Re: on supplementing even with whole foods

[Guest guest]

Joan, one needs to supplement even when using " whole " foods or more

accurately " parts of " plants, or suffer the consequences. By way of

example the USDA has suggested supplementing 150 mcg selenium in

organic form, across the board for every adult in North America. This

is a conservative view.

According to Durk Pearson in his book Life Extension, some of the b-

vitamins are way too low in plants, and roughly a pound of spinach and

a bag of oranges a day would be a daunting amount of veggies for the

b- and c-vitamins alone. By the way there's more vitamin C in Brussel

sprouts than in oranges.

Duncan

>

> Why not drink coconut water for your potassium? Then you don't have

to worry about

> getting too much. Have you read Bruce Fife's newest book on Coconut

Water? It tells you

> what you need to know.

>

> Lee says drink organic orange juice with 1/4 tsp white sea salt

for your minerals. She

> tells people to get the their vitamins and minerals from whole foods

with the exception of

> vitamin D.

>

> Joan

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> > Since most people eat far more Soduim than Potassium, adding

Potassium

> > makes sense to me. I feel much more balanced when supplementing

with

> > both Sodium and Potassium. My hands used to shake when pouring

> > liquids out of a heavy bottle, and my legs lacked stability when

> > walking. My blood pressure was marginally low (96/65, measured

after

> > walking briskly for an hour or so). After adding both Sodium an

> > Potassium (more in summer than now), I am far more stable.

> >

> > How much excess Potassium does it take to significantly increase

> > chances of getting a heart attack?

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