Home Remedies for Restless Leg Syndrome
Home remedies for restless leg syndrome is about my year plus long struggle to overcome this serious, disheartening malady. I had a really difficult case of RLS that bothered me every night, most evenings, and even during the day. I tried everything I could find for relief and eventually found it.
Saturday, February 26, 2011
An overview of home remedies for restless leg syndrome
In my battle to overcome restless leg syndrome without resorting to pharmaceuticals and the like, the things that helped me the most are to take magnesium supplements that is absorbable take a potassium supplement, cut down on salt, and even diet that's close to what they call primal.
Let me briefly explain myself starting with the magnesium. Magnesium is a crucial mineral which many of us are deficient in and the problem is that the magnesium supplements aren't all that absorbable. So, he did get yourself some on the magnesium so they could actually get your magnesium levels to rise. Magnesium is known as the supplement that allows your body to relax. It is crucial for everyone but especially so if you're suffering from RLS.
Potassium is also essential. I believe it's a little more easily absorbed so that just a tablet form of potassium is sufficient.
I believe that salt wages a bit of a battle with potassium for control of the cell. Whatever the reason when you cut down on salt there's a good chance that your restless leg syndrome will improve. I've heard from dozens of people whose RLS has improved dramatically with just the elimination of salt from their diet. You may not leave at noon, but after a few days you could really enjoy the meal without having sultanate.
Finally I'd like to talk about the primal tie-in as a home remedy for restless leg syndrome. I have read a lot about eating primal and along the way I started to notice people mentioning that there restless leg syndrome improved when they went on this diet. Basically, it consists of eating meat and vegetables and fat almost exclusively. Grains are the big no-no as it is looked upon as something that only came about some 10,000 years ago and therefore our bodies are really meant to eat a high-volume grains. It can also be viewed as a low carbohydrate diet, with the leaders in the field suggesting you only eat about 100 g of carbohydrate per day. Don't know why this helps restless leg syndrome, but it does.
Hopefully you can try these out for yourself and let me know your experience that we can start to build a better understanding of what natural methods might be working for people who suffer from the discomfort of irritable legs.
Saturday, February 19, 2011
Home Remedies for Restless Leg Syndrome - Part 1
I want to tell you right off the bat regardless of what you've heard there is hope. I'm living proof of it. This is still in the trial stages because it has only worked for me, but it has worked so well and so quickly that I think if you do suffer from RLS then you should give this natural healthy method a try.
The first thing I would like to share with you is the most efficient nutrient in our culture is magnesium. It is also one of the most valuable nutrients in one's diet. I personally believe we used to get magnesium from bones and bone products, also from dark green leafy vegetables. I don't believe our diet contains nearly enough of these items anymore and therefore it has led to a chronic deficiency in magnesium inasmuch as 90% of our population.
I believe another crucial elements to this deficiency is that most magnesium supplements are not well absorbed and do not lend themselves to increasing the blood level of magnesium. Over the course of my year of suffering from restless leg syndrome I finally found a magnesium supplement that worked wonders. It was the missing link in my battle against RLS. It is called teacher Gil hands natural calm.
This is the first step to getting relief from restless leg syndrome. Start taking Natural Calm on a daily basis and get your crucial magnesium levels up. You will also have many ancillary benefits to to magnesium's vital functions in the body.
There are two other key factors that I believe will help you greatly in your battle against restless leg syndrome. First, cut down or cut out salt in your diet. It is my belief that there is a battle that goes on within the cell between vital nutrients in excess of salt. I know that doesn't sound very scientific, but it's the best way that I could phrase it. There are dozens of ancillary benefits from having less salt in one's diet.
The next and final thing is to simply take a potassium tablet each time you take your Natural Calm magnesium supplement from Peter Gillham.
Hopefully you will begin to find as much relief as I have found. And I can tell you: life is one heck of a lot better when you are not suffering from restless leg syndrome. Please bookmark this page and keep me posted on what your experience is with this method.
Just to recap, a key home remedy for restless leg syndrome is that one needs to get their magnesium levels up. Just taking a magnesium supplement is not nearly enough. I have read reports of people taking magnesium supplements for six months with no change in their blood level of magnesium. The type of magnesium supplement your shoes is the crucial element. I've tried all different types of tablets, chemical forms, ionic forms and even magnesium brine. Do yourself a favor and get yourself some natural cold.
Still summing up things, stop the war that's going on in your body between vital nutrients and salt. Cut down on salt and give the other nutrients a chance.
And finally, don't forget to take a potassium tablet. I take Peter Gillham's Natural Calm 1 teaspoon at a time throughout the day, so I take three or four potassium tablets in a day.
One final note start out slow with magnesium supplementation. Too much at first can lead to diarrhea. Well, that's a heckuva way to end the article. I just didn’t want you to be surprised. I hope this helps you RLS is a terrible thing.