Restless Legs Syndrome

Eat a diet rich in green leafy vegetables, nuts, seeds, wholegrains, organic fish, grass fed beef and poultry.  This will provide adequate levels of magnesium, folate content and iron (deficiencies in these are linked to RLS).

Stay away from refined flour and sugar.

Caffeine, alcohol and tobacco can all aggravate the condition so steer clear of these offenders too.

Avoid heavy meals before bedtime.

Eat small frequent meals. This keeps the nutrients flowing through your body at a more consistent level than by eating one large meal.
Drink plenty of pure, filtered water throughout the day.

Keep a food diary to see if there are links to particular foods that may trigger your condition.

It is important to not add further toxicity to your system so also try to adhere to the following:

• Do not consume any artificial sweeteners, such as Splenda, NutraSweet or Aspartame

• Do not consume high fructose corn syrup or mono-sodium glutamate.

• Do not drink any carbonated beverages.

• Avoid all fast food restaurants.

• Avoid all canned food.

• Eliminate conventional dairy products.  The best dairy products are raw, unpasteurised and homogenised dairy from grass fed cows.  If this is unavailable, then buy organic dairy.

• Avoid conventional beef. The best beef is organic grass fed beef.

www.grasslandbeef.com  The second best is organic meat; this includes beef, veal, lamb, chicken and turkey.

Supplements:

• Take Vitamin D3 50,000-100,000 International Units a day for periods of 4 weeks at a time.
• Wholefood supplements are the best way of ensuring your nutritional needs are met.  The best we know on the market is Kevin Trudeau’s “KT Daily” product.  You can find more details here.
• Take an Omega 3 supplement.  Omega 3 is an anti-inflammatory so can help to heal the inflammation that may be causing your restless legs.

Krill oil –

Fish oil

Cod liver oil

Vegetarian –

• Iron supplements:  It is recommended that people with RLS should have their serum ferritin level tested. The ferritin level, a measure of the body’s iron stores, should be at least 50 µg/L (or ng/mL, an equivalent unit) for those with RLS. Oral iron supplements, taken under a licensed practitioner’s care, can increase ferritin levels. For some people, increasing ferritin will eliminate or reduce RLS symptoms. A ferritin level of 50 µg/L is not sufficient for some sufferers and increasing the level to 80 µg/L may further reduce symptoms. It is dangerous to take iron supplements without first having ferritin levels tested.

• Vitamin C and E have been found effective in treating RLS.  In a randomized double-blind placebo controlled trial by Sagheb, et al., vitamins C, E and their combination were an effective and safe treatment for RLS in hemodialysis patients compared to the placebo.

• Take vitamin B3, B12, zinc and potassium to heal inflammation.

• Taking calcium, magnesium and folic acid have also been proven to improve symptoms of RLS.

Prescription and non-prescription medication:

What non-prescription and prescription drugs are you taking?  Your non-prescription and prescription are partially the reason that you have this illness or disease – you need to get off these medications but do so only under the guidance of a licensed health care practitioner.

Note: Medications such as allergy pills and cold medications contain mild stimulants which can cause jittery legs.