Episode 32: Powerful Potassium

We hear a lot about sodium. We get too much, and we need to cut back; processed foods and restaurant foods are high in sodium. The Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2020-2025 recommend that we limit “Sodium—Less than 2,300 milligrams per day—and even less for children younger than age 14.”

 

Unfortunately, more Americans who need to are not following these guidelines. Americans eat on average about 3,400 mg of sodium per day. (And reviewing many food records/logs, I see much higher numbers regularly. One teaspoon of salt contains 2,340 mg of sodium. But this isn’t about sodium. Potassium is the nutrient that can help balance sodium in the body – when we get too much, and the mineral that many of us don’t get enough is potassium.

 

Again, the Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2020-2025 state, “Current inadequate intake of nutrient-dense foods and beverages across food groups has resulted in underconsumption of some nutrients and dietary components. Calcium, potassium, dietary fiber, and vitamin D are considered dietary components of public health concern for the general U.S. population because low intakes are associated with health concerns.”

 

Read more: Powerful Potassium https://www.shelleyrael.com/blog/potassium

 

Read more: Dietary Guidelines for Americans https://www.dietaryguidelines.gov/ 

 

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