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Whether you are walking, standing or lying in bed at night, your muscles are constantly contracting and relaxing. As a result, they need a lot of nourishment.

While you can’t entirely prevent muscle cramps entirely, choosing the right foods will make them less likely to return.

There are certain minerals, that help the message get from the brain to the muscle and tell it to contract and how much and then to relax. The minerals are calcium, potassium, sodium and magnesium and they are known as electrolytes. These minerals play a role in helping the message get through. If you don’t get enough of these minerals, or have sweated them out, a muscle may not get the signal to relax and this can cause a painful cramp. Here are links to some supplements, but listed below are the foods that contain these supplements. If you are on the go….supplements work.

Magnesium is one of the most important because it helps the other electrolytes do their jobs.

1. You can get magnesium from tofu, spinach and Spanish mackerel.
2. Include dairy in your diet for calcium, a cup of fat-free milk for example has 300 mg of
calcium.
3. Bananas and potatoes have potassium.
4. Say no to sodium because there is enough of that is the other food you eat.
5. Drink at least 16 oz of water or juice each time you work out to get the necessary minerals.
6. Dodge cramps with carbs. Muscles need more than electrolytes and water to function well. They also need glycogen, a sugar that comes from carbohydrates.