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Potassium is an electrolyte (a
substance that maintains your body's fluid levels), this mineral helps
regulate blood pressure and heart function. Research shows that
increasing your potassium intake can lower your blood pressure. Those
individuals with existing hypertension, as well as those just looking
to keep their blood pressure in check, can benefit from potassium.
A Harvard study showed that men who took a potassium supplement with a
diuretic decreased their incidence of stroke by 60 percent, compared to
men who did not. |
Potassium neutralizes acids and restores alkaline salts to the
bloodstream. Potassium works with sodium in all cells including at
nerve synapses to maintain or restore membrane potentials and to assist
in metabolic processes. Potassium is critical to our cardiovascular and
nerve functioning, regulating the transfer of nutrients into cells and
facilitating muscle energy.
Potassium also regulates water balance and assists
recuperative powers. Potassium aids rheumatic or arthritic conditions
(causing acids to leave the joints and ease stiffness). Potassium is
crucial for the elimination of wastes. Potassium is a natural pain
desensitizer. Potassium helps control convulsions, headaches and
migraines, promotes faster healing of cuts, bruises and other injuries
and generally contributes to a sense of well being. Potassium is stored
in the muscles. Body builders use a “potassium load” to give their
muscles more energy but there is no scientific proof of its
effectiveness.
Potassium naturally wants to bind to something to form a potassium
compound. Since the human body is very inefficient at breaking down
compound minerals, only a small percentage of the Potassium we consume
actually gets used. To be utilized, Potassium must be in elemental
form. The Potassium molecule needs be small enough to enter an
individual cell, and it must be inside a water molecule.
Thus, Potassium must be water-soluble. Water-soluble minerals cannot
build up in the body. Therefore they do not reach toxic levels. You can
also get your potassium by eating lots of produce - bananas, orange
juice, dried dates, and apricots. You need about 3,500 mg daily, but
over-the-counter supplements contain no more than 99 mg.
The small amount of potassium in your multivitamin is fine, and don’t
take more than 99 mg daily in supplement form because it can irritate
your stomach. The effective dose of potassium you need? Take a
multivitamin and eat at least five servings of fruits and vegetables
daily.
Potassium taken in excess can throw off your electrolyte
balance and slow your heart down to dangerous levels. Potassium
supplementation is, however, important for people taking certain types
of diuretics, those that are non-potassium sparing such as Lasix.
Some Symptoms of Potassium Deficiency include poor circulation, bluish
tint to skin, Chronic-Fatigue Syndrome, diabetes, earaches, edema,
headaches, heart palpitations, hypertension, insomnia, intestinal pain,
muscle weakness, oppressive breathing, pain in the eyes, prolapsed
uterus, swollen glands, tissue anemia, and water retention.
All wasting diseases are associated with loss of potassium from the
tissues. Potassium deficiency disturbs the excitability of tissues and
leads to paralysis of muscle, including cardiac muscle. Sodium and
potassium are two of the most important ions in maintaining the
homeostatic equilibrium of the body fluids.
It is important that one be very careful in choosing a top quality
supplement manufacturer when buying your mineral, including potassium.
Take the following precautions when doing so:
Because minerals work synergistically, it is important that your
supplement be formulated by scientists with top notch credentials. Many
products on the market are simply “thrown together” and many of the
ingredients can end up canceling each other out or even have harmful
consequences. Moreover, supplements that are not scientifically
formulated generally have poor bioavailability, which means that most
of the ingredients will simply pass through the system and excreted
with little to no benefit.
<> Because the supplement industry is not regulated in the U.S.,
consumers only have a one in five chance of buying what is stated on
the label. Not only that, but many supplements have been verified by
independent third party tests to have toxic contaminants, such as lead.
It is therefore absolutely crucial that you choose a manufacturer that
follows pharmaceutical GMP compliance, which is the highest standard
possible.
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