[Magdalen] If I stood up and put weight on the legs, the cramps went away immediately.

[Ginga Wilder]

I have essentially quit drinking anything because of leg cramps.  I've
never been a liquor drinker.  Red wine was my beverage of choice for
years.  In my younger years, I drank lots and lots of red wine,  After 50,
I drank less and less, but still would have up to 2 glasses nightly with
dinner.  After 60, the cramps set in with having to jump out of bed and
walk around to smooth out the muscles and take the pain away.  The
association between a glass or 2 of red wine and leg cramps could not be
denied.  So in the last several years, I found myself drinking less and
less.  And, having fewer and fewer nights of leg cramps.  Now, I go weeks,
months without having a glass of wine and have no trouble with leg cramps.
Color me thankful to have discovered the cause of the cramping.  I drink
water with lemon when I'm in a former wine-drinking setting.

Ginga

On Sun, Jun 28, 2015 at 8:07 PM, Jim Guthrie <jguthrie at pipeline.com> wrote:

> atmosphere if a kind of pub, which is why we often greet newcomers with an
>> invitation to pull up to the table and have a glass of their favorite
>>
>
> Which reminds me -- and perhaps pubmates might have an answer . . .
>
> Once upon a time in my impetuous youth, I drank prodigious amounts of
> beer. Then, about 25 years ago,I started waking up with really painful leg
> cramps on the rear of my calves. I discovered when I didn’t drink beer,
> there were no leg cramps.
>
> So I pretty much gave up on beer in favor of flavored seltzer and red wine
> with dinner.
>
> On occasions, going out with friends we'd do beer and pizza, and sure
> enough,in the middle of the night -- leg cramps.
>
> While in Vermont, the restaurant was "out" of any wine I considered
> drinkable, so decided to try a local beer -- Switchback brewed in
> Burlington. The first night, I had one glass -- no leg cramps. The next
> night I tried 2 glasses -- no leg cramps. and the fourth night . . .   well
> I drank more of the stuff than I had drank 25 years ago!  No leg cramps.
>
> Upon return, we went out and I had two pony bottles of Rolling Rock -- and
> sure enough -- leg cramps!
>
> So the question is -- what causes the leg cramps -- and why the local beer
> in Vermont did not result in leg cramps?
>
> Cheers,
> Jim
>
>