Leg Cramps At Night

[austengirl]

I'm starting day 8 of gluten free eating and I have noticed a couple nights I have had leg cramps. This is new to me....never had them before. Could this be due to the change in my diet?

I'm trying not to give up, but sometimes I have felt worse than I did before starting this diet! Anybody else experience these frustrations in the very beginning?

[JenCO]

I don't know specifically why your change of diet may have caused the leg cramps, but I used to suffer from morning calf cramps myself, and I found that it was due to a calcium/magnesium imbalance.

Basically calcium help muscles to contract and magnesium helps them to relax. I took 2 doses of 300mg magnesium per day (taken in magnesium citrate form), and found that within a week, the cramps went away.

The only way of knowing whether this will help is to try it.

[mushroom]

I had been suffering badly from calf cramps lately and began taking a mega multi-mineral. Voila, no more leg cramps.

[SLB5757]

I'm starting day 8 of gluten free eating and I have noticed a couple nights I have had leg cramps. This is new to me....never had them before. Could this be due to the change in my diet?

I'm trying not to give up, but sometimes I have felt worse than I did before starting this diet! Anybody else experience these frustrations in the very beginning?

Anemia can cause leg cramps. I would venture to say that it is not the Gluten Free Diet as much as it is probably a need for increased iron (through a good multi-V).

[jerseyangel]

Adding calcium supplements (Caltrate) helped my nighttime legs cramps immensely.