Salt intake

frank · Post by **frank** » Wed Dec 13, 2006 3:43 pm

Hi folks. Has anyone found that taking in to many salts cause a restless night ? I've had this RLS for years now and have been able to pin point that eating to much salt causes a very restless night. When I have a bad night I have to get out of bed and do 50 deep knee bends at the side of my bed. This seems to work for me. But all I have to do is eat a small bag of potatoe chips during the day and I can promise that I'll be having problems that night. I've tried meds and they just give me weird dreams.(Requip,Mirapex,ect...)

brandy · Post by **brandy** » Wed Dec 13, 2006 3:59 pm

I have not noticed this, but I don't eat a lot of salty foods. I'll keep an eye on it, though. Thanks for the tip.

Post by **ViewsAskew** » Wed Dec 13, 2006 4:54 pm

Someone wrote a book about it - she charges $30 to say not to eat ANY salt. Of course, that is almost impossible unless you eat a raw food diet or cook all of your own food. But, mostly? It just doesn't seem to help most folks.

For some reason, there are many, many RLS interventions that work for a small percentage of people. While that is great for the person it helps, it makes the rest of us sort of crazy, willy-nilly trying everything under the sun, but not getting the same results.