Potassium
Potassium Key To Our Health
If there is one single mineral that will make a huge difference in contributing to your overall health, it is getting 5000mg of potassium every day.
Potassium is present in all body tissues and is required for normal cell function, and is one of the most important minerals. And naturally, a potassium-rich diet is linked to many powerful health benefits. It may help reduce blood pressure and water retention, protect against stroke and help prevent osteoporosis and kidney stones.
1 Effect of increased potassium intake on cardiovascular risk factors and disease: systematic review and meta-analyses.
2 Potassium, the most abundant intracellular cation, is an essential nutrient
What 5000 milligrams of potassium looks like on a daily basis
1 cup of full fat grass fed (A2 A2) yogurt = 600 mgs
1/3 cup almonds = 349 mg potassium
1 cup cooked beet greens = 1,310 mg s
1/2 avocado = 354 mgs
1/2 cup cooked Swiss chard = 961 mgs
4 ounces halibut = 590 mgs
4 ounces wild salmon = 360 mgsg
1 cup cooked spinach = 850 mgs
1 med sweet potato 694 = mgs