Restless Legs Syndrome - RLS and Nutrition

Can what I eat ease my restless legs?Iron, vitamins, coffee, superfoods, fasting: many promises circulate about nutrition in restless legs syndrome, and only some of them are supported by evidence. This volume separates the one from the other and states, for each recommendation, how certain the knowledge behind it is. Iron comes first, with a ferritin at or below 100 µg/l as the threshold for discussing iron treatment and transferrin saturation always measured. That threshold is not a target value.Alongside the scientific studies, the volume examines nutrition guidebooks and cookbooks and asks which of their promises the evidence supports:anti-inflammatory eating, Mediterranean cooking, superfoods, fasting, and low-carb, ketogenic, vegetarian and vegan diets. For none of these ways of eating was a study of RLS symptoms identified in the literature reviewed for this volume. Wherever the book applies general findings to RLS, it marks this as an inference.New in this second edition are thirteen paediatric and child-health textbooks. They add what matters for families: iron during growth and the role of cow's milk, vitamin D prophylaxis in infancy, vitamin B12 for breastfed infants of vegan mothers, vegetarian and vegan diets in children, coeliac disease and caffeine. The whole text has also been revised linguistically. The practical part runs from the RLS plate and a sample week to dietary supplements and the food diary.WHAT IS IN THE BOOK- Iron as the most important nutrient: ferritin at or below 100 µg/l as the threshold for discussing iron treatment, transferrin saturation always measured- Children: growth, cow's milk, selective eating and iron- Vitamin D, folic acid, B12 and the other vitamins, with daily amounts at a glance- Magnesium, selenium, zinc, protein, carbohydrates and fats- Inflammation, hepcidin and iron, and why diet might have a say- Mediterranean diet, superfoods, fasting, low-carb, vegetarian and vegan diets- Coffee, alcohol, sugar, gluten, histamine and the gut- What the guidebooks promise, and which of their claims withstand scrutinyWHO THIS BOOK IS FORFor people with RLS who want to know what their diet can contribute, for anyone weighing dietary promises found online, and for family members who do the cooking, including parents of children with RLS.ABOUT THE SERIESVolume 35 of 52 in the book series on restless legs syndrome, part "e;Everyday Life and Self-Help"e;. Every volume can be read on its own. The statements in this volume rest on 329 professional sources, each one listed individually in the reference section.