leg tingling?

[asecretchord]

Has anyone ever gotten this raw? Is it detox? I'm also having some cramps in my calves.

[mstrish]

I have had this when my potassium was low. Hope this helps.

[Revvell]

Could be a variety of issues. As mstrish says, possibility of low potassium or imbalance but also, if you've twisted or done something strange, could be pressure on the sciatic nerve... could be just not enough water...

Without being able to ask questions such as what have you been eating/drinking/doing, etc., it's pretty much guessing.

[asecretchord]

How do I know if I'm getting enough potassium? I called a nurse and she said it could be sodium and calcium. I know how to increase my potassium and sodium, but what about calcium? Anything raw that's calcium rich? Maybe I'll just have to go out and buy some supplements because my multivitamin doesn't have hardly any calcium.

[Colorawdo girl]

For me, I have had these. I look at it as raw doing its job. Cleaning out old stuff. My legs bothered me alot before raw so I figure its stuff on it way out.

I trust raw and allow it to cleanse my body, without a sickness mindset(the mind and body are so connected) as the world appears to be in a sickness mentality. I invent wellness all the time. I pull towards it and not give my focus to unwellness.

I go with it and ride it out. It goes away.

[Zanjabil]

Calcium rich foods, Kale, Bok Choy, sesame seeds, you can go to nutrition data website and do a search.

[michigan roman]

please forget the calcium suppliments , thats useless trash

dark greens = vegans calcium , absorbable / utilizable calcium

sesame seeds - grind up in blender then make banana / almond milk smoothy

almonds

[asecretchord]

Hmm. Sounds like I'll be making another trip to the health food store. :) I love sesame sticks. They have them in bulk there. I wonder if they're raw.

[oceanluv]

nope, not raw, but good :)

[rawstrength]

Sesame sticks are not raw . . . and they don't even contain the right kind of sesame seeds.

You want the sesame seeds that are unhulled because the hulls contain the calcium. unhulled = still have the calcium-rich shells on them. Then you have to blend the living daylights out of those sesame seeds to get the calcium to be absorbable. Check out my bone-building drink thread for some calcium ideas.

[asecretchord]

I started taking calcium supplements and it still hasn't improved. Should I take B12? How much B12 do I need a day?

[solarliving]

How long have you been raw and how long have you been experiencing the tingling?

I have experienced some acheness in my legs as well as sensations in the lower leg muscle next to the shin bone. I personally feel my body was cleaning itself. That area used be dense and painful and now if feels like the tissue is less congested. It is also the Stomach Meridian in Acupuncture. I usually massage my legs daily and it does help.

[rawmiss]

Wrong diagnosis lists 53 causes of leg tingling!
http://www.wrongdiagnosis.com/symptoms/leg_paresthesia/causes.htm

Arachnoid Cysts - tingling in legs
Basilar artery migraine - toe paresthesia
Broken foot - tingling foot
Broken leg - tingling leg
Broken toe - tingling toe
Buerger's disease - leg paresthesias
Celiac Disease - tingling (legs from nerve damage)
Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy - tingling in toes and fingers
Chronic Myeloproliferative Disorders - tingling feet
Chronic necrotizing vasculitis - limb tingling
Dana syndrome - tingling in feet
Diabetes - foot tingling
Diabetic neuropathy - Foot paresthesias
Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy - Foot paresthesias
Fabry's Disease - burning sensations in hands and feet
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - leg tingling
Halm-Munk syndrome - toe tingling
Hereditary amyloidosis - tingling in legs
Horseshoe Crab poisoning - foot paresthesias
Hyperventilation - tingling feet
Hypocalcemia - foot paresthesias
Hypocalcemia, autosomal dominant - tingling in feet
Hypoparathyroidism - foot paresthesias
Hypoparathyroidism familial isolated - tingling toes
Hypothyroidism - foot paresthesias
Intervertebral disc disease - leg tingling
Multiple Sclerosis - foot paresthesias
Myelitis - leg paresthesia
Neuropathy ataxia and retinis pigmentosa - tingling in legs
Neurotoxic shellfish poisoning - tingling legs
Olivopontocerebellar Atrophy - feet tingling
Paragonimiases - lung infection - leg paresthesias
Paralytic shellfish poisoning - leg tingling
POEMS syndrome - foot tingling
Polyarteritis nodosa - foot paresthesias
Polyneuritis - foot paresthesias
Porphyria, hereditary coproporphyria - foot tingling
Pyridoxine deficiency - foot tingling
Restless Legs Syndrome - crawling sensation on legs
Sjogren's Syndrome - limb tingling
Spinal conditions - Leg paresthesia
Spinal Cord Disorders - Leg paresthesia
Spinal fracture - Leg paresthesia
Spinal intradural arachnoid cysts - tingling in legs
Spondylitis - Leg paresthesia
Sports Injuries - Leg paresthesia
Stroke - limb tingling
Subacute combined degeneration of the spinal cord - foot paresthesias
Tarsal tunnel syndrome - foot paresthesia
Tetany - tingling feet
Transverse myelitis - leg tingling
Type 2 diabetes - foot tingling
Vitamin B6 - adverse effects - tingling feet

[asecretchord]

How long have you been raw and how long have you been experiencing the tingling?

I have experienced some acheness in my legs as well as sensations in the lower leg muscle next to the shin bone. I personally feel my body was cleaning itself. That area used be dense and painful and now if feels like the tissue is less congested. It is also the Stomach Meridian in Acupuncture. I usually massage my legs daily and it does help.

I've been raw for 1 1/2 weeks now. Maybe I'll just give it a little longer and it will go away. The tingling has stopped. It's just cramping now.

[solarliving]

I'm not sure what your diet was like before, but when you stop eating processed foods, cooked foods, the body goes through a lot of changes. For the first time it's getting real food on a consistent basis. It starts to clear out the debri. Everything is cleansing. The blood, the lymph, the cells, etcc..Of course there are times when something else is going on, but unless you had this prior to raw, I would say it is part of the cleansing process.

If I was looking for some sort of solution for cramps, The first thing I would eat is probably some kelp or other sea vegetable due to the mineral content or maybe some coconut water for the electrolytes. I would also stretch.