You’ve created a really interesting set of videos here. I’ve been suffering with constant calf twitching for 18months now. I do notice that when I drink coconut water they reduce for a period so I also believe electrolytes are a big issue. I’m starting to think it’s an absorption issue with these minerals. I’d be very interested to hear more about your home made recipe!
@JamesGough1
3 жыл бұрын
Yes, coconut water is high in electrolytes, but for me it is not enough and very expensive, so use bicarb of soda and potassium tabs. I keep meaning to do a video on how I make the electolytes. Subscribe so you get notified when i do please :-)
@jcleat90
3 жыл бұрын
Just subbed! One other thing I see consistently across (the not many) success stories is improving gut health. Again could link to absorption...
@stevenroberts3568
3 жыл бұрын
Hi James. Another fascinating and in-depth post. I think your research and correlation are spot on. My twitches have all but gone in the one calf but still persist in my left one. I have had a stressful month and haven’t been sleeping great and have had some eyelid twitches. I’m hoping this goes once I get back on track with my sleep. I like others notice an increase after exercise especially running, football but will calm down after a day. How are you doing? I’ve noticed you’ve said yours have vastly improved and you hardly noticed yours. Glad this is working for you. Keep up the informative and friendly videos.
@JamesGough1
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks, Steven. I'm glad you like the videos. I'm going to do a video showing how I make the electrolytes mostly using ingredients from the kitchen at home. Once again I have experienced the dramatic difference for me if i take electrolytes regularly. I hadn't taken them for a few days and then in bed at night I started to feel my calves twitching again. Also, my strength had noticeably reduced doing chin ups. As soon as i took the electrolytes the twitching was almost gone again. And, this morning I took half of my electrolyte portion an hour or so before training and did a person best at dips. I am trying out two other solutions that people have recommended, but it is really difficult to measure the results as I can hardly see my legs twitching and so don't know how to test if there is an improvement. I guess I will only be able to say that it got rid of it completely and then ask some other BFS sufferers to test it out too. Let us know how you get on and if anything works for you too, James :-)
@stevenroberts3568
3 жыл бұрын
@@JamesGough1 well it seems like you have definitely found something that works for you and hopefully other sufferers. If you need someone to test it on let me know. Email address is stavros2kuk@hotmail.co.uk All of your symptoms seem very close to what I experience. Mainly calves twitching. Reduce when eating clean with no caffeine, Alcohol chocolate etc. Increase with physical exercise. Again thanks for the videos.
@ninabrunton1234
3 жыл бұрын
Hi, great content thank you. Your keto or carnivore diet weren’t a pre cursor to your bfs were they? I started experiencing bfs and other symptoms approx 8/9 months after adopting keto and although I’m pretty sure it’s other factors…stress, anxiety, poor sleep etc. Do wonder if the diet change given the impact on electrolytes was a factor. Here now about 14 months after first muscle and nerve twitches began and only just sought help and received a bfs diagnosis.
@JamesGough1
3 жыл бұрын
Hi Nina, thanks for leaving a message. That is interesting about the keto and BFS. I did start to get the twitches a few months, maybe 6 or 8 months, after starting the keto lifestyle. I suffered a lot with cramps in my calved, which is where I have the BFS. I did wonder too if it was connected. Do you know of other people who believe they see a correlation? Thanks
@ninabrunton1234
3 жыл бұрын
James Gough Hi James, I have only just KZitemd bfs and found your vids…up to Friday I knew nothing of Bfs so really don’t know if this has been others’ experience. I’d hate to think keto had prompted this as it’s been so beneficial in lots of other ways I couldn’t see any way back now….
@JamesGough1
2 жыл бұрын
sorry Nina, KZitem doesn't ping me when people reply after I have replied and it has a filter on that stops them showing up. I only realised today and have seen so many 2nd replies from people that I never replied to. I still stick with a carnevore keto diet. I couldn't change back either and think that the benefits of this diet outweigh the negatives of BFS. There are too many people with BFS who are not keto so I am sure it isn't keto related, but it could have exacerbated it due to electrolytes or other related nutrients, maybe? I am testing calcium at the moment as someone in these comments (different video) said they had cured it after a trip to the doc and discovered they has an imbalance.
@dannnnng
3 жыл бұрын
Been twitching 10mos now. Going to try these out. In the states, so going to try the WHO ones. I've tried multiple other supps with no big effect. I get cramping too sometimes. It's weird, I might get a few days where twitching is less noticable. But then some days/weeks seems worse. Sleep is a factor. Also, I stopped caffeine and alcohol too. My twitching is mainly in my calf muscles but also seldomly other places. I notice that exercise makes it worse, but sometimes the day after exercise they are a less. Do you experience this at all? Keep up the videos please! Thank you!
@JamesGough1
3 жыл бұрын
Hi Daniel, I just got back from a nice walk along the beach here in bonny Scotland and it was lovely and sunny (that doesn't happen in much) and read your message. Your symptoms sound exactly like mine were. I seem to have reduced them a lot 90% or more with salt and potassium, but, and this is the kicker, the magic elixir, I add glucose (honey) and citric acid (squeezed lemon juice. That's the secret I picked up from a research paper and the WHO reccipe is the same, but not as natural; they use chemicals. As for exercise, I know exactly what you mean. It was the same for me. I read in another research paper that during and immediately after exercise the body (I think it was the stomach) pretty much stops absorbing potassium altogether. So, when do I taker my drink; bicarb of soda (half teaspoon), one squeezed lemon, teaspoon of honey, and three potassium tabs (I think 600mg from memory); yip, 30 minutes before I train. It seems to stop the severe twitching, especially after deadlifts, my favourite exercise. Make sure caffeine doesn't creep into your diet from other sources. I don't want to seem like i'm teaching you to suck eggs, but I've studies nutrition for years and I'm still caught off guard sometimes and find I've been consuming something that I don't want to because it is hidden in a food product. Hey, keep in touch and let me know how it goes, and thanks so much for the kind words about my videos. I really hope they can help some people.
@jakubjanis2325
3 жыл бұрын
@@JamesGough1 Hi James, this is Jacob from CZ. Great video. I've been having the muscle fasciculations (esp. in my legs) for about 1.5 year, tried quite many things and still searching for a solution. I wanted to ask - have you been successful with your electrolyte mix in long-term? I noticed my twitching gets worse basically in 3 situations. 1) When I wake up the twitches are much more noticeable (compared to when I go to sleep they are not present at all most of the time). 2) When I do an exercise, go running or do any physical activity in general. 3) And this is most interesting - after eating. Especially when I eat a bit more (lunch, dinner). In case you found anything that really helps, please recommend. Thanks a lot. Jacob
@JamesGough1
2 жыл бұрын
sorry Jakub, KZitem doesn't ping me when people reply after I have replied and it has a filter on that stops them showing up. I only realised today and have seen so many 2nd replies from people that I never replied to. Yes, the electrolytes are working great along with cutting out caffeine for me which is very difficult :-( Eating and exercise are a trigger for BFS and if you look into how this affects electrolytes you will see there is a big connection - essentially the stomach all but stops production or absorption (something like that - I read it a while ago now) of certain electrolytes. I recently added calcium to my supps after someone on here messaged me to say they cured BFS after a doc told them they were deficient. I can now lie in bed and sometimes I think it has gone completely. I will add that this was while I was drinking coffee again and so my twitching would normally be really bad. I've cut the caffeine out again as of about a week, so I will see soon how much I can reduce the twitching. Take care and keep in touch.
@BraveCounsel
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video. How often are you taking the sachets? One a day, two, one every few days ect? Are you aware of any amount that you would overdose on? Thanks
@JamesGough1
3 жыл бұрын
Well, I am aware of how much electrolytes is good for myself, yes. From the research I've read, it isn't as simple as the mainstream health advice tells us. I've been experimenting with my own health for decades. I also have a very different diet from most people so my electrolyte intake would be very different. If I started to get cramps i would take two sachets. I am 6ft and exercise frequently and my diet is very clean, so no excess salts etc from processed foods. However, I don't use tham at all now as I make my own electrolyte drink with much the same quantities of sodium and potassium, but alter depending on how I feel.
@BraveCounsel
3 жыл бұрын
@@JamesGough1 Thanks for the reply. So did you stumble on the finding as you took electrolytes for exercise anyway, and then observed it also helped the BFS? Does the BFS come back as soon as you stop taking the drinks? IE you intend to keep on with the drinks forever now? I’ve been twitching for some time now all over. At first it was very concerning as everyone says, but as I’ve come to realise it is not stopping me do things, I have become more relaxed. How did you get over the fear/concern of the BFS? Just accepted it?
@JamesGough1
2 жыл бұрын
sorry Brave, KZitem doesn't ping me when people reply after I have replied and it has a filter on that stops them showing up. I only realised today and have seen so many 2nd replies from people that I never replied to. I did some research and found out how the muscles work and what affects them; electrolytes came out on top of what to check first. I had taken them before as I trained a lot and was into health and supplements and they are recommended a lot. I also took them for muscle cramps. However, when I started to research them I found out that they are way more important for our health than I realised. Central to it. And, the people who I read and the research states that we are need a lot more that we are led to believe. The simple doctrine doesn't fit the vastly different variety of people, and lifestyles. If I stop taking them I will soon start to feel the twitching and after a prolonged time I will start to get cramps which get worse and worse. I recently added calcium to my supps after someone on here messaged me to say they cured it after a doc told them they were deficient. I can now lie in bed and sometimes I think it has gone completely. I will add that this was while I was drinking coffee again and so my twitching would normally be really bad. I've cut the caffeine out again as of about a week, so I will see soon how much I can reduce the twitching. Take care and keep in touch.
@navids9880
3 жыл бұрын
do you have sensory symptoms? does warm water or heat makes it worse?
@teloshealth9927
3 жыл бұрын
No, no other symptoms.
@navids9880
3 жыл бұрын
some days I get sensory symptoms as well like burning sensation as seems they are related to SMFN. have u done a skin biopsy or check for Isaac syndrome? I think there are some papers that some of BFS is Small fiber related. U may want watch some of Anne Louise Oaklander,MD videos as I am not a Dr either and check with u r neurologist. I've done everything possible from western medicine to functional medicine, chines medicine and unfortunately no luck yet.
@teloshealth9927
3 жыл бұрын
@@navids9880 sorry to hear about your other symptoms. I haven't heard of her. I did just look up and watch a different person talking about it ( a shorter video) and explain it and it was interesting. I don't have any other sensations with the twitching, except a tendency to suffer cramps, but electrolytes fixes that and it could be due to my diet as I mostly eat animal products which can be deficient in elecs. I certainly don't have Isaac syndrome, or a small fiber problem. Just twitching mainly in my calves (95%) BFS has been diagnosed by the doc. Have you tried electrolytes? Also, have you tried cutting some food groups out of your diet? Thanks for getting in touch, and good luck too :-)
@JamesGough1
3 жыл бұрын
Let me know how it goes. Good lcuk.
@navids9880
3 жыл бұрын
@@teloshealth9927 yup tried a lot of different diet Keto, fasting, vegan, Pegan, Dr Walhs diet...etc.
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