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i think most people know of the main

benefits of potassium supporting a

healthy heart

supporting healthy blood sugars help

bouncing on your fluids things like that

but there’s some unexpected

very interesting benefits of potassium i

think you should know about well out of

all the minerals potassium is needed in

the largest quantity you need 4 700

milligrams of potassium every single day

you don’t even require a fraction of

that quantity for other nutrients

so with potassium it’s unique in that

you need a lot of it primarily because

it supports

two major areas the muscles and the

nerves

you have these little tiny pumps they’re

called sodium potassium pumps you have

billions of them in the muscles in the

nervous system and allows the muscles

the nerves to work it also is necessary

in producing energy so

let me go through a couple really

important points about potassium the

first being why are we deficient because

an average person especially in the u.s

only consumes about a cup and a half of

vegetables per day and vegetables are

probably one of the better sources of

potassium and so a cup and a half of

vegetables is just not going to be

even close to what you need you’re going

to need between 7 to 10 cups to get

closer to that 4 700 milligrams and

include other foods that have potassium

as well now if you look up what foods

are high in potassium

they will tell you it’s fruits

vegetables whole grains

beans things like that now if you look

at a half of a cup of whole grains okay

you’re going to get less than about 200

milligrams of potassium and on top of

that

whole grains has phytic acid which

blocks

minerals especially potassium

especially phosphorus

zinc

copper

magnesium

manganese so whole grains are not a good

source of potassium or minerals now you

say what about refined grains well when

you’re fine grains you leach out and

lose minerals not to mention all that

refined flour that turns into glucose

which then requires potassium

to help in its storage of glucose in

other words the more refined grains or

sugar that you consume

the less potassium you’re going to have

that’s going to be available because

it’s going to be locked up in the

storage of that stored sugar as glycogen

leaving you with the potassium

deficiency now just as a side note for

those of you that are on the ketogenic

diet

when you do keto and you switch your

fuel from burning sugar okay

to burning fat you’re going to be using

up this stored sugar this stored

glycogen and that is going to release a

lot of

fluid in your tissues and with that loss

of fluid comes a loss of electrolytes

including potassium so when you start on

a ketogenic diet

and you don’t

substitute that potassium you may end up

with keto fatigue now what about getting

your potassium from fruit well fruit

does have some potassium like one apple

would give you about just under 200

milligrams of potassium but again we

need 4 700 so how many apples would you

have to consume and then also what about

all that sugar that comes with fruit so

fruit also is not the best source of

potassium because it comes with

a lot of sugar now what about fish or or

beef well fish will actually give you

potassium

like a half a fillet will give you up to

600 milligrams of potassium three ounces

of beef will give you 270 milligrams of

potassium so all these other foods will

contribute to

adding up to the requirements you need

for potassium now a potato

okay one medium-sized potato will give

you 800 milligrams of potassium but it

will also give you a lot of starch and

so we don’t want to consume potatoes the

best source of potassium

is leafy greens avocados

and certain greens will give you more

potassium than others

like swiss chard

beet tops and the other cool thing about

eating enough greens is that it will

also give you magnesium and one

interesting thing about potassium is you

could be deficient in potassium if

you’re low in magnesium so both of those

minerals are needed

together we can become deficient with

potassium through diet which is a very

common reason

but also the more stress you have the

more potassium you will lose the more

sugar you eat the more caffeine you

consume the more alcohol the less

potassium you’re going to have in your

body diuretics for example are a common

reason why people are deficient in

potassium if you consume too much salt

you can become deficient in potassium

because sodium potassium work together

so the more salt you consume the more

potassium you need and that also goes

with the more potassium you consume

the more salt you need because they both

function

in their normal ratios but typically we

need at least twice as much potassium as

we do sodium and salt that when you

injure yourself or you go through a

surgery

your body dumps potassium all right so

now let’s dive into some of the benefits

that

are unexpected from potassium number one

cognitive benefits remember i talked

about the nerves and the muscles needing

potassium well guess what you have

nerves in your brain so your brain needs

potassium and when you have sufficient

potassium you support cognitive function

memory

focus

concentration

and when you’re deficient in potassium

you become a bit disoriented

number two

cerebellum support what is the

cerebellum it’s the back part of your

brain that’s involved with coordinated

and controlled

movements and so if you’re deficient in

potassium you could be a little

uncoordinated

i wonder how many uh children that are

not coordinated are just deficient in

potassium since an average child’s diet

probably doesn’t get any potassium at

all

they consume a lot of ultra processed

junk food all right number three

mood support potassium supports your

mood potassium can help take you out of

a

flight or fight

mode like a sympathetic nervous system

dominant situation

so potassium is really good for

us people that are in stress potassium

is very important in calming a person

down potassium will help uplift someone

and bring them up potassium will help

make a person less irritable less

worried

less fearful so potassium is really

really important in stress and also

stress depletes potassium all right

number four potassium will make your

muscles stronger this means when you

exercise you’ll be less fatigue now to

be totally transparent i do sell a high

potassium electrolyte powder which i

challenge you to do an experiment on

yourself with exercise

because you may notice an improvement in

endurance the times you take that

electrolyte powder versus the times that

you don’t but as a side note any time

you take a high potassium

electrolyte powder

and you’re exercising also make sure

that you’re adding more sea salt with

that because as you sweat you’re going

to lose potassium as well as sodium and

you can also experience fatigue from a

loss of sodium just as you could from a

loss of potassium all right number five

potassium can protect you against leg

cramps

a lot of people think that leg cramps

are always a magnesium deficiency but

you can also experience light cramps

from a potassium deficiency too all

right number six potassium counters the

effect from high sodium like i said

before potassium and sodium work

together and so an average person on a

regular diet is going to be much heavier

on the sodium balance than the potassium

and so all these things you hear about

the negative aspects of too much salt in

reality

is just a deficiency of potassium

because potassium protects you against

the side effects of too much salt and

excessive salt is one of the causes

of low potassium and number seven

potassium can help you

have regular bowel movements so it helps

to protect you against constipation why

because like i said before potassium is

involved with muscle and nerve and your

colon is smooth muscle and so if you’re

deficient in potassium that smooth

muscle is not going to work as well as

it should and i think the next most

important video for you to watch

would be this one on electrolytes check

it out