I’ve never gotten a cramp in my life. I’m on 39’s doorstep and I’m a guy. My wife has woken me up on a couple occasions with her Charley horses. I’m happy to see it’s not just her.
If your electrolytes are balanced, you shouldn’t get cramps. Cramping is caused by not having enough potassium, which is used by your nerves to signal relaxing muscles. Sodium is used to signal clenching. Too much sodium for the potassium and the signals get unbalanced and you can’t relax that muscle.
Magnesium and calcium also play a role and deficiencies can result in cramping or tremors (like unsteady hands might just be from being low on Mg, Ca, or K).
So it seems like you’ve been eating well at least as far as electrolytes are concerned, especially if you can hold your hand out rock steady, regardless of whether your muscles are clenched or relaxed.
Yeah, I think I’m just lucky, good genes. I eat fine, but I’ve also survived off bars and snacks in the desert for days, never had issues. Always drink my water though, love water.
Nowadays, I do eat (well, ingest) a banana every day, and that’s the only kind of K I’m into anymore.
I’ve never gotten a cramp in my life. I’m on 39’s doorstep and I’m a guy. My wife has woken me up on a couple occasions with her Charley horses. I’m happy to see it’s not just her.
If your electrolytes are balanced, you shouldn’t get cramps. Cramping is caused by not having enough potassium, which is used by your nerves to signal relaxing muscles. Sodium is used to signal clenching. Too much sodium for the potassium and the signals get unbalanced and you can’t relax that muscle.
Magnesium and calcium also play a role and deficiencies can result in cramping or tremors (like unsteady hands might just be from being low on Mg, Ca, or K).
So it seems like you’ve been eating well at least as far as electrolytes are concerned, especially if you can hold your hand out rock steady, regardless of whether your muscles are clenched or relaxed.
You shouldn’t snoke electrolytes bro. Those are for the empathetic system.
Yeah, I think I’m just lucky, good genes. I eat fine, but I’ve also survived off bars and snacks in the desert for days, never had issues. Always drink my water though, love water.
Nowadays, I do eat (well, ingest) a banana every day, and that’s the only kind of K I’m into anymore.
Yeah, when my own levels were low enough to get the occasional cramp, it never happened on a day I ate a banana.
Eat a whole turkey and see what happens. Glaze it, even
I’m curious why turkey, is it the salt content or something else that can lead you cramping?
I’m not gonna eat a whole turkey though, that’s just crazy.