Sugar Head

[LiflongRLS]

I've cut out all sugar and for some reason my restless legs have stopped giving me wakeless nights. I grew up on sugar . Love Sugar. No more

Unless its lipilated.

[Madlegs1]

Great to have that trigger discovered.

May you have a peaceful future.

[Eryl]

Welcome to the clan. A number of people have found that sugar is the problem. I've been sugar free for almost a year and a half. I've also cut out bread which I found was a minor cause. Apparently it contains fructans, small molecules which appear like fragments of fructose. Apart from no rls, I now sleep much better as well.

[Oscarsaurus]

Like you i have had to stop sugar . However yesterday i went on a coach trip with my mother and a dozen or so of the ladies where she lives. Anyway we decided to have an ice cream as a treat and it was a lovely day. All the way home on the coach my right leg drove me insane so the motto is no more ice creams for me. I hate that our condition rules our lives so badly !!!!!

[Eryl in reply to Oscarsaurus]

After 18 months off the sugar and with the aid of adding kelp tablets (for the iodine), to help myelin regeneration, I found recently that an increased tolerance to a rare ingestion of sugar.

[restlessstoz]

I resisted giving up sugar for years. I gave up caffeine, salt, alcohol and then added all the things that could help like iron and B vitamins etc. Give up sugar... you must be joking how would that help. WELL, how wrong I was. finally I had two occasions where I ate something really sugary and went through hell with my RL so thought 'well, I may as well try just for a week or two!' That was about 3 years ago and now I see it as one of the best things I've given up for many health reasons. However, like Oscarsaurus, I do hate how RL does rule my life so much. Good luck with no sugar, it certainly seems to be a part of the answer for me... I just wish I could find the other pieces of the puzzle!

[restlessstoz]

OH, and just as a PS I also cut out gluten and dairy and almost immediately had relief from inflammation from my arthritis, the pain from which triggers my RL so a great benefit. I'm now on the Monash FODMAP diet to see what other foods might trigger my legs and my arthritis which are linked. It seems to be a matter of searching constantly for ways to keep the devil at bay!

[Eryl in reply to restlessstoz]

Too many nightshades, like chilies, peppers, aubergines and potatoes can cause inflammation in some people which might make them more susceptible to rls. Vit B12 is an anti inflammatory.

[Oscarsaurus in reply to Eryl]

I know my B12 was really low when i had my bloods tested last so fingers crossed next week for the results of my recent blood test, i should find out next Wednesday .

[pdpurdy54]

I eat lots of sugar. I’m addicted for sure. I have bad RLS but I get it no matter what! I want to quit sugar, but not that easy

[Eryl in reply to pdpurdy54]

Try giving up, you'll never regret it. If giving up doesn't work then there will be nothing lost, except perhaps a little weight.

[Oscarsaurus in reply to pdpurdy54]

I think i was hooked too but believe me sugar makes my rls worse. I have a coffee with sugar when i first wake up and then thats it . You should try honestly