Why Low Potassium

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Why Low Potassium?‪@hkmmuddassir‬ • #potassium, #sehatkiniyamat, #highbloodpressure • #highbloodpressure • #bp • #diet • health concerns • your search • healthy keto with dr khalid jamil • ryan fernandis • celebrity nutritionist ryan • beerbiceps • Dr. Eric Berg • GunjanShouts • Fit Tuber • Head 2 toe • theyogainstitute • • #healthyketowithdrkhalidjamil • #ryanfernandis • #celebritynutritionistryan • #beerbiceps • #Dr.EricBerg • #GunjanShouts • #FitTuber • #Head2toe • #theyogainstitute • • Low Potassium. • Out of all the nutrients that you need, potassium is the one that’s required in one of the largest quantities - you need 4700 mg of potassium every single day to reach recommended requirements. recommended requirements. • Very few people get this amount, and not getting enough potassium could actually contribute to many other health concerns, including high blood pressure. • Causes of Low Potassium. • sodium and potassium work kind of like a see-saw in the body. • Our Potassium Intake Is Low and Our Sodium Is High. • Hardly anyone is getting enough potassium. You need 7-10 cups of vegetables every single day to get close to 4000 milligrams of potassium, and very few people consume that much. • Think about it: how many cups of vegetables do you eat each day? Maybe five? Or less? Unless you’re eating something like two big veggie stir-fries or two large salads, it’s not close to seven. • And it gets even more difficult. Why? Because here’s the thing: we need four times as much potassium as we do sodium, which means we should only be having about 1000mg of sodium a day. Most people have this ratio reversed: they consume four times more sodium as they do potassium, and they have a lot of fluid retention and health problems as a result. • If sodium is extremely high, potassium is naturally going to decrease in response. • If you have this imbalance, it’s going to hurt your ability to create energy and move things around in the body (which is what your cells’ sodium-potassium pumps do). It’s also going to be more difficult to maintain proper fluids and hydration. Finally, it's going to increase your risk of high blood pressure and hypertension. • Another concern with low potassium? High blood pressure and the medication that’s used to treat it. • So let’s pretend that you have high blood pressure or hypertension and you have to take a diuretic thiazide. That medication is meant to get rid of fluid. Well, most prescriptions like thiazide also get rid of potassium as a side effect, so you wind up losing more potassium when you take these prescriptions. This raises your blood pressure even more, so you end up needing another medication. • Then, you’re told to drink more water. That dilutes important electrolytes in your body - including potassium - and your blood pressure goes even higher. More water is not going to properly hydrate you if you have an issue with potassium. Instead, it’s going to get rid of the electrolytes that you have, and you won’t get the hydration that you once had. • In short, you have a whole unhealthy cycle that starts with diuretics. This cycle depletes your potassium, dehydrates you, and makes you dependent on prescriptions that you just shouldn’t take. It’s certainly not the solution to any of your health concerns. • If you really want to help, then, start by trying to increase your potassium levels. This could possibly help stabilize your blood pressure and address your primary concerns without requiring any medication.

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