This article is about the vegetable. For other uses, see Cabbage (disambiguation). Cabbage or headed cabbage (comprising several cultivars of Brassica oleracea) is a leafy green or purple biennial plant, grown as an annual vegetable crop for its dense-leaved heads.
1 Deficiencies are linked to leg cramps. 2  1,000 IU of vitamin D daily. The best food sources for vitamin D are herring, salmon, sardines, and fortified soy milk.  1,000 to 1,200 mg calcium citrate daily. The best food sources for calcium citrate are dark leafy greens, almonds, canned salmon, and sardines.
And then it went away when I started it again. It was better then a drug â¦ and no side affects! (Later, I found out that the sourse cause of the heartburn was a simple vitamine C tablet that I had also been taking.) Just one more thing. John Lee, M.D. also said that magnesium deficiency can cause leg cramps.