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Can you please tell me why eating a banana or drinking oj seems to cure night time leg cramps?
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Helps potassium: Those foods hekp increase potassium (k) levels. Some people can get cramping with minor fluctuations in serum/circulating k levels, and when they get replenished, the cramping improves/resolves.
Answered 8/24/2017
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