Re: potassium

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Fresh veggie juices.

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> In light of the discussion concerning potassium and parethesias,

does anyone have any information concerning the supplementation of

potassium?

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> I know to give with food and that large doses of potassium can be

dangerous for the heart. And that the best way is to give potassium

rich foods such as fruits and vegetables, but a small child just has

so much room in their stomach.

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> We have also used a potassium salt substitute mixed 50/50 with

regular salt, but it seems she has a higher than normal requirement

for potassium as do I. I learned a long time ago not to binge on candy

as it will reduce potassium (via interfering with blood sugar levels)

and I get excruitiating leg cramps that no amount of magnesium or

calcium will help.

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> So, with potassium supplements supplying a meager 99 mgs per tablet,

how do you get more potassium into a person? They are now

recommending 4.6 grams of potassium for an adult and that's a lot of

fruits and vegetables. We're not going to high dose anything until

Andy has a chance to look at all of her labs, etc, but I'm at a loss

to figure out how to introduce more potassium.

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> > I'm at a loss

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See this page:

http://www.krispin.com/potassm.html

Recipes at the bottom.

We have a Juiceman juicer - I doubt if it's the best available but

this one has had years of abuse and still works. I have seen some

sort of juicer on sale at Walmart occasionally.

The juice I make that tastes good is lots of celery, some carrot, some

apple and some ginger. I get (good) produce half price when the

shelves are being restocked.

Supposedly if salt substitute (KCl) tastes good more potassium is

needed (if it tastes horrible, cut back). Mixing NaCl and KCl would

make that test confusing.

J

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