Cubs: Jason Hammel credits potato chips for keeping him healthy

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Who ever said you can't be healthy while sitting on the couch eating potato chips?

Cubs pitcher Jason Hammel credits potato chips with helping him avoid cramps that have plagued him recently.

Hammel had to be removed from his Memorial Day start against the Los Angeles Dodgers with a cramping issue even though he said he felt like he drank the equivalent of Lake Michigan prior to that outing.

After tossing six brilliant innings against the Texas Rangers to open his second half Saturday, Hammel said his doctor actually had the unconventional prescription of potato chips to combat the cramping.

"Doc called me over the break and actually told me again today — potato chips," Hammel said. "My prescription is potato chips, which blew me away. I never heard of a doctor that said potato chips. For my cramps, if it's a chronic thing.

"He said potato chips because they've got a lot of potassium and obviously the sea salt helps retain water. So I focused on that over the break. I ate a lot of potato chips. Think it turned out pretty well.

"Potato chip prescription. PCP — that's what I'm gonna try and go with."

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Hammel even said he ate the chips in between innings during his start Saturday and joked he should be a sponsor for utz chips.

So there you have it: Eating potato chips constantly can help make you a multi-million-dollar professional athlete.

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