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man I just need more carbs to boost my

energy really I’ve never heard that

before well it’s actually just the

opposite I’m gonna explain why so I’m

gonna explain this in two different ways

the simple version and the technical

version for those people that want to

know about it when you eat carbs you

lose potassium and when you lose

potassium you get tired weak potentially

you can have paralysis if there’s a huge

potassium loss leg cramps abnormal heart

rhythm even a palpitation could be a one

symptom high blood pressure and tremor

so that’s a simple version let me

explain a little bit more technical

there’s something called insulin induced

hypokalemia hypokalemia is low potassium

when you stimulate insulin because the

carbs are high you block this enzyme

okay

this enzyme is a pump and you have

millions of them in all of your cells

and this pump basically keeps the

potassium inside the cell and the sodium

outside the cell to form an electrical

gradient so it can act as a battery and

you need the battery to keep the muscles

relaxing and contracting as well as to

keep the messages flowing as well as to

keep the electrical signals through the

nervous system activated what’s

interesting is 30% of all the energy

that you have in your body is allocated

to this specific pump so if your inhibit

this pump more potassium stays outside

the cell and you start losing potassium

okay and that condition is called

hypokalemia and you’re gonna get these

symptoms right here so that’s just one

reason why you get tired after carbs

there’s other reasons as well so a spike

in insulin will cause a potassium

deficiency and of course not consuming

enough potassium foods can also be

another reason but there are more

reasons right here let’s see the loss of

fluid diarrhea or vomiting okay that

could be one also if you’re diabetic and

you’re peeing excessively you can lose

fluid with that now if you have steroids

or you have a huge spike in stress or an

injury or shock to the body you

lose potassium and you also during

surgery lose potassium and this is why

many times they will put potassium in

your IV this is interesting

alkalosis could be the reason why you’re

low on potassium there’s a huge push to

make everyone alkaline right well if

you’re too alkaline you’re gonna have

alkalosis and you’re gonna be deficient

in potassium when you take steroids or

you go through a lot of stress that can

also create alkalosis and so will a high

sugar diet and then you have certain

diuretics will also create a potassium

deficiency and also if you’re low in

magnesium you’re not going to be able to

have enough potassium in the body too so

these are other reasons why you may also

be tired due to this low potassium but I

wanted to emphasize the importance of

potassium with your energy and if you

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