Outsmart warm-weather charley horses

More than 60% of us over age 50 startle awake at night with intense leg or foot cramps. Everything from the way we make our bed to tiny shifts in temperature can overstimulate nerves and trigger muscles to fire at night instead of resting and recovering. Luckily, help is here!

- Ann Green

Savor drumsticks

As we age, it becomes harder for our body to absorb crampblocking B vitamins. The fix: Grill up drumsticks and a side of spinach for dinner. Together, dark-meat chicken and leafy greens boast all of the daily B vitamins needed to prevent leg cramps for 86% of us, suggests research in The Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. The B vitamins reduce the frequency of charley horses and curb the intensity and duration if you do experience a flare-up. Or simply supplement with a daily B-complex vitamin.