RE: Digest Number 1368

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I read somewhere recently that drinking too much water causes a drop in

potassium.

A Little on Nutrition

Since my potassium was in the lower quartile of normal, I just went looking

around, seeing what happens when potassium is either low or high. I will

not take potassium supps, except under the quidance of a doctor, because

those can be dangerous for some of us, and we don't necessarily know who we

are, when it comes to this. I have been getting cramps in the backs of my

thighs over the last few days, that are coming out of nowhere, and NOT when

sleeping. It is painful and comes on very suddenly. Not in the calves of

my legs, but in the backs of my thighs, and I've been puzzling over what in

the world is causing them. This happened to me once before, when I did a

change in my thyroid meds, just a minor one, I think. I'm not sure what

it's about, but it could be something as simple as running my rear off at

work, but then, I've always done that. I have started stretching out the

backs of my legs more than usual, over the past two days, thinking it might

be tight muscles back there, all the way from the ankle strings going up to

the buttocks. I'm hoping it's that simple. Anyway, a little on the

benefits of high potassium foods and why.

http://lpi.oregonstate.edu/infocenter/minerals/potassium/#drug

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