![Are you getting sufficient potassium? Are you getting sufficient potassium?](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jQSjhuK9W5Q/sddefault.jpg)
This is generally easy to do if you eat a whole-foods diet rich in ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ด, but many people don’t eat a lot of plants, even if they are eating mostly whole foods. ๐๐ผ๐-๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ต๐๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฟ๐๐บ.
☝️๐๐จ๐ก ๐๐๐๐ง: Ensuring adequate potassium on a low-carb diet is all the more important to balance the higher sodium and protein intakes.
๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐: Potassium is a primary buffering molecule within the blood and the ratio of potassium to protein in the diet accounts for 70% of the acid load on the kidney. ๐๐ฐ, ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฏ’๐ต ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ, no one is claiming that here, but the buffering systems will be impacted, which can cause long-term problems if the context is right.
๐Evolutionarily, our dietary potassium to sodium radio was ๐น–๐ท๐ถ ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ฎ๐ด ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ช๐ถ๐ฎ. This can be really difficult for many to obtain, and potassium supplementation may be necessary. We explain in the linked video how K supps wreck one of us, and the other thrives on additional supplementation.
The best sources for supplements will be ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ต๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ค๐ช๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ. You want to take them with meals rather than away from food and start small with dosing, increasing as you tolerate.
๐ฅWhole foods are obviously preferable, but not always possible.
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