Re: Why do 'some' wines cause leg cramps?

> Interestingly, there are some wines that we > purchase that will cause leg cramps in both my > husband and me. > > We keep a list of wines and always note the ones > that do give us cramps. Since there are so many > wines available, it doesn't pain us to give up > one that causes cramps. > > Last night we had a wine that we both liked, and > it caused cramps. I hate to give this one up. > Selvapiana 2006 Chianti $22 or $17 > > What the hey causes cramps in certain wines? > > Dee Dee

You may have a condition called "Restless Leg Syndromme" (RLS) It is a degenerative neurological disease but not life threatening. I have this problem. I think that alcohol can at times make it worse. There is medication for it. It can be detected in a sleep study. Look up RLS and cramps on google or your favorite search engine.

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Paul E. Lehmann
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RLS is a prime example of how the pharmaceutical industry and the AMA run health care for a profit. You can spend a lot of time online and not discover that there was a treatment for RLS in the 70s that works but it didn't make money for the big companies so doctors would not even talk about RLS. There was a doctor in Chicago that treated it with mega doses of folic acid ( 5G/D )The folic acid was available in Canada for about $2.50 per 100 of 1G. I treated my RLS in 1978 and was cured in less than 6 weeks. I think that Canada has now conformed to US standards for this med and it is no longer available in the big doses.

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Bill Loftin

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