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[Plastic Pea]

Hi

I think I have developed potassium deficiency during the use of a prescription drug, which I have stopped taking 3 weeks ago.

I eat 2.3 to 3 grams of potassium daily (the RDA is 4.7). Do you think this amount is enough for the deficiency to resolve on its own, or do I need to improve my diet?

I get about 30 minutes of moderate intensity exercise every day. Sometimes I have muscle spasms/twitches randomly or repeatedly in a muscle.

 

My magnesium, calcium and sodium intake is about ok.

Thanks.

[shifter]

I am looking at all the foods that contain potassium, and then what the established RDI is, and I get the impression that almost everyone must be getting less than the RDI. Conversely we get way more sodium that what we need.

 

Not many people have a diet that has the equivalent of around 10 bananas a day (a food touted as being 'high' in potassium). You have to eat really healthy and a variety of vegetables every single day to touch the RDI. I imagine most people fall short of this and because supplements are regulated to 99mg (3% RDI), its not something you can get much of in supplements either.

 

As I'm doing a Keto and calorie restricted diet I imagine my shortfall over the last few weeks is huge. I have ordered the powdered potassium to help out and also bought a 'lite salt' that replaces half of what would be sodium, with potassium instead and sprinkle it liberally over food and even a little in water. Of course though, I have to be careful with the dosage of the potassium powder.

[pamojja]

 

I eat 2.3 to 3 grams of potassium daily (the RDA is 4.7). Do you think this amount is enough for the deficiency to resolve on its own, or do I need to improve my diet?

I get about 30 minutes of moderate intensity exercise every day. Sometimes I have muscle spasms/twitches randomly or repeatedly in a muscle.

 

My magnesium, calcium and sodium intake is about ok.

 

Calculating one's intake can give some indication, but isn't accurate enough about possible sufficiency or deficiency. Due to varying metabolism and synergisms or antagonisms.

 

For example suffer from severe muscle cramps due to long term magnesium deficiency despite getting about 600 mg/d of magnesium from diet. Only orally supplementing an additional 2000 mg/d of elemental Mg ceased the muscle cramps. However, even after years serum and whole blood Mg haven't improved, hair tissue mineral analysis just a bit.

 

Also supplement with either powdered potassium bicarbonate or citrate 3 times a day dissolved in water, which gives about 2 g of elemental potassium per day. Each is different.

[ketogeniclongevity]

Eat a potassium-rich diet—beef,milk, and extra virgin oils.

[kurdishfella]

Depends on the cause, in this case likely. 

also nutritional hormonal can affect nueonrtransmitters which can affect yoru strength and looks etc