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Monday, July 29, 2013

Great Foods that help prevent muscle cramps after working out

Muscle cramps slowing you down from working out?


Speed recovery and decrease muscle cramping from working out.
Muscle cramps are no reward for your hard work out. So to avoid those nasty leg cramps try a few of my tips.
Avoid caffeine. Caffeine constricts the blood vessels and decreases circulation in muscles.
Potassium helps your body break down carbohydrates and build muscle.
Eat foods High in Potassium like:
Swiss Chard- it has 27 percent of you daily value and is only 35 calories per serving. Great way to eat it is raw in a salad or lightly saute in a pan with olive oil, garlic and crush red pepper.
Lima Beans- it also is 27 percent of your daily value. It has 216 calories per serving.
Potatoes and Yams are also great sources at 26 percent of the daily value and only 160 calories.
Spinach is 23.9  percent of the daily value with only 41 calories
Papaya is 22 percent   of the daily value with 119 calories
Pinto beans  21 percent of the daily value and is 245 calories
Lentils   pack 20 percent of the daily value and are 230 calories
Kidney beans  also pack 20 percent of the daily value and are 225 calories per serving.
These foods may make  great sit down meal  but, no one is walking around the gym eating their spinach salad with papaya dressing while working out. Besides juicing, the easiest ways to  consume extra potassium on the go would be -
grab a handful of dried fruit
a glass of tomato juice, citrus juice, or milk
a slice of melon, banana, or an orange
 Drinking  plenty of water will also  help flush the waste product from your muscles  and improve circulation.
Sources
World’s Healthiest Foods

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