kind of cramps, but more just what I consider tension and "threats" of cramping, mostly along the lower half of my outer calf. Another factor was that I was suffering from a neck issue of tightness and tension during the experiment. Anyway, the experiment basically went like this. I was taking Keto Chow electrolyte drops. I stopped taking them. After six days, I began to feel tension in my legs. I started taking them again and the tension went away. After another week, I stopped taking them. Again, at exactly six days, the tension appeared again. So I started taking them again. After another week, I was going to stop taking them again, but my neck tension got so bad, I had to abandon the experiment and start my NSAID again. So, it's really not a very conclusive experiment, and I can't rule out Placebo effect, even though I would rather not take the electrolytes. After I abandoned the experiment, I got covid, too, and so the electrolytes did become a necessity because of that. Since I'm now 7 months carnivore, I do feel like electrolytes should only be an occasional, as needed, thing and don't plan to take them every day, but this minor leg tension is a little annoying and definitely gets worse if I don't get my usual amount of water. I also plan to quit coffee again, although not soon. I never had any issues with cramping or tension in my legs before going carnivore, and I probably drank more coffee and less water back then. So, I'm baffled about it, for sure.

@shirleyw5544

Жыл бұрын

@@gailivey2015 I've experienced intense nightly leg/foot cramping on keto/carnivore. I was drinking lots of water (min 80 oz daily) and one cup of a.m. coffee. Quit coffee but cramping continued to intensify. Added LMNT with no improvement. I happened to read several references about drinking whole milk to solve the issue. I am not a milk drinker but gave it a try. Amazingly, it worked for me. One glass first thing a.m. and one glass at night. I quit it about a month ago and cramps are coming back. It seems to be hydrating for me. Even though I drink lots of water, it does not hydrate me. My doctor tells me to drink more water but when I was drinking the milk, I urinated less at night and that was an added benefit.

I have legs cramp for some times. when listening one of Harry Serpanos live stream, calcium could be one of the problem. I add cheese in my meal, et Voilà.. problem solved!

@SamTheMan55555

4 ай бұрын

Cheese has magnesium too.

Nice observation. How much normal water 💧 intake should be for Avarage man? Will climate ,age, gender, work condition play role

What I get can't even be defined as a cramp. It's like muscle being ripped away from bone.

@yourtube-wc3pf

6 ай бұрын

Did it go away? If so, how?

@RickyLee1970

5 ай бұрын

I started getting these crazy foot cramps where my foot would just slowly arch and my toes would start pointing up... very painful! Now I make sure I drink enough water and I take redmond relyte caps before bed

@odnilniloc

5 ай бұрын

Likewise. I sweat buckets from the intense pain. I’ve been eating carnivore for 2 weeks and drink about 4 litres of water per day & no intense leg cramps so far. Too early to say it’s permanently gone though.

@roguetexan6865

3 ай бұрын

This is me EXACTLY! FYI, the absolute best quick fix for cramping that I've found is about 1/2 cup of Claussen Pickle juice (but the last 6 months of Carnivore/Lion, I've been refraining). Cramps completely gone in 2-3 minutes.

@hasinapatel1233

2 ай бұрын

Yeah like intense leg pain. Did you find a cure please share any tips would help.

When I get leg cramps at night, I get up and drink a very large glass of water, and that works within minutes. It is amazing how well it works for me.

@100purepinay2

5 ай бұрын

I will try that

I did suffer from these cramps, but I cannot remember when it was on pure Carnivore Diet or with Coffee and stuff... I'll try again and probably update as to what's going to happen... I'm currently 2 weeks pure Carnivore but with Coffee, so far no cramps.

I have low blood pressure and I have been drinking electrolytes for a few years.. It seems to help sometimes I forget to take it within a few days my BP will drop and then I remember I need to take some electrolytes. I drink enough water. I rarely have any cramping. Back when I used to drink alcohol I cramped sometimes and I would just drink water for it. Alcohol does dehydrate .

unfortunately I tried not to take any kind of supplements not even electrolytes, but I think I don't reach the minimum range of electrolytes because I don't eat 3-4 lbs but at most 2lb-2lb 1/2 a day of meat and after a few months and especially in summer i started to feel tired ,cramps heart palpitations, and even trying to increase the salt i just got diarrhea, i had to lower the salt and use 200mg of magnesium and 1000mg of potassium, I don't drink anything but water salt and meat I don't drink any other liquid than water...... great video and greetings from Italy 🇮🇹

I have never had these health issue until i started dieting… my only issue was weight. Now i have RLS every night, heart pounding, so on and so forth all the time.

I have a massive small intestine hernia after a less successful op. About two hands full. What effect , if any, can this have on absorption / digestion? I do experience cramps . Can this be due to difficulty absorbing ?

I got rid of cramps (and repetitive thoughts) by getting rid of minerals and salt.

This is in line with “my blood sugar is a little low”. Well, not really, because, you know, the liver and gluconeogenesis…. Drives me nuts when people say they have hypoglycemia. And before the flaming starts, I’m referring to normal healthy folks who maybe feel a little fatigued or dizzy or whatever, and that is their default response

tried more water, more salt, still cramps .. more *butter* cramps gone, I do not understand this .. worth a try :)

@brittneyrussell1766

4 ай бұрын

Probably the calcium

@zympf

4 ай бұрын

@@brittneyrussell1766 actually the cramps stopped when I gave up coffee!

@brittneyrussell1766

4 ай бұрын

@@zympf that's great. I was meaning that the calcium in the butter was probably helping. My husband is cramping really badly after 4 weeks of carnivore, but he isn't drinking coffee and he's taking all the electrolytes.

@zympf

4 ай бұрын

@@brittneyrussell1766 sorry to hear .. nothing worse the being woken by a cramping calf muscle! .. have you eliminated tea as well? any other caffeine drinks eg cola? when I was still drinking coffee, calf and leg stretching, especially before bed, helped significantly (I only stretch now as part of fitness routine). Mikaila P said that for her the cramping resolved itself eventually.

@brittneyrussell1766

4 ай бұрын

@@zympf no, he's not drinking anything with caffeine. He's only eating steaks, tallow, and drinking water. I'll tell him to stretch before bed to see if that helps.

I am on 3 weeks on the carnivore diet and I use the X3 to workout. Today doing curls both arms cramped up so bad to where I couldnt lift my arms up without cramping.... Had to massage them out under scolding hot water.... Never had cramps until I started carnivore.

@anjilala

7 ай бұрын

How much salt are you having? If the sodium intake is too high it can cause a deficiency of potassium because they balance each other

@pruebarratt3085

4 ай бұрын

Same. 🙁 Never had cramps untill im now 3 months carnivore.

I had to stop watching at “ rabbits with water hoses in their mouth to kill them “ OMG …. I guess I am a very sensitive carnivore 😂

Fatty organic milk hydrates and satisfied me the most . Also best electrolyte you can imagine .

@carnivore-muscle

Жыл бұрын

Ah yes, milk!

@HappilyCarnivore

Жыл бұрын

Milk spikes my blood sugar so I'm avoiding it at least until I become insulin sensitive again.

@jpsittt

Жыл бұрын

Why best electrolyte? It lacks sodium an magnesium tho

@lr1732

8 күн бұрын

@@jpsittt It does contain both of those.

Thank you very much for the valuable information

I definitely had cramping and pain especially at night if I don't take extra magnesium and potassium along with electrolytes, but I do drink coffee so I guess I will have to try that to see it makes a difference.

I’m never thirsty, I’m on carnivore, eat salty, good animal fat, but never thirsty. I always force myself to drink water….

Dr. Chaffee, could cramps or twitches be connected with weight loss? I just noticed that I'd get those while I was consistently dropping weight. But when I didn't lose weight anymore, they just went away.

@dianavp9054

Жыл бұрын

I would guess that with the weight loss, you lose water so you might also lose electrolytes, hence the cramping. We store water along with carbs. Weight is lost through excretion of water (urine and sweat) and CO2 (expiration).

I hope you are right. I drink at least 2-3 liters per day and take electrolytes and try to go by how I am feeling, my food intake etc. Cramps always get worse when I fast even when I am well hydrated. Most effective thing for me has been homeopathic Leg Cramp Ointment and topical magnesium before bedtime. If I am on a longer fast like 42 hrs or more I take salt and water before bed and keep it handy in case I feel the start of cramping in the middle of the night which is often when they strike

I used to frequently have very bad leg and foot cramps at night after I would eat a high sodium processed food meal. I made the connection between the type of food and the cramps, but it never occurred to me to just drink more water. 😓 Since starting carnivore though I don't think I've had any cramps at all except on a day where I fell off the wagon. I wasn't taking any electrolytes besides salting my meat.

I have been on Carnivore for 2 weeks wo one leg cramp. I went off Carnivore for Thanksgiving and by 7:00 pm I started getting intense leg, feet, etc cramps all night.

@Adreno23421

6 ай бұрын

How is the Carnivore going now? Noticed benefits?

what about magnesium on the carnivore diet? i had heart palpitations and higher bloodpressure when I was transitioning...really freaked me out

I started only eating small dinner about 4 mostly just fruit. Haven't had leg cramps since. Used to get them all the time at night.

I only had leg cramps after eating too much cheese or too much sugar. Usuelly taking one magnesium pill is enough to stop the cramps.

In my experience it seems like oxalate dumping on this diet is what causes cramps because the body attaches magnesium/calcium to oxalate to get rid of them. Supplementing with magnesium/calcium/vitamin D helped me dramatically and I think won't be necessary once my body has had enough time to rid enough oxalates

I’m not having leg cramps but restless leg…only in my right leg. I’ve found that a massage vibrator and stretching helps but I have no idea what’s causing it.

Dr Chaffee, the RDA for carb eaters is 1,000mg calcium, 400mg Mag, 4,700mg potassium, and 2400mg salt. Do carnivores need the same amounts, and if so how without supplementing?

I used to get severe cramps down the outside of my calf when I started carnivore, but now get them rarely. I can feel my foot starting to twist, so I mentally keep repeating “my leg is completely relaxed” and it subsides in a few seconds. I don’t actually drink water - I hate the stuff. Several milky coffees, mostly decaf; the occasional glass of wine, and I’m fine. My scales give body fat %, (currently 20%) water content (58%) and BMI 20.2. If “normal” water content is 70%, then I am dehydrated, but it has been 58% for years. I take magnesium glycinate, boron, vit B12, just in case I am not eating enough (I’m rarely hungry)

If I don't supplement with magnesium, I get a lot of cramps when training. And I eat maybe 4 liters of water a day. 😅

More water did not solve my cramps nor did more salt/electrolytes. Got a feeling it is low fat intake as a commenter states below. I also noticed a real high (cheat meal) carb intake while very low carb can cause me horrible cramps and muscle pain completely unconnected to water and electrolytes intake.

Yes! Being a T1D, I get dehydrated very easily... So, now I drink a lot more water! Thx! Dr. Chaffee!

@naturestillness

Жыл бұрын

Cindi, I’m a type 1 diabetic as well. I’ve had trouble transitioning to keto/carnivore because I begin getting cramps in the middle of my chest as soon as I start cutting down on carbs. Have you had this symptom difficulty before?

@cindihunter9119

Жыл бұрын

@@naturestillness Yes; not sure how long you've been doing keto or trans itioning to carnivore but you have to be fat adapted first of all and you have to drink more water lot of people think that well hey I'm not thirsty so I don't need it that's not true especially for diabetics because her blood sugars can go high or low and it's just been the history I think of being a diabetic at least in my experience. I also add a little bit more salt or a drink electrolyte non-sugar drink to help with this this is happens because of low potassium magnesium and some calcium so I get my drops from keto Chow you can get electrolyte drops through Amazon through this company. By the way pickle juice also works! Just keep dehydrated and things will work out I use also the Redmond salt!

@naturestillness

Жыл бұрын

@@cindihunter9119 Thanks for that detailed advice Cindi. So you have gotten that physical sensation I’m describing from cutting out carbs? Or have heard of it? I am pretty good about electrolytes. I drink a good bit of water, but Hydration was not on my mind when I have tried to transition before. It will be this next time.

I knew Chaffee would say to much coffee! Guilty!!😬 😂

A spoonfool of mustard also help

My legs don’t cramp, but they feel weak/feel like they are floating? Is this normal? How can I fixed this. I’ve been drinking salt water and adding more on my meet. (Day 7 carnivore)

I couldn't figure out my legs cramps and feeling a lack of energy. Added potassium and felt the difference in 1 day. Night and day. I noticed my potassium was twice the level it was on a mixed diet compared to my meat only diet - i supplemented back to this level and all good. Kept the same level of water. Was around 5g on mixed, only about 2.5g on meat diet...upped it to 5g and so much better. Easy to try and costs virtually nothing. I'd say the cramps/tightness feeling has gone from a 8/10 to 3/10...still not perfect. Energy level has gone from 3/10, to 9/10. Quite amazing. Not perfect - i might look at decreasing water or dramatically increasing to see if there is an affect

@olderandwiser127

10 ай бұрын

Effect

@ifroze1359

4 ай бұрын

sounds like me, but where do you source cheap potassium?

@dennispadgett6957

Ай бұрын

Try NOW potassium chloride powder. Works for my calf cramps.

I DO drink a lot of water. I have “farmer’s bladder” as we call it (a leak every half hour when you hop off the tractor to refill the combine, or get out of the ute to open a gate), and always have to get up during the night. Had cramps since my teen years, regardless of diet (been carnivore for three years) , regardless of salt/electrolyte intake or whether I drink coffee. Always had dense bones, so it’s not a calcium issue. It’s a puzzle.

@multitablez

Жыл бұрын

It's low b1. Try mega dose to take b1 Thiamine for a few days. It will get better. b1 HCL or b1 nitrate

@peterwebb8732

Жыл бұрын

@@multitablez .... I’ll try that, and thanks.

@Smugly_Watching_Society_Burn

10 ай бұрын

@@peterwebb8732did this help? Any dosage suggestions? Thanks!

@peterwebb8732

10 ай бұрын

@@Smugly_Watching_Society_Burn … I’m not having cramps now, but I’m not taking supplements of any kind. Just persevering with Carnivore.

I came off a three day fast last week and had a cup of coffee with cream. Just an hour or two later I started having pain and stiffness in my left knee and then little cramps all over my body. During the night I had horrible large muscle cramps in my legs, I could barely stand up. I managed to drag myself to the kitchen to take potassium, salt and magnesium, and the cramps dispersed within a few minutes. So, what's the conclusion? I had had two black coffees during my fast and had no problem, but with the cream added I had a problem. Am I lactose intolerant? Should I give up dairy and coffee? Will experiment and discover...! Thanks for this helpful content.

Interesting. I'm mostly carnivore, and I supplement potassium and magnesium daily. I can skip a day, but if I skip more than that I end up with early morning foot cramps in bed. Guess I'm going to have to try giving up coffee, because I drink a lot of that (half caf but it's still a possible culprit). Because I've had numerous kidney stones in the past, I stay well hydrated (very pale straw colored to colorless urine), so I may also be flushing out electrolytes from overhydration.

@diananore1368

Жыл бұрын

Coffee is my kryptonite too. I am trying to wean myself down to two or less cups. Sigh… eventually I will eliminate but going slowly has made the transition from SAD to Carnivore more bearable. Just starting and can feel the sluggishness as I adjust to a more ketotic or neoketogenesis? Ketoneogenesis?

@TruthMattersMan

Жыл бұрын

@@diananore1368 I quit coffee 8 days ago, there is another layer of mental clarity, lowered impulsivity and calmness that happens. To quit, I would suggest half a cup in the morning and another say around 1pm for a couple of days and then quit, drink more water. I can't go back now, I'm done with coffee. What I quickly realized is that I just like something hot to drink in the morning, it doesn't matter what.

@GangdamStyle20

Жыл бұрын

@@TruthMattersMan How about withdrawl? 8 days is usually not enough to compleately transition... Are you canivore?

@anthonychaffeemd

Жыл бұрын

Yeah coffee coffee be your issue here for sure

@TruthMattersMan

Жыл бұрын

@@GangdamStyle20 Yes, carnivore 3.5mths now. Quitting coffee days 1 and 2, I switched to green tea lattes. Stay hydrated with water, and allow for extra sleep. Days 3-4 I had a quick craving for a coffee, thought decaf, but realized I would then always want to have an actual coffee at some point, so I didn't have decaf. Nights 3-4-5 I slept 10 hrs each night. I really like the calmness/less impulsiveness I feel now.

Well watrer? distilled water? purified water? filtered or brita ?? do you or IS there a better water to drink ?? In have severe cramps before and after carnivore,.im wondering if its because Ive drank distilled water for too long? anyone??

I’ve had severe hypokalemia which caused way more than heart palps. It caused muscle cramping, shakes, twitches, etc. I currently drink mineral water and supplement high doses magnesium, salted water, prescription megadoses of potassium, topical magnesium on my legs every night, and I track my water intake, at least 88-96oz water daily and I weigh 125 lbs. I drink minimal coffee in the mornings - with butter, salt & protein powder then blended. I still get leg cramps occasionally, far less often since I started using topical magnesium.. But then I’ll get severe leg cramps that wake me up screaming usually in the wee hours of the morning. Since being hospitalized with severe rhabdomyolysis, my body seems to be constantly dehydrated. I get a liter of lactated ringers (electrolytes IV) weekly for the last 3 years but my body constantly shows signs of chronic severe dehydration. I just don’t understand and neither do any of my Drs. I’ve dealt with toxic mold poisoning and tick diseases (borellia, babesia, Ehrlichia, Bartonella) that just about killed me several times since 2016. Even when I was drinking over 100oz water daily I was getting leg cramps and symptoms of dehydration. For me I think it relates to severe potassium deficiency as potassium controls the fluid balance in & out of the cells. I wish I could fix the dehydration issue but I’ve been scouring medical literature trying to see what I’m missing… can’t figure it out. And I had a pretty amazing Dr for a few years who wasn’t able to figure it out either. He retired sadly. Water is pretty much the only thing I drink besides my 20oz or less of blended organic coffee. I also drink 1/3 can full fat coconut milk with 3 raw eggs 5-7 days each week. I quit eating most veggies & fruit 3 years ago and quit the last bits over a month ago. I pretty much eat wild venison, elk, pastured beef & pork, organic chicken & duck, eggs.

@foxyauragems6146

Жыл бұрын

I think it was dr Berry who explained how drinking excess water FLushes out minerals with it, it’s the way the kidneys are designed he said

@naturaloptions1407

Жыл бұрын

Also look into B1 deficiency

@AllThingsConsidered333

Жыл бұрын

@@naturaloptions1407 thanks I have already- watched quite a few hours of Elliot Overton and Chandler Marrs talk about b1 and I figure I do have b1 deficiency as well as other b’s. I started megadosing b1 per Elliot’s recommendations and have noticed improvement in many symptoms

@TrialByFire14

Жыл бұрын

Be aware that raw egg whites have an enzyme in them which blocks the bodies ability to assimilate and utilize biotin And btw I feel ya on the mold toxicity thing, I've gotten sick from mold as well and may or may not have Lyme... still trying ti really figure that out. Or I did and it's gone now etc

@AllThingsConsidered333

11 ай бұрын

@@TrialByFire14 yeah I know that about egg white but I figure the egg yolk & white comes together so I’ll consume it together. Don’t seem to have any issues and I wouldn’t think it would block all the biotin probably just so one doesn’t get too much? At any rate it seems to be right for me to take the whole egg and I just crave them every day. Sometimes just 4, other days I’ve consumed a dozen bcs that’s what my body seems to want

Small amount of carbs from raw dairy and / or honey (tablespoon before bed) works for me, still in ketosis in the morning; this is a simple hack so I can still enjoy my morning coffee. There is no need to take fancy electrolytes.

@garyfinch1840

Жыл бұрын

We are always at a level of ketosis, how deep are you in ketosis in the morning? The dawn effect should knock down under 0.5.

@JasonN858

Жыл бұрын

0.3 - 0.9 depending on how much exercise we did the day before. The only time I'm ever 1.0+ is when fasting (usually more than a day). Whenever you exercise your glucose will spike and your ketones will go down, then they will reverse after you rest a bit. All that glucose gets used up. You are always burning some fat. When you are burning more fat than you need, then ketones build up until they are needed. The body just works... until you really try to break it!!!

I've had a very tight calf muscle that started in December 2023. It doesn't want to unlock. It's not a cramp, just tight. I can't walk properly. ☹️ 16 days ago I increased the amount of protein I'm eating. But how long will it take for the protein to kick in? Have tried magnesium, potassium & salt.

@yly5991

5 ай бұрын

@AtoZandba thank you for the suggestion, much appreciated 🙏

Many years ago I did drink to much water and flushed my system of all electrolytes. My kidneys shut down. That was scary. Hottest day of the year working a wedding outside. Anyhow, I’ll never drink that much again!! The nurses where shocked I even pulled through.

@jonathankuhn2180

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Yeah, this guy lost so much cred with me saying an animal our size can handle up to 50 gallons safely, doctors are so stupid sometimes.

I've been carnivore for 3+ months. I have always had problems with cramps all over my body. I've tried everything. I'm 62 and I sit quite a bit hauling crude oil. The only thing I can surmise is too much sitting. I was hoping carnivore would help but no luck so far.

Dr Chaffee , Angela Stanton from the Stanton protocol for migraine. She say that we should always drink our water with salt. Like 1/8tsp in 8oz of water. Cause déshydratation is from lost of électrolytes , majority of it is sodium and water. Not only water. Is it only true for sensible migraine brain or is ok for "normal" people to just rehydrate with plain water?

I've never had cramps as a carnivore. Maybe people aren't digesting their food properly as they do have not acidic enough stomach acid and or not properly emulsifying fatty acids through their Liver and Gallbladder. I just do water and some sea salt, without any of the fancy electrolyte products. Sometimes I'll forget to add salt for a week and still have no problems. Meat has enough Potassium its just the matter if a person is doing some else extra which antagonizes K+ like excessive stress or junk food keto products and perhaps extra help with digestion coming from a detrimental Western Diet.

@anjilala

7 ай бұрын

Too much salt can lead to a deficit of potassium. The more salt you take the more potassium you need. Excess salt leads to water retention.

I tried dropping potassium supplementation the last few days and just salting to taste. My heart rate started going up and more heart palps. I take 420mg magnesium with my last meal every day. Hopefully as I adapt more and rebuild my glycogen I won't need to buy for now electrolytes seem to need to be supplemented. Carnivore for nearly 2 months.

@jennybarnsley8338

2 ай бұрын

Same

@jonathanbohl

2 ай бұрын

@jennybarnsley8338 I'm still carnivore. I found taking magnesium was actually making my calves feel crampy at this point.

In February, I started eating only grass-fed beef and avocados but I don't sleep well because of leg cramps. I wonder if it's because I drink before going to bed forcing me to go to the bathroom during the night and the cramps come around 4 am when I am dehydrated, I suppose. Could the solution be to drink 64 oz water during the day but not after the last meal of the day? I will give it a try.

What about my cramps and nerve twitching in my ankle everyday early morning for 6 yrs been in carnivore for 2 months now and still got cramps and twitches 😢

Taking potassium stopped my terrible leg and foot cramps

I haven't even gotten to full Carnivore yet, just eating much more meat and much less other stuff but it gives me cramps. I drink more water but that also means I have to get up a lot during night, I then also drink water. . . It does not seem to help.

I have foot cramps at night to the extent where I have to get up & walk around. I think I drink enough water?