Originally Posted by mrsD

Well, you can do what you have in your list so far for a month and see how you feel.

You can add Morton Epsom lotion applied to your legs once a day... and use that as your magnesium source. A quarter's dollop divided between your lower legs each night will show if magnesium is your main need. Walmart carries this, Walgreen's and online at Amazon.

But I suspect you may need carnitine... acetyl carnitine helps with mitochondrial energy production when the mitochondria in the cells are damaged.
You may try this after a month if you are still having the muscle weakness. Starting at 500mg a day and increasing by 500mg a week to a upper level of 2000mg a day.

If that doesn't help within a month or so, no need to continue with it.

Originally Posted by mrsD

One quick remedy for constipation is virgin olive oil.

1 or 2 tablespoonfuls will often work for many people.

Originally Posted by mrsD

Getting any benefit from potassium OTC supplements is like spitting in the ocean. We are supposed to get 4.5 grams a day from our food intake. Some foods are higher than others.
Cantaloupe has 1400mg or so in 1/2 melon.
A V8 has about 600mg.

An RX potassium supplement varies from 600mg to 800mg.
So 99mg tablet is nothing OTC. FDA limits higher numbers for OTC tablets. You'd have to take 6-8 tablets OTC to equal one V8 ( the low sodium one has more potassium than the regular).

www.nutritiondata.com gives mineral values for just about every food there is. When consulting this source watch the serving size...since some are unrealistic or misleading. Check what you typically eat and see how much of magnesium and potassium you typically consume.

But for magnesium 3 oz of unsalted almonds can give 270mg.

I don't think really high magnesium is needed. We are designed to eat a certain amount daily, and flooding your body with this is not natural. High magnesium intakes in people with impaired renal functions can lead to a build up in the body.

I have seen profound changes in people just taking 2 SlowMags a day! The RDA is about 400mg for an adult, elemental daily.

You can soak in magnesium...by making baths of epsom salts.
This lets some magnesium into the body where circulation may be impaired and so if mag has trouble getting to the toes and fingers.
Use lukewarm water, and about 4-6oz in a bathtub. When tiny blood vessels get clamped down, what you consume orally may not reach feet and hands. Once those vessels open up, nutrients can flow much better. (and toxins can be removed more efficiently). Magnesium baths are very relaxing to the muscles and can reduce pain too.

Remember when reading labels of magnesium products...some do not list contents in ELEMENTAL values. Some do. So a high dose of magnesium malate 1000mg, is really 150mg of magnesium elemental!

So if your cramping is confined to the feet do some soaks with epsom salts to get you relaxed and the blood flowing properly, then the oral can work better.

Originally Posted by Sarge

Whatever happened to good old prune juice? From growing up from the 1950s through the 1970s, it was: constipation?--immediately reach for the miracle remedy of all miracles. Two glasses and in ten minutes you're at a dead run(s). I don't even hear it mentioned anymore.