> > couple days, any deficiency can't get fixed. So if food
> > is inaccessible to me, and I get the electrolyte imbalance
> > cramps, which are quite painful, there's no remedy until
> > I get some potassium and magnesium into my system, which
> I know what you mean there, I've had similar hit me (not as badly as what you
> describe though).

Quite distressing - typically with this kind of cramp
my toes start curling in one direction or the other
until they're at maximum, and they tend to stay there;
the arch and the calves get knots in them. Chocolate
is a good and quick remedy. but one can OD on it too.
I wonder if one could make de-alkaloided chocolate
that has had the caffeine and theobromine taken out.
That would be ideal for me.

> Can you get some prescription Potassium tablets from your doc?  That is what
> helped me when I had to take diuretics and had problems.. this was a higher
> dose of diuretics than I was used to.. And the prescription for Potassium was
> written for a higher dose than I was able to find 'in the drug store'.
> Originally with a low dose of diuretics, my doc told me eating a banana would
> be enough to balance things.. but with the higher dose of diruretics he used
> the tablets.

The drugstore K tablets are puny and pathetic and do
little. I have a number of partial shakers of salt
substitute, which I can use by dissolving a bunch, 
about the size of a pill, in a cup of water and then
chugging that as fast as possible. Doesn't solve the
magnesium issue, which gets fixed by chocolate if I
don't need sleep or the pills if I'm right close to
a toilet for the next several hours.
 
> I'm not on diuretics now ... Baclofen keeps things moving in my legs and that
> seems to help with the need for diuretics all together.. hate the drug for
what
> it sometimes does to my brain, but it works dammit :)
 
Works is worth a bit of sacrifice sometimes, and not
needing the diuretics is a boon as well. I'm not
giving shorter shrift to the brain, but that organ
adapts better than other bits do.

Chocolate ganache tart
categories: healthy, dessert, vegan
yield: 1

1 1/4 c ground nuts (whatever you have)
1/2 c desiccated coconut
6 dates
3 Tb coconut oil
1 pn salt
h - Chocolate filling
1 c coconut milk
2 Tb cacao butter or coconut oil
150 g dark chocolate at least 70% 
2 Tb maple syrup or any other sweetener
- like coconut nectar/honey
salt

To make the base whizz the nuts up in a food processor 
until they are ground up small. Add the coconut, dates 
and whizz until the dates are combined, then add a pinch 
of salt and the coconut oil. Push it down into the base 
of your cake or tart tin, making sure its firm and smooth 
all over then stick in the fridge.

To make the chocolate filling, heat the coconut milk, 
maple syrup and cacao butter up until it bubbles then 
pour it over the chopped chocolate, stir it until it’s 
smooth then add a pinch of salt. Pour into the cake tin, 
sprinkle over some cacao nibs if you have some and chill 
in the fridge 2 hr until it’s set.
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