Ok, nothing out of the ordinary. Gained a little weight but also didn't sleep very well. I'm feeling kind of jet lagged but without the jet. It's just the lag :)
I went to the doctor yesterday. I thought I was getting blood tests but he prescribed me magnesium right away. On the good side, I didn't have to pay for the blood tests; on the downside, I was genuinely curious about what else may be missing and whether everything else is ok etc... But, for now, if this fixes the problem I will probably delay those blood tests until a more convenient time arrives...
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59.4 kg
これまでの減量分: 6 kg.
残り: 3.4 kg.
ダイエット続き: まあまあ.
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ダイエットカレンダーを表示, 2014年 01月 30日:
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1772 kcal
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脂質: 79.16g | たんぱく質: 94.65g | 炭水化物: 198.18g.
朝食: goji berries, Water, Pistachio Nuts, Hazelnuts or Filberts Nuts, Cashew Nuts, Almonds, Dried Pumpkin and Squash Seed Kernels, Raisins, Walnuts. 昼食: Grapes, Bean and Rice Soup. 夕食: Oranges, Lemon Juice, Garlic, Ramirez Sardinhas em Tomate. 軽食/その他: Cashew Nuts, Sesame Seeds, Whole Milk, Olives, Portuguese Anona Fruit, Pork Liver, goji berries, Water, Pistachio Nuts, Hazelnuts or Filberts Nuts, Cashew Nuts, Almonds, Dried Pumpkin and Squash Seed Kernels, Raisins, Dried Prune, Walnuts, Whole Milk. もっと...
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週に0.9 kg増量中
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That's dissapointing. Well hopefully that solves it though. Is this your primary doctor?
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How did he know you had a magnesium deficiency?
2014年 01月 30日 投稿者: doublecheese
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muscle twitching/spasms/cramps are signs of magnesium deficiency. bananas have magnesium too.
2014年 01月 30日 投稿者: njashka8
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I somewhat agree iamachristianjesusfreak! He acted as he was sure but yeah, he's been my doctor since I was a kid lol :) He always had very "fast" diagnosis mostly based on what I'll tell him heheh. He has, in the past requested tests, for example to see if I had sleep apnea, but it's very rare :)
2014年 01月 30日 投稿者: euheide
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I will keep you posted on the results. It seems to be resulting so far because, I would just go one day without the multivitamin and, in that same night, I would already have RL symptoms and the last time I took the multivitamin was the day before yesterday. I started taking the magnesium yesterday. But I'm always a little concerned that whatever mistake I've made in my diet could have caused other different shortages. :P
2014年 01月 30日 投稿者: euheide
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My idea Doublecheese is that, he acted on the information he knew beforehand on RLS because he didn't even consult anything. The minute I told him about the RL symptoms he immediately told me it was a magnesium shortage heheh. I guess that he was confident that, if it didn't work, that I would let him know or something like that :) Not sure. I will still take those tests in the near future though because who knows what else I might be missing as far as nutrients are concerned right? My father has been eating under my "guidelines" lol and he recently took blood tests and his blood iron levels were slightly bellow the normal limits. That certainly made me think.
2014年 01月 30日 投稿者: euheide
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Oh no! I supported my own journal lol. I'm not functioning properly today lol.
2014年 01月 30日 投稿者: euheide
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Thanks Ninaj! Yeah, apparently from what I know, magnesium is responsible for muscle relaxation while calcium is responsible for muscle contraction. And a magnesium depletion can also cause a calcium and potassium depletion. :)
2014年 01月 30日 投稿者: euheide
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from what I know "now" that is lol.
2014年 01月 30日 投稿者: euheide
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This doctor has ordered me to take blood tests in the past too but, most of the times, that doesn't happen :)
2014年 01月 30日 投稿者: euheide
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My father has a magnesium deficiency too, he wakes up with very painful cramps. He has a magnesium supplement now but apparently it tastes and smells awful lol
2014年 01月 30日 投稿者: doublecheese
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lol This is a Magnesium pidolate supplement. It actually tastes ok! :) It's a little too sweet especially now that I've abandoned sweets but the more water I mix with it the less sweet it gets.
2014年 01月 30日 投稿者: euheide
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Luckily I didn't get those cramps. RL has this resemblance to cramps but it's different. You will feel pain, but that pain doesn't contract your legs. It will grow in intensity more less at the same pace as a cramp but will instead make you move your legs almost out of a natural reflex to escape the pain. It's like these super intense chills going through your legs. Has your father never suffered from RL?
2014年 01月 30日 投稿者: euheide
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I mean, occasionally, after swimming, I will get cramping, mostly on the soles of my feet and on the back of my upper legs but that usually subsides after training.
2014年 01月 30日 投稿者: euheide
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Take natures own magnesium tablets they taste like nothing:-)
2014年 01月 30日 投稿者: njashka8
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The best advice I've been given on how to deal with cramps was to contradict the cramp movement. That will usually effectively stop that one cramp but the problem is, it may be possible that you will have to maintain that "stretched" position to avoid the cramping to continue. And with those very painful cramps I don't even know if that works...
2014年 01月 30日 投稿者: euheide
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Thanks for the tip Ninaj! I have to admit that I'm a little suspicious of natural supplements because of the apparent lack of regulations (since they're not considered nor food, neither drugs). Your experience so far has been positive with them?
2014年 01月 30日 投稿者: euheide
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Since I've seen that article about the independent testing of some protein supplements I've been a little suspicious lol.
2014年 01月 30日 投稿者: euheide
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I should probably also say that, in my father's very recent routine blood test report, his B12 vitamin and folate levels were good. I kind of assume that, because I'm eating more or less the same foods as he is, that I should not have low levels of those, which is good heheh. His cholesterol was above the recommended level but with all the new research about cholesterol... And he has a doctor friend who has had an "over the charts" cholesterol for many years and never cared about it, claiming that research was contradicting on it. On the other hand, my doctor, who is also a personal friend of my father has told me a story about a patient of his, who had competed in triathlon for a very long time and was still doing it, and who had a high cholesterol and, this man had a heart attack. Was it connected to the cholesterol though since he wasn't careful with nutrition at all... Couldn't it have been some other cause related to his poor nutrition? Correlation shouldn't necessarily imply causality.
2014年 01月 30日 投稿者: euheide
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I have to call the lab though and ask which one of these tests indicates magnesium levels because I can't seem to find it. It's probably one of the many sections under technical designations.
2014年 01月 30日 投稿者: euheide
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