Re: OT - Potassuim Supplement Help

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Why are they giving you Potassium Supplement? Do they really know?

--- In , " sharflin " <sharflin@...>

wrote:

>

> Hi, My doctor put me on E-lyte Potassium drops which have 40 mg

> potassium phosphate. This is only 1.2% RDA. Then recently he

increased

> it to a double dose but this is still less than 3% RDA. This seemed

so

> low so I took a look at a different potassuim supplement as I was

> shopping at a health food store - it had 3% RDA. Can anyone tell me

> why these supplements contain such a low dose of potassium?

>

> Thanks much, Sharon

>

[Guest guest]

>

> >

> > Hi, My doctor put me on E-lyte Potassium drops which have 40 mg

> > potassium phosphate. This is only 1.2% RDA. Then recently he

> increased

> > it to a double dose but this is still less than 3% RDA. This seemed

> so

> > low so I took a look at a different potassuim supplement as I was

> > shopping at a health food store - it had 3% RDA. Can anyone tell me

> > why these supplements contain such a low dose of potassium?

> >

> > Thanks much, Sharon

> >

>

If you do need potassium for some reason, molasses, fruit, or whole

grains would certainly be more reasonable than a pill...especially if

it only gives you a few % of the RDA. One tablespoon of molasses has

like 20% RDA.

-

[Guest guest]

Yes, hypertension...

>

> Why are they giving you Potassium Supplement? Do they really know?

[Guest guest]

By Law for some strange reason, a Potassium suplement can not contain

more then 99 mg of Potassium per pill...why I dont know, so this is the

law...

You would be better of getting your Potassium from Avos, Bananas and

dates which are high in Potassium. If you want a high amount of

potassium, get a Potassium Salt, which is the same as table salt but

with Potassium rather then Sodium. You can buy from health shops,

Potassium Chloride salt, which must be food grade..sprinkle a small

pinch on your salad..

But also which is more important for hypertension, you must reduce your

sodium intake. Sodium , salt, is in all processed foods, and we

generally exceed the 2.5gm rda for sodium by at least 2x. Cut down on

your Soidum intake, and increase your Pottasium intake..that should help

--- In , " sharflin " <sharflin@...>

wrote:

>

> Hi, My doctor put me on E-lyte Potassium drops which have 40 mg

> potassium phosphate. This is only 1.2% RDA. Then recently he

increased

> it to a double dose but this is still less than 3% RDA. This seemed

so

> low so I took a look at a different potassuim supplement as I was

> shopping at a health food store - it had 3% RDA. Can anyone tell me

> why these supplements contain such a low dose of potassium?

>

> Thanks much, Sharon

>

[Guest guest]

Also..sorry..your doctor does not have a clew..40mg of potassium is

not going to make a dot of a difference

> >

> > Hi, My doctor put me on E-lyte Potassium drops which have 40 mg

> > potassium phosphate. This is only 1.2% RDA. Then recently he

> increased

> > it to a double dose but this is still less than 3% RDA. This

seemed

> so

> > low so I took a look at a different potassuim supplement as I was

> > shopping at a health food store - it had 3% RDA. Can anyone tell

me

> > why these supplements contain such a low dose of potassium?

> >

> > Thanks much, Sharon

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Thanks, I didn't realize molasses was so high.

>

> If you do need potassium for some reason, molasses, fruit, or whole

> grains would certainly be more reasonable than a pill...especially if

> it only gives you a few % of the RDA. One tablespoon of molasses has

> like 20% RDA.

>

> -

>

[Guest guest]

Very interesting about the law. I didn't know that. Yes, I am

certainly working to increase my potassium from food. I don't eat

processed salt but do eat whole, unprocessed sea salt. I think

unprocessed whole salt is very important for good health.

Thanks,

Sharon

> By Law for some strange reason, a Potassium suplement can not

contain

> more then 99 mg of Potassium per pill...why I dont know, so this

is the

> law...

> You would be better of getting your Potassium from Avos, Bananas

and

> dates which are high in Potassium. If you want a high amount of

> potassium, get a Potassium Salt, which is the same as table salt

but

> with Potassium rather then Sodium. You can buy from health shops,

> Potassium Chloride salt, which must be food grade..sprinkle a

small

> pinch on your salad..

> But also which is more important for hypertension, you must reduce

your

> sodium intake. Sodium , salt, is in all processed foods, and we

> generally exceed the 2.5gm rda for sodium by at least 2x. Cut down

on

> your Soidum intake, and increase your Pottasium intake..that

should help

[Guest guest]

Bananas are high in potassium as well.

Allyn

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From:

[mailto: ] On Behalf Of sharflin

Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2006 3:36 PM

Subject: Re: OT - Potassuim Supplement Help

Thanks, I didn't realize molasses was so high.

>

> If you do need potassium for some reason, molasses, fruit, or whole

> grains would certainly be more reasonable than a pill...especially if

> it only gives you a few % of the RDA. One tablespoon of molasses has

> like 20% RDA.

>

> -

[Guest guest]

>

> By Law for some strange reason, a Potassium suplement can not contain

> more then 99 mg of Potassium per pill...why I dont know, so this is

> the law...

Very high potassium levels can cause heart beat irregularities or

heart attack. It is virtually impossible to get a high enough

level to do that unless you have severe kidney problems, or take

mega-mega-doses of potassium supplements. The regulation that keeps K

supplements at a ridiculusly low level are aimed at preventing heart

attacks from accidental supplement over load.

Jan

[Guest guest]

What are Avos?

On Feb 25, 2006, at 11:25 AM, kefir_king wrote:

> You would be better of getting your Potassium from Avos, Bananas and

> dates which are high in Potassium.

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> > You would be better of getting your Potassium from Avos, Bananas and

> > dates which are high in Potassium.

> Parashis

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