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I want to talk about the dangers of too

much salt or too much sodium okay we

have heart disease we have high blood

pressure we have stroke edema increased

mortality sounds pretty scary right well

these things occur not for the reason

you think I mean the question is is it

really too much sodium is that what’s

causing the problem in reality our body

tends to hold sodium

if there’s a potassium deficiency in

fact there’s something called salt

sensitivity where the body is retaining

sodium but the reason why you retain

sodium and therefore water is because

you have a potassium deficiency this is

something that’s really overlooked and

not talked about too much we’re so

focused on sodium we kind of forget

about this other mineral called

potassium but sodium potassium always

work together in the body it’s kind of

like a teeter-totter the requirements

for sodium per day are 2300 milligrams

but the requirements for potassium are 4

700 that’s actually more than double so

this ratio is really really important

okay two to one twice as much potassium

as sodium and guess what you will no

longer be salt sensitive in fact the

symptoms of this excess sodium will

disappear when you increase your

potassium you see the majority of the

population has as this problem of too

much sodium and not enough potassium

okay they don’t consume enough greens

they eat a lot of processed foods you

get your sodium from junk Foods refined

foods and restaurant Foods very few

people ever consume enough potassium

foods right they think if I have a

banana a day that’s going to do it a

banana has about 300 milligrams now

remember you need 4 700 okay you’d have

to have you know more than 12 bananas

and then you’re going to get all the

sugar which is not going to happen so

you have this situation where people are

just really heavy on the sodium but very

very low on the potassium and this is

where we have the problem on top of that

okay 38 of the population has a genetic

uh variation with a certain Gene called

the ace Gene which means that Gene is

overactive which means they’re going to

be more salt sensitive when they have

more sodium and they’re going to have

more blood pressure because of that this

simple solution is just to increase your

potassium especially if you have this

Gene problem and not do what everyone

else is doing by reducing their sodium

reducing their salt going on the low

salt diet because now they have a

situation where they’re low in sodium

and low in potassium and that’s even

worse because they’re going to be going

around so tired you need both sodium

potassium for something called the

sodium potassium pump okay in fact all

of your cells have this pump this is

what activates the nerves this is what

activates the muscles and when you’re

deficient in these key electrolytes boy

you get all sorts of issues with the

heart like arrhythmias you get tired you

feel weak and all you need to do is

increase the sodium and potassium but in

the right ratios and the real problem is

a potassium deficiency low potassium

causes the retention of sodium and this

is where you have all the problems with

the heart with the blood pressure with

hardening of the arteries with increased

risk of arrhythmias and stroke potassium

is not retained

like sodium is so when we have a lot of

potassium it’s easily eliminated through

the kidneys unless you have like stage

five kidney disease which is very rare

however sodium is much more retained

especially if you have low potassium so

this is probably a common cause of leg

cramps as well so we do need sodium okay

we need sufficient amounts but we need a

lot more potassium now to really learn

about how to get more potassium through

your foods

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