Lots of calcium, was Re: leg cramps

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> >So right away I tried it, dissolving a big old

> >Calcium Carbonate tablet in an ounce of organic

> >apple cider vinegar and swilling it down after

> >all the foam disappeared. Ugh, not very tasty.

> >

> >The next morning though, WOW! My urine PH was up a

> >whole integer. Normally my readings are on the acid

> >side, which makes sense due to all the meat I eat.

>

> Wow! I AM impressed. (And I'll go out and get some PH paper: heck,

it's

> good for all kinds of experiments. After testing for pregnancy etc.

I'm

> pretty much up for anything).

>

> This makes SO much sense. The acidosis website I saw listed

" Alkalis " as a

> cause of acidosis, maybe taking a acetic acid solution has the

reverse

> effect. Many calcium tabs are sold as Carbonate though, for some

reason

> (maybe because they dissolve in your stomach quickly?). I wonder

what

> effect lactic acid has, with all my kimchi?

>

> BTW the Koreans typically eat their kimchi with little fish, shrimp,

or

> squid in it. The lactic acid, I'd presume, would dissolve the bones

> somewhat so you'd have a bunch of calcium lactate in there. Since it

seems

> that their diet is a staple of pickles (esp. kimchi) and rice with

some

> meat thrown in, they'd be getting most of their calcium from the

pickles,

> as calcium lactate. The beef broths made with vinegar would be

calcium acetate.

>

> I also wonder if the leg cramps are always due to calcium/magnesium

> deficiency or if the acid content of the blood is in there

somewhere.

> Cramps are listed as a side effect of acidosis too.

>

>

> Heidi Schuppenhauer

> Trillium Custom Software Inc.

> heidis@t...

You could also get an inexpensive ph meter for around $80 which would

be more accurate than ph paper. Dennis