I will give you a new reason to drink your orange juice and eat your bananas, if you actually need a reason.
Have you ever had leg cramps? Most of us have and they usually occur during the evening hours while you sleep.
These cramps did not do much good for your sleep did they? Well drinking your orange juice and eating your banana will give you some potassium and that potassium can help ease your muscle cramps.
If you have ever had what I call a charlie horse which is a sharp tightening of a muscle in your calf, your foot or some other part of your leg, you do not have to be told how painful they can be.
You know they interrupt your sleep and unfortunately these issues are more prevalent as you age.
Do you realize a few smart tweaks to your diet can help you immensely? That is because some of the key nutrients that your muscles depend on are called electrolytes and these minerals work in tandem to balance the acidity and alkalinity of your bodys fluids.
So you should plan to get more calcium, more potassium, and more magnesium from your food.
This advice should also help relieve your restless legs syndrome (RLS) which may cause you some uncomfortable sensations in your legs that are relieved only by you moving.
This particular RLS issue may even cause couples to sleep separately, not a nice situation.
The three minerals that you will want to balance are calcium, potassium and magnesium.
Having a steady supply of them in your body may help prevent your leg cramps that are caused by the imbalance of your electrolytes.
Make sure you pay special attention to magnesium, without enough magnesium your muscles can not relax after they contract, and most of you do not get enough magnesium.
When changing your diet always check your changes with your doctor.
A nutritionist can put a diet together for you once you get your clearance from your doctor.
And as always you must eat well to be well.