The Electrolyte Myth: What Causes Cramping and How Can You Prevent It?
Channel: Dylan Johnson
Date: 2020-05-03

What causes muscle cramps and how can you prevent them? It's commonly believed that electrolyte imbalance and dehydration issues are to blame but the science appears to say otherwise. 

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Studies I used in this video: 
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1150229/

https://journals.lww.com/jaaos/Fulltext/2007/07000/The_Athlete_With_Muscular_Cramps__Clinical.7.aspx

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02640418608732095

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/mus.25762

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/mus.25176

https://journals.lww.com/cjsportsmed/Abstract/2013/01000/Collagen_Genes_and_Exercise_Associated_Muscle.9.aspx 

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/026404197367281

https://www.natajournals.org/doi/full/10.4085/1062-6050-52.7.03

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0278591907000907

https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/45/14/1132.short

https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/38/4/488.abstract

https://journals.lww.com/acsm-msse/Fulltext/2005/07000/Serum_Electrolytes_in_Ironman_Triathletes_with.1.aspx 

https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/43/6/401.short