Re: Re: Are we obsessing about potassium?

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If people just have weak adrenals, sodium tends to be low and potassium tends to be on the high side, especially in addisons patients. If sodium is added and potassium reduced, the two balance out. But many people also have low potassium. My sodium is low/normal and my potassium is lowish.Subject: Re: Are we obsessing about potassium?To: RT3_T3 Date: Saturday, May 1, 2010, 10:48 AM

In 's book he is suggesting people with AF take sea salt and avoid potasium. He recommends kelp as an optional source of sea salt. However kelp has iodine and most people with Hashi should avoid it.

If you have an RT3 issue, I think the experts(val and Nick) here would also say to avoid Iodine. Please correct me if I am wrong.

i am not sure what they think about potassium.

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> It is very common to have low sodium/ potassium in congruence with high calcium and magnesium when the adrenals are exhausted.

> I am the very same way. I take Body Bio liquid potassium by patricia kane.

> i hav emisplaced the naem of the website, but there is a site where a guy claims to take 1/16 of sea salt everytime you drink water and it cures many ailments..it has certainly helped me when i am consistant with it.

> always follow your intuition if you feel like its an issue, it probley is. Misty

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> I have never been able to get my potassium up. I've tried 5 or 6 different Rx ones and have taken up to 150 meq's. My potassium hovers around 3.5-3.6. Sodium is 140. I have a good doctor who has a good understanding of hormones and where levels need to be to be optimal. He doesn't believe that a potassium level in range would have an affect on my heart. He says a person wouldn't notice it until levels are lower than 3.0. My heart pounding/racing is always there and the EKG/ECHO just came back normal. I know everyone here says potassium needs to be high in range but I haven't met one doctor who thinks an in range potassium level would cause any heart issues. I am so confused, why can't I get my levels up? Florinef/salt never helped either. People think I am nuts obsessing about potassium. I have a bottle of potassium gluconate and I just took 1 tsp which is around 500mg. If low K was causing my heart issues, wouldn't taking potassium powder have some

affec t right away since it gets into the system faster than the Rx slow release stuff?

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