I think my tendency towards muscle cramps has decreased. I have been trying to increase assimilation of magnesium for about 2 months by:
- taking a magnesium supplement (I am in my second bottle of a “magnesium citrate” supplement from Amazon.com.
- occasional epsom salt baths (I put 2 cups of Epsom salt in a hot bath once or twice per week).
- I eat salmon and sardines that have fish bones about 2 or 3 times per week. (I have been mixing canned Alaskan pink salmon in a food processor with onions, pickles, and other ingredients. After using the food processor, I can’t tell that there were bones in the salmon.)
- I have 5 ounces of beef bone broth about twice per week. (I purchased 5 pounds of grass-fed bones for $5 and cooked them in a crock pot for about 20 hours. I added about a cup of vinegar to the crock pot to help dissolving the minerals. After the broth cooled, I placed it in 5 ounce paper cups and froze them so they are conveniently available.)
I am cautiously optimistic because I haven’t had any food get stuck in my throat (even briefly) for about a month. In the last few weeks, I only had a very brief calf cramp once (while I was having a small poison ivy outbreak).
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