What to do about stiff muscles?
• Eat a low allergen, low glycaemic index, low caffeine diet. See Stone Age Diet. • Take the right balance of calcium and magnesium in the diet, firstly by eating a Stoneage diet and secondly by taking Nutritional Supplements. • Correct mitochondrial function. 40% of resting energy does nothing but kick calcium out of cells and drag magnesium into cells. Therefore should mitochondria start to fail then one of the first things to go is muscle tone, perhaps because the calcium is building up in cells and magnesium is leaking out. We know that the ageing process results from mitochondrial failure. See CFS – The Central Cause: Mitochondrial Failure. This is a large subject with links to Detoxification and Magnesium. • Antioxidant function. If a stiff muscle is suddenly stretched then this will physically tear muscle fibres. Healing and repair is carried out by the immune system which does this via a process of inflammation. Whilst this is a necessary part of healing and repair, too much in
