Natural health

·        Tomato juice curbs muscle cramps

Perfect health

·        Yellow foods ease stomachaches and cramps such as bananas.

6 ways to stop leg and foot cramps:

1.      Up your potassium with bananas

2.      Quench your thirst to avoid soreness

3.      Ease tension by acupressure – while sitting bend the knee of the leg that is hurting, then press your thumbs into the back of your calf for one minute.

4.      Relax your muscles with spinach

5.      Quell cramps by standing on your toes

6.      Soothe spasms with heat

Taste for life

·        Most cramps are caused by overuse of a muscle, repeatedly holding a position, dehydration, or injury.

Good health

·        Ease bellyaches with fish and olive oils.

 . Causes of muscle cramps include calcium and magnesium imbalance, vitamin E deficiency, dehydration, poor circulation, inactivity, anaemia, fibromyalgia, arteriosclerosis, hypothyroidism and arthritis.