DON'T PASS ON THE PEANUT BUTTER

[taralebrun]

I have suffered from RLS for decades. Tried massage, exercise, homeopathic concoctions, magnesium, iron, name it, I tried it. I could be up 3- 5 hours a night trying to settle my legs ( I am 67 and retired ). I first read about the peanut butter remedy 8 months ago, but passed on it as being too ridiculous to even consider. Then 3 weeks ago. at 4 am I was desperate and remembered the peanut butter. I had nothing to lose. One heaping teaspoon of PB and 15 minutes later my legs settled down. Obviously a fluke. Tried it again BEFORE I went to bed the next night.... no RL. I have not missed a night of PB before bed and have not had to get up once in 3 weeks !!!!!!! I still have the occasional bout of RL late in the evening before my PB, so it is not a cure, but do not ignore this remedy because it sounds crazy. I have no idea why it works, but it works for me. And tastes good too.

[terrilynn35]

Wow I wonder what is in peanut butter that would help? Do you take any meds for rls? I love peanut butter so no harm in trying it

[Madlegs1 in reply to terrilynn35]

Yep- Joe Black (aka Brad Pitt) absolutely loved it.

[Geezer67 in reply to terrilynn35]

I’m a truck driver so leds for RPSS are forbidden. PB works wonders. A couple heaping tablespoons before bed and I’m good for the night. Being diabetic, I have to watch how much of it I eat. But so fat I’m keeping things balanced and getting relief at the same time.

[Geezer67 in reply to Geezer67]

Should be RLS. TYPO, Sorry.

[Izzybelle22]

Hi taralebrun. That is the most incredible thing I have ever heard...and I say that in a good way. I'm with you, whatever works...go for it! Thanks for sharing that information. Who would have known?

[Joolsg]

I'm off to raid the cupboard!

[thoughtful12]

Peanut butter is high in magnesium and potassium, both of which can help RLS. It's also a great snack because it has protein, carbs and fats in a good balance. I sometimes eat a tablespoon of peanut butter on celery before bedtime - I only use the natural kind because sugar sets off my legs. But that's great that it relieves your RLS so dramatically.

[martino]

I am not sure that I should move on to peanut butter and give my meds a miss. Perhaps I can try the pb with the meds and see what happens! It's good that it helps your RLS.

[Madlegs1]

I tried it last night- it certainly prevented that" hungry in the small hours" feeling that often presages rls.

I will certainly keep it up.

I used a natural nothing added version.

Thanks Taralebrun.

[Graham3196]

This sounds like great news. I will try some and if it works for me I'll change my diet and keep trying. I have been on a Low Chemical exclusion diet for quite a while which has resulted in zero RLS while I stick to the diet. It will be marvelous if I can either forget the diet or just stretch the boundaries a bit.

Isn't it frustrating to think that someone knew about this months ago (probably years ago) but the greatest communication system known to man couldn't reach us and tell us about it.

Interestingly at times when awake I would feel like something to eat. Sometimes that something was a rice cracker with peanut butter. Sometimes my RLS went away very quickly. I assumed that it had annoyed me long enough and my RLS saw that dawn was breaking so decided to let me sleep. At other times the food didn't seem to work so I kept walking but happier because I had something in my tummy. Now I wish I had kept my diary well enough so I could tell if the nights when I got relief coincided with the nights I chose peanut butter as my snack.

Of to the peanut butter jar before bed tonight and then perhaps onion and garlic on my steak tomorrow!!

Thanks

Graham

[Lluvinlife in reply to Graham3196]

Can you tell me more about the Low Chemical exclusion diet

[Hidden]

Yes, have tried PB and also relieves, but so do many nuts. All contain magnesium. Try a high dose of magnesium. I use 500mg magnesium from our health shop, but don't need to take it every day - perhaps 2 or 3 times a week. Have faith.

[involuntarydancer]

Thank you for this post. It's always fascinating to hear of helpful foodstuffs. I hadn't heard of peanut butter as a treatment before. I often mix my cannabutter into peanut butter to take in the evening. I never considered that the peanut butter was itself having a positive benefit ...

You might also like to see my post on marmite!

[NoMoRLS]

Ok. Will try some PB...why not? This is all interesting enough to experiment with this. How much is everyone using,?

[Eryl]

Most people don't realise the power of foods, they think that to be effective, chemicals need to be processed, and packaged into a pill or medicine. Unfortunately for me peanuts give me bunged up ears, so that I get half deaf at the slightest hint of a cold. It's foods that cause RLS for me. Mainly E202 preservative which brings it on within half an hour.

[Seaux in reply to Eryl]

Foods were the main precipitator of RLS symptoms for me, too. (my neurologist found this difficult to believe). My "bad" foods are foods high in histamines and foods that are histamine liberators. You can google both and get extensive lists. All fermented foods are high in histamines and you can get a complete list by going to wikipedia.com and enter "list of fermented foods". Hope this helps.

[Eryl in reply to Seaux]

I've since realised that the cause of my rls is foods which cause inflammation which are processed foods containing refined sugars and starches and refined seed oils.

[thankgodifish]

A DR. friend of mine suggesting eating peanut butter for RLS, he mentioned it was the protein that helps. Been using this remedy for around 5 years now & it mysteriously works. The strange thing is that I can go months without the symptoms & suddenly they return.

[Hidden]

I wish that were the case for me. I love natural style peanut butter (without sugar)! I have Willis-Ekbom Disease in both my arms and legs that can be 24/7 at times. I take several different medications. I finally reached good control with low dose methadone and low doses of oxycodone for breakthrough. (No nasty emails about the medications I take. It has been the same low doses for years and I can go days at a time between taking an oxycodone, although I have to take methadone twice daily without fail due to the nature of the drug). The use of methadone is becoming more and more common and there seems to be little abuse of it and oxycodone in RLS patients. Thankfully, I have a great neurologist that keeps up on the latest treatments.

Of all the things that will send my RLS into orbit , peanut butter is the number one thing for me. It will only take about 30 minutes for my RLS to kick in after eating the smallest amount of it. Does not matter what the time of day is. I have eaten a peanut butter sandwich before bed only to be catapulted out of bed by RLS in about a half an hour. I had one for lunch the other day and my RLS kicked into high gear.

Some of the other things that seem to bother it is diet pop. I am not sure if it is the artificial sweetners or carbonation since I do not eat sugar anymore so I can not compare it to regular pop. Sugar or corn sweetner also sends it into overdrive.

They talk about obesity bothering it. I have recently lost 110 lbs and it does not seem to make a difference for me.

Exercise helps but I have to limit it before bed or it can aggravate it.

I am a lacto-ova vegetarian and that seems to have helped to some extent.

Good luck with your RLS. It is not something that I would wish on my worst enemy.

[Seaux]

Wonderful to hear!! Thank you! I'll try it!!

[Lluvinlife]

Did you take natural pb or the dessert-like confectionary spread that is called peanut butter?