Why the Random Muscle Twitch?
Dr. Berg’s Healthy Keto and Intermittent Fasting Podcast
Dr. Eric Berg
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🗓️ 19 August 2021
⏱️ 4 minutes
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Summary
Do you ever get a random muscle twitch for no reason? You’re not alone—and here’s what to do about it!
About 70% of the population gets random muscle twitches. The medical term for this is fasciculation—spontaneous involuntary muscle contraction and relaxation. This could happen to your eyelid, arms, hands, fingers, legs, feet, or tongue.
There is even a medical condition called benign fasciculation syndrome. I believe this condition is really a nutritional deficiency. But, the typical treatment is cognitive behavioral therapy, anti-depression medication, and calcium channel blockers.
In my opinion, random muscle twitches are caused by a magnesium deficiency. About 70% of the population also has a magnesium deficiency. Leafy greens are rich in magnesium.
Other symptoms of a magnesium deficiency:
• Fatigue
• Muscle cramps
• Anxiety
Other potential causes of a muscle twitch:
• High calcium
• Low vitamin D
• Alkalosis (potentially caused by a high carb diet or low potassium)
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Dr. Berg's Healthy Keto and Interminate Fasting Podcast, where Dr. |
| 0:07.7 | Berg takes you on the journey for the truth about getting healthy and losing healthy weight. |
| 0:19.4 | You ever get a random muscle twitch for no reason? |
| 0:26.1 | Well, you're not alone, 70% of the population gets these random muscle twitches. |
| 0:32.1 | The medical term for that is the circulation, not that you're really cared for, but that's |
| 0:36.0 | the name. |
| 0:37.0 | It's a spontaneous, involuntary muscle contraction and relaxation. |
| 0:41.4 | It could be on the eyelid, it could be on the arm, your hands, fingers, legs, or feet |
| 0:46.4 | or even your tongue. |
| 0:47.4 | There's even a medical condition called benign the circulation syndrome. |
| 0:52.5 | The problem is that this condition is the nutritional deficiency, but their treatment |
| 0:56.5 | is cognitive behavioral therapy and antidepressant medication and calcium channel blockers, which |
| 1:04.8 | I'm going to come back to in a second. |
| 1:07.2 | So what you need to know is the random muscle twitching is simply a magnesium deficiency. |
| 1:13.2 | And by the way, 70% of the population has a magnesium deficiency. |
| 1:17.4 | Well, must be a coincidence, right? |
| 1:20.4 | If you have a magnesium deficiency, there are other things that can happen as well. |
| 1:24.3 | You could be tired, you could have muscle cramps, you could have anxiety, because people |
| 1:28.4 | take magnesium to relax, decrease their stress, to help them with sleep. |
| 1:33.2 | So if you have these muscle twitches, just take a little magnesium. |
| 1:38.2 | Magnesium usually comes from leafy greens, so it could be that you're not consuming enough, |
| 1:42.8 | but there are a couple of the reasons why you might have a muscle twitch. |
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