Potassium

Potassium  Potassium is important for a healthy nervous system;helps prevent stroke; aids in proper muscle contraction; works with sodium to control the body's water balance; is important for chemical reactions in cells; aids in maintaining stable blood pressure; with magnesium, Potassium helps prevent calcium-oxalate kidney stones. Continued Below

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Potassium is a mineral that works with sodium for proper electrolyte balance and contributes to heart muscle health, changes glycogen to glucose, and promotes healing. Potassium can also be used to treat stress, hypertension, hypoglycemia, water balance and distribution, muscle & nerve cell function, kidney and adrenal function.

Potassium in Sweet Potatoes ~694mg/1 potato(~146g) \Back To Top

Potassium is important for a healthy nervous system; helps prevent stroke; aids in proper muscle contraction; works with sodium to control the body's water balance; is important for chemical reactions in cells; aids in maintaining stable blood pressure; aids in transmitting electrochemical impulses; regulates the transfer of nutrients through cell membranes; with magnesium, Potassium helps prevent calcium-oxalate kidney stones.

Potassium in Tomato Paste ~664 mg/1/4 cup Back To Top

Potassium is an important mineral used in various bodily functions. It is an important factor in the maintenance of the body's acid-base balance and nerve condition, as well as the transfer of nutrients through cell membranes.

Potassium in Beet Greens ~655 mg/ 1/2 cup Back To Top

Potassium ion is an essential component of plant nutrition and is found in most soil types.

Potassium in Baked Potato w/Peeling ~610mg/~156g potato Back To Top

Potassium is an essential macromineral in human nutrition with a wide range of roles, including transmission of nerve impulses, contraction of cardiac and skeletal muscles, and production of energy.

Potassium in Green Leafy Veggies ~419mg/ 1/2cup Spinach Back To Top

Potassium is the predominant electrolyte within cells and essential for maintaining proper cellular tonicity.

Potassium in White Beans and Lima Beans ~595mg / 1/2cup ... ~484mg / 1/2cup Back To Top

Potassium is a mineral that, in combination with sodium and calcium, helps maintain normal heart rhythm, regulates the body's water balance, and is responsible for the conduction of nerve impulses and the contraction of muscles.

Potassium in Winter Squash ~448mg / 1/2cup Back To Top

The citrate salt of potassium has been shown to aid in the preservation of skeletal integrity. In this respect, it may function by partially neutralizing the high acid loads associated with typical Western diets, and by sparing calcium from excessive loss.

Potassium in Lentils and Kidney Beans ~365mg / 1/2/cup..... ~358mg / 1/2cup Back To Top

Fruits and vegetables are the richest dietary sources of potassium; potassium-rich foods include leafy greens, fruits, and root vegetables.

Potassium in Prune and Carrot Juice ~530mg / 3/4cup and........ ~517mg / 3/4cup Back To Top

Potassium is found in a number of foods, including dairy, fish, and other meats, fruits, vegetables and whole grains.

Potassium in Peaches and Dried Apricots Dried uncooked ~398mg / 1/4cup..... ~378mg / 1/4cup Back To Top

Because food processing reduces the levels of naturally occurring nutrients in foods, supplementation may be necessary to insure adequate intake.

Potassium in Plain Yogurt nonfat, lowfat, whole ~579mg, ~531mg, ~352mg per 8oz Back To Top

Potassium Citrate is a well absorbed and highly bioavailable form of potassium.

Potassium in Blackstrap Molasses ~498mg / 1 Tbsp Back To Top

Potassium Iodide (KI) is a compound that contains Iodine, a nutient necessary for normal thyroid function.  Iodine in the form of Iodide is an integral part of thyroid hormones, which regulate cellular metabolism and energy production.  Potassium Iodide also supplies Potassium, a mineral that is essential for the maintenance of healthy water balance and whole body pH.

Potassium in Cantaloupe ~368mg / 1/4medium ...Honeydew ~365mg / 1/8medium Back To Top

Potassium is needed for regulating water balance, levels of acidity, blood pressure, and neuromuscular function. It is also required for protein and carbohydrate metabolism. Potassium and sodium work together in the body to maintain muscle tone, blood pressure, water balance, and other functions. Many researchers believe that part of the blood pressure problem caused by too much salt (which contains sodium) is made worse by too little dietary potassium.

Potassium in Bananas ~422mg / 1 medium Back To Top

In animal cells, potassium ions are vital to keeping cells alive (see Na-K pump). Potassium ion is a nutrient necessary for human life and health.

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Potassium

Potassium is important for a healthy nervous system; helps prevent stroke; aids in proper muscle contraction; works with sodium to control the body's water balance; is important for chemical reactions in cells; aids in maintaining stable blood pressure; aids in transmitting electrochemical impulses; regulates the transfer of nutrients through cell membranes; with magnesium, Potassium helps prevent calcium-oxalate kidney stones. [1]

 DEFICIENCIES: SYMPTOMS: abnormally dry skin, acne, chills, cognitive impairment, constipation, depression, diarrhea, diminished reflex function, edema, nervousness, insatiable thirst, fluctuations in heartbeat, glucose intolerance, growth impairment, high cholesterol, insomnia, low blood pressure, muscular fatigue and weakness, nausea and vomiting, respiratory distress, salt retention. [2]

    SOURCES: dairy foods, fish, vegetables, whole grains, apricots, avocados, bananas, lima beans, blackstrap molasses, brewer's yeast, brown rice, dates, figs, dried fruit, garlic, nuts, potatoes, raisins, spinach, winter squash, torula yeast, wheat bran, yams, yogurt. [3]

Many researchers believe that part of the blood pressure problem caused by too much salt (which contains sodium) is made worse by too little dietary potassium.

Please remember to include foods with potassium in your diet. Your heart cannot function without potassium.

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Potassium

From The Article In Wikipedia... Jan 11, 2009

Potassium in the diet

Adequate intake can generally be guaranteed by eating a variety of foods containing potassium and deficiency is rare in healthy individuals eating a balanced diet.

Foods with high sources of potassium include orange juice, potatoes, bananas, avocados, tomatoes, broccoli, soybeans, brown rice, garlic and apricots, although it is also common in most fruits, vegetables and meats .

Diets high in potassium can reduce the risk of hypertension and a potassium deficiency combined with an inadequate thiaine intake has produced heart disease in rats.

The 2004 guidelines of the Institute of Medicine specify a DRI of 4,000 mg of potassium, though most Americans consume only half that amount per day.

Similarly, in the European Union, particularly in Germany and Italy, insufficient potassium intake is somewhat common.

Supplements of potassium in medicine are most widely used in conjunction with loop diuretics and thiazides, classes of diuretics which rid the body of sodium and water, but have the side effect of also causing potassium loss in urine.

A variety of medical supplements are available.

If potassium supplements are used, such as sodium free baking powder and sodium free table salt, inadequate thiamine can cause beriberi.

Individuals suffering from kidney diseases may suffer adverse health effects from consuming large quantities of dietary potassium.

End stage renal failure patients undergoing therapy by renal dialysis must observe strict dietary limits on potassium intake, since the kidneys control potassium excretion, and buildup of blood concentrations of potassium may trigger fatal cardiac arrhythmia.

Acute hyperkalemia can be reduced through eating baking soda, or glucose, hyperventilation and perspiration.

Potassium cations are important in neuron (brain and nerve) function, and in influencing osmotic balance between cells and the intersitial fluid.

Potassium may be detected by taste because it triggers three of the five types of taste sensations, according to concentration.

Dilute solutions of potassium ion taste sweet (allowing moderate concentrations in milk and juices), while higher concentrations become increasingly bitter/alkaline, and finally also salty to the taste.

The combined bitterness and saltiness of high potassium content solutions makes high-dose potassium supplementation by liquid drinks a palatability challenge.

Potassium is also important in allowing muscle contraction and the sending of all nerve impulses in animals through action potentials.

By nature of their electrostatic and chemical properties, K+ ions are larger than Na+ ions, and ion channels and pumps in cell membranes can distinguish between the two types of ions, actively pumping or passively allowing one of the two ions to pass, while blocking the other.

A shortage of potassium in body fluids may cause a potentially fatal condition known as hypokalemia, typically resulting from diarrhea, increased diuresis and vomiting. Deficiency symptoms include muscle weakness, paralytic ileus, ECG abnormalities, decreased reflex response and in severe cases respiratory paralysis, alkalosis and cardiac arrhythmia. *

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* Read the Article in Wikipedia, Jan 11, 2009

** Read an article in Wikipedia with references and links Jan 24, 2012

** Potassium in biology. (2011, October 24). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia.

Retrieved 23:16, January 24, 2012, from

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