Originally Posted by
Garthr
I don't get cramps, but I do tend to eat good quantities of pickled jalapeno's in the half gallon jars.
Yum yum yum . What does this have in common with pickles ? What every pickled food does,
vinegar. I'd try a swig of cider vinegar before I'd buy any pickles as I really like don't them at all. I'm pretty sure it's the vinegar people are responding to, not whatever food that the vinegar is mixed with.
Nope. Not vinegar. It’s the salt that helps. Exercise causes sweating that leads to salt loss. Salt loss leads to cramps. Pickling liquids contain a lot of salt. Natural fermentation…not quick pickling where vinegar is added…starts with vegetable matter and salt. The organic acids released come later as part of the vegetable matter breakdown. Sauerkraut, for example is made by adding a bunch of salt to cabbage that has been bruised.