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Is it common to get muscle spams all the time when on extreme diet ?

6 doctors weighed in across 2 answers

May be: If you are on extreme diet and lack potassium or calcium you can have muscle spasms.

Answered 8/28/2014

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Dr. Christopher Dowd answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Is possible: I agree with dr. Tran, & would add dehydration to the list of relatively common concerns that can develop with certain extreme diets. Dehydration can lead to a variety of problems including muscle cramps/spasms. If you need to loose weight & are trying-good job, but if doing it in an extreme manner, please be sure you're doing it with medically supervision so you can have proper monitoring.

Answered 3/26/2013

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