814-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 26, 2003
Potassium-Rich Foods Deter Muscle Cramps
COLUMBUS, Ohio Spring
is in full swing and park paths
are hill of joggers and walkers
shedding that winter weight.
While the workout can be re
freshing, cramping muscles late
in the night aren’t nearly as ap
preciated.
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2003
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As some might have been told
by their old track coaches, a ba
nana a day keeps the cramping
away or something like that.
Bananas are a good source of po
tassium, and too low a level of
this mineral may be one cause of
muscle cramping.
Potassium, an essential nutri
ent in the diet, is an electrolyte
an ionized salt in the body that
can become electrically charged.
Potassium and sodium work
together across cell membranes to
regulate muscle contractions,
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among other critical body func
tions. If there’s too little potassi
um, a condition called hypokale
mia can result.
Symptoms include fatigue,
muscle weakness and cramping,
intestinal complications, and in a
worst-case scenario, muscular pa
ralysis.
The recommended daily
amount of potassium is 2,000
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milligrams for anyone 10 years or
older, but some health authorities
recommend up to 3,500 milli
grams a day to help reduce high
blood pressure.
Foods higher in potassium in
clude a medium baked potato
with skin (721 mg), one-half cup
dried prunes (633 mg), one-half
cup raisins (598 mg) and six fluid
ounces of prune juice (530 mg).
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