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Dr. Eric Berg.

So, today I'm going to talk about why apple cider vinegar works for muscle spasm.

Now, typically when someone has a muscle spasm, they usually go for electrolytes.

And a lot of times that actually may work.

But when it doesn't work, you may want to try some apple cider vinegar to your diet.

And I'm going to tell you why it may help you.

Now, before I get into that, this is a diagram of a muscle and two tendons.

So you have the tendons that attach to bones and then you have the muscle.

And in the tendon, you have this little receptor called the Golgi tendon organ that picks up information from the load of the muscle.

So there's information being sent from the muscle based on tension that is being picked up by this tendon

and carried through the nervous system, to the spinal column, up to the brain, to associated muscles, and then back up to this muscle.

So when you lift something up at a certain weight and you feel the heaviness of that, that's all being sensed and perceived by this tendon.

And the information sent to the brain and gives you a feedback loop of how much resistance that you need to use to actually lift it up.

There's a lot of control over this muscle dynamic from the nervous system and the receptors.

And there's certain chemical compounds that you need that communicate between the muscles and the nerve.

And one of the big ones is acetylcholine.

And it just so happens that apple cider vinegar can contribute to the formation of this chemical.

We need electrolytes which are electrically charged minerals for the electrical part of this problem.

You need acetylcholine, which is a neurotransmitter to allow that to work.

And lastly, if your pH is too alkaline, one of the symptoms for alkalosis is cramping.

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