Bike Forums - Saving money on electrolyte replacements while on tour

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Originally Posted by Carbonfiberboy (Post 11354237)

That you for that link! My experience also. My wife has frequent night cramps which may or may not be related to hard exercise. Tums fix them right up. Don't know why, but something similar to the pickle juice thing. We have been taking potassium caps (99mg) morning and night, hoping they would help to ward off the cramps. Sort of like a totem. Never worked. A few days ago, we discontinued the potassium. Cramps are mostly gone. But we discontinued some other stuff, too, so the jury is out. We'll keep experimenting.

If I haven't drunk enough (water) during the day, by about 8 pm, my feet will start cramping, and I am almost guaranteed nasty, sit bolt upright in bed, calf and feet cramps during the night.

I need to make sure I'm getting those 8 glasses of water a day!

The quantity of electrolytes I consume doesn't seem to make any difference ... I eat a lot of foods with various electrolytes, and take a multi-vit with some of the electrolytes ... but even on high electrolyte days, if I haven't drunk enough, my feet cramp. And, after the first foot cramp in an evening, if I drink 500 ml of water or whatever, and keep drinking the rest of the evening, I'm good.