Linda Deck wrote:

> "Kathleen S. Moroney" <[log in to unmask]>  recently wrote about leg
> cramps, and attributed it to not enough calcium.
>
> It's been my experience that it is a lack of potassium that might be the
> culprit.  A 99 mg suppliment could be tried to see if that stops the cramps.
> These are cheap and readily available.  Or find a good natural source --
> potassium hides in many foods.  There was just a huge discussion of it on
> the lc-diabetes list, and searching their archives would give you lots of
> info and a list of foods.  I'm certain many of them were paleo-compatible.

Another trick is to be sure to have enough magnesium to balance calcium, and get

a high-quality calcium-magnesium supplement.  Dolomite (a low-quality
supplement),
for example,  just runs right through you without being absorbed.
Some supplements have cofactors that help with calcium absorption: boron, Vit D,
and
zinc, and this certainly helps me.  Magnesium:calcium ratio in your daily intake

should be at least 1:2 and could be as high as 1:1.

Lynnet