Dillinger
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- Type of diabetes
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- Celery.
Obviously, I don't expect anyone else to have that attitude, so I am speaking for myself.
(I currently supplement with D3, K2, Potassium, Magnesium, Manganese, B vits, Omegas, Q10, folate and extra B12 and Vit C - and I feel better on them than off)
Great post!
Have you seen Kendrick on potassium?
https://drmalcolmkendrick.org/2013/03/04/potassium-your-invisible-friend/
It's very interesting but bizarrely it's impossible to get potassium supplements at the levels he talks about for improving all cause mortality; about 4500 mg of potassium per day for women and 5400 mg of potassium per day for men.
The NHS says that adults (19 to 64 years) need 3,500mg of potassium a day.
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/vitamins-and-minerals/others/
The highest level I can see on Amazon is 100mg per tablet.
So, if you were low-carbing and not eating bananas you would need to consume 35 potassium tablets a day to hit that recommended level.
If you are a man and want to hit the 'optimal' levels you'd need to consume 54 tablets each day!
That is mad.
Obviously, we take in potassium through our normal diet, but I just don't understand the position on the supplements. There's only so much spinach and broccoli one can eat in a day after all...
As Kendrick says "to my mind, the most important thing about potassium is that I cannot find any study, anywhere, which suggests that increasing potassium consumption may be harmful. In short, it seems to be something that does only good."
Odd eh?
Best
Dillinger
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