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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Oldvatr" data-source="post: 1847615" data-attributes="member: 196898">Most foods have potassium in them.  It is difficult to have a low potassium diet, and anyone with CKD or AKI has problems reducing their intake.  Some thyroid problems may make things worse, amd many diabetics also have some form of thyroid issue concurrent.The body does indeed try to maintain an electrolyte balance, but it does this by filtering out excesses.  Thus increasing sodium intake will not necessarily compensate for low potassium levels, since that may be due to inherent non dietary issues.  As you point out it may be difficult for T2D and low carbers to increase intake of potassium, using the foods you mention above, but meat and dairy foods are quite well endowed too.  So a vegan low carber might struggle.</blockquote>

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