Brief anecdotal research is pointing to a relationship between easing muscle tension and soreness with bananas and Gatorade. The relationship could exist due to the sugar in these things or the potassium, or both. It could be the potassium. Bananas seemed to make the greatest change. Bananas have four times as much potassium as a cup of Gatorade.
Because there is potassium in a lot of things, though, it would be interesting if the actual active ingredient was sugar, with naturally occurring fructose being beneficial. Further research could test sugar’s effect in various forms from fruits and regular sugar. It would make sense because of the breakdown of sugar in metabolic processes.
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