Kalium deficite , who is fault?and what is must to do?

 Without a kalium a full work a cardiovascular system is not possible, and his balance needing for those,who is having hypertension, and cardiovascular diseases, who often taking diuretic, laxative, strong sweating, or having diet.

Norm is ..Daily dose for adult are 1.2-2.1 gr/day , for sportsmens, adult, pregnancy and childrens and who is on diet use 15-30 mg for one kg a body weight.

But blood test on an empty stomach will show it, as norm on 3.7-5.6 MML/l.

Deficit symptoms are in kalium falling as on 3 MML ;/l and lower is weakness muscle, morning forces weakness, you are not having forces to work, walk, but on the ending working day are cramps having.

And fault here are overloading , without rest, emotional and physical  burnout, stress, and lots of eating in stress, as with fast foods, sweets, till relaxing or for a company, and in kidney problems is having sugar differences in blood, abundant sweating, vomiting long in bowel infections, and if you are abundant or addicted remedies for slimming or diuretic, laxative, chances for keeping kalium  in norm are not having.

In not much lowering kalium, just enough eat kalium food as citric, bananas apples, fig, dried apricots, peaches, cranberries, red, black currant, quince, hibiscus, prunes, raisins.

, and also following are fresh vegetables, greens, soya, rye bread, oats, radish, garlic.

 But in 05 kg potato is having daily norm for kalium, but better his not eat for every day, just 1-2 times/week and baked.

When diet not improves life quality and symptoms in kalium deficit increasing, thus a better use kalium in pills, but here is other story for duet doctor-patient.

By Lutik, cardiologist,  a high category.