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Let's talk about leg and foot cramps at night.

What's behind these and what can you do about them?

I will say that they can be extremely painful, they can completely keep you up at night and

really create so much pain that you can't get back to sleep and it can start from just

flexing your toe and so you're like grabbing your toe and trying to push it back in.

It can be a nightmare.

So here's the thing, there's not a lot of data on this condition, they just don't know

what causes it.

We could potentially be an electrolyte imbalance with a deficiency of magnesium, calcium, potassium

or even sodium, but many times the person will start taking electrolytes and they don't

feel any difference.

It can also be a problem in your pH, your body is too alkaline, that's right, too alkaline,

not too acid.

If your body is on the alkaline side, you won't be able to transport minerals properly and

that can create all sorts of problems from twitching underneath your eye or even cramping

in which case you'd want to just acidify the body.

But the three things I'm going to recommend for nocturnal cramps are number one, quinine.

Now I'm not talking about the drug quinine, I'm talking about the natural version from

something called senchona, a fish analysis.

This is a natural remedy that you can get online or at the alpha store and start taking

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