[pct-l] Muscle cramps

[patch at aidshike.org (Dr. Patch O'Malley IV)]

Actually, unless I'm mistaken, muscle cramps are caused by the nerves 
not being able to function correctly.

I did a little bit of neuroscience in school, and if memory serves, 
nerves require two elements to work, sodium and potassium. Salt's got 
the sodium (technically, salt is Sodium Chloride), but it lacks the 
potassium. For that, try bananas, watermelon or Gatorade. As we all know 
we've got plenty of salt in our diets.

The fancy electrolytes that Gatorade always hypes up? Yeah, that's just 
two kinds of salt: Normal salt (NaCl) and Potassium Chloride (KCl).

Somebody can correct me on this if I'm wrong...

-patch

Chance Money wrote:

>Sometimes a small amount of salt will help
>
>Chance
>
>Mtnned@aol.com wrote: What is the solution to muscle cramps on the trail?  Does it mean  there is a 
>nutritional deficiency?
> 
>Mtnned
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