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More About Potassium!

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Debra G

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In my last blog today I mention that I had a very low level of Potassium and was put into the hospital thinking I was having a heart attack. Come to find out it was Potassium Deficiency. So I did some reading on this and this is what I found out about it.

 

What is Potassium Deficiency (Hypokalemia)?

 

A medical condition in which our body fails to retain minimum necessary amount of Potassium required for its day to day functioning is called as Potassium deficiency or hypokalemia. Potassium deficiency (hypokalemia) can be fatal at times if not taken care of. A person may also develop Potassium deficiency due to extra excretion of Potassium or lower quantity of Potassium in daily diet.

 

Here is a link to find out what foods has some or a lot of Potassium in them.

 

High Potassium Foods Summary Table

From the USDA Nutrient Database

http://www.vaughns-1-pagers.com/food/potassium-foods.htm

 

To read more about this subject, go to my earlier blog today entitled "Low Potassium Danger!"

 

or see my blog called "Life After LAP-BAND" http://life-after-lap-band.blogspot.com/

 

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When I went for my pre-band lab work I had a very low level of Potassium they put my on 20 mq's twice a day for 10 days to try and get it up for surgery.. luckily it went off good! But now I'm on a potassium supplement!! It is very scary considering potassium is 1 of the 3 lethal injections they give you for death row!!!

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so scary! Thanks for sharing the info on potassium, and how very important it is to our bodies! I think that sometimes we are so focused on what we cannot physically eat, that we forget what we need to eat to keep us going!

Hope you are feeling better!

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You are so right 1019Joanne. I never gave this a second though befor this happen to me. The link in this post I will be useing alot for now on. To have a daily intake of Potassium Foods. I will keep a very close eye on this for now on..

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