[MR] Fwd: Can pickle juice protect against muscle cramps? sca-east Digest, Vol 89, Issue 42

[Becky McEllistrem]

As I understand it pickle juice helps recover salt and other nutrients and a lack of nutrients can create muscle cramps.  I don't know if it's directly related htough.

In my case I was getting leg cramps on a regular basis just from getting older as a non fighter and my mother told me to increase the regular levels of calcium in my diet.  Don't know if this would help with post fighting muscle and other sporting cramps or not.

Rebecca


--- On Fri, 6/11/10, David Chessler <chessler at usa.net> wrote:

> From: David Chessler <chessler at usa.net>
> Subject: [MR] Fwd: Can pickle juice protect against muscle cramps? sca-east Digest, Vol 89, Issue 42
> To: "Atlantia" <atlantia at atlantia.sca.org>
> Date: Friday, June 11, 2010, 5:11 PM
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> Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2010 09:46:48 -0400
> From: Bill Toscano <liamstliam at gmail.com>
> To: East Kingdom <sca-east at indra.com>
> Subject: [EK] Can pickle juice protect against muscle
> cramps
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> I think the researchers myst have an SCA connection. ;)
> 
> http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/09/phys-ed-can-pickle-juice-stop-muscle-cramps/?src=me&ref=general
> 
> Bess: Can you send this to Calon, even though the list is
> empty?
> 
> Liam
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> Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2010 10:03:42 -0400
> From: elizabeth <e.kenney at gmail.com>
> To: East Kingdom <sca-east at indra.com>
> Subject: Re: [EK] Can pickle juice protect against muscle
> cramps
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> On Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 9:55 AM, Lord Maeryk <maeryk at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > They had to do a study to prove that?
> >
> > Yes.  You telling me it worked for you is called
> anecdotal evidence, and
> it's not good for a lot when it comes to finding out what
> is actually going
> on.
> 
> Interestingly, the study showed that it definitely works,
> but not in the way
> we thought.  Because of the rapidity of relief, it
> isn't biologically
> possible that it's due to the electrolytes in the pickle
> juice, but possibly
> an effect of the vinegar itself on the nervous system.
> 
> That's pretty cool, if you ask me.  Could be that
> those crazy sekanjabin
> drinkers had the right idea all along.
> 
> -- 
> -elizabeth-
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> Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2010 10:11:50 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Raven <ravenaki at embarqmail.com>
> To: East Kingdom <sca-east at indra.com>
> Subject: Re: [EK] Can pickle juice protect against muscle
> cramps
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> Very interesting-down in most of the southern kingdoms, it
> is a given that
> Field Support {waterbearing} gives out water, gatorade,
> & pickle juice; the
> fighters ask for it-
> 
> Raven
> 
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