Theowl32
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Yeah, true. My point is it has to be wrong about 4600mgs. Then again I cramp up too. I know I am not getting enough, but when I read 4600...I mean come on.If potassium gets low it can cause some really weird symptoms, like cramping muscles etc. I had my right hand cramp up so badly once I could hardly shift gears in the car. So I started taking the supplement like the doctor had told me to.I have read in several places that we need to have 4600mgs of potassium every day. Now, that seems a bit ridiculous and maybe I am reading that wrong. Let me put it this way. One banana has about 360mgs of potassium. So, taking out my trusty calculator and doing some simple math, that is about 12 bananas A DAY.
I know there is potassium in other things like spinach etc. The point is that seems like A LOT of potassium. Cause any combination of anything in order to equal 4600mgs of potassium per day is A LOT of stuff.
I know I am probably reading all of that wrong, but does anyone you know get enough potassium per day? How?
Hell the supplements I have researched gives you about 200mgs of potassium per serving. How many freaking servings would that be to get to 4600 every day?
What am I missing?
It did give me heartburn; most medicines do, though, so that's nothing earth shattering.
If you insist on doing it through diet, broccoli is also high in potassium, if I remember right. And don't some sports drinks include it? Maybe Gatorade or something would be better than eating a dozen bananas.
My point with the bananas is I am pretty sure bananas are one of those foods that are notorious sources for potassium. So, if I have to consume 12 of those every day to get to 4600, how much spinach (or any other thing) would I need to take every day?
Something seems wrong about that number. Oh, and since I also suffer from gerd, I really cannot eat bananas since that is one of those foods that trigger it.
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I dry and chop up the excess spinach I raise then add it to my food dishes like spaghetti marinara and the like. I read that supposedly dried spinach retains it's nutritional value better than canning or freezing. So if you're looking for an alternate potassium source you might try that.
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