Post by livelonger on Nov 22, 2016 18:10:04 GMT -5
Research shows that aging problems grow as people are short of nutrients.
A number of studies of both normotensive and hypertensive subjects indicate that an increased potassium intake, mainly given as a supplement, can lower blood pressure and increase urinary sodium excretion. Symptoms of potassium deficiency ... include muscle weakness, disturbances in heart function, which can lead to arrhythmia and heart seizure. Mental disturbances, e.g. depression and confusion, can also develop. The potassium intake may affect sodium balance and low potassium intakes (10-30 mmol/day) may induce sodium retention and an increase in blood pressure, both in normotensive and hypertensive subjects
Pregnenolone levels decline due to age. It's a neurosteroid that changes other steroids.
DHEA levels decline until most elders have less than 20% of that needed.
Glutathione, the master antioxidant declines until most elders have too little for cell energy.
Magnesium has been shown to be deficient in up to 80% of modern Americans.
CoQ10 can protect against cholesterol formation that clogs arteries.
Dr Linus Pauling found that 2000 mg Vitamin C (1/2 teaspoon in a quart of water) with Lysine avoids heart problems.
Another less discussed nutrient is potassium. The minimum amount is 4500 mg per day. That matches the excretion rate, so is the replacement amount. It takes eating eggs, meat, potatoes, and green vegetables in large amounts daily to get that much. According to USDA Agricultural Research Service, only 8% of the population reaches that target.
" The uptake of potassium into muscle appears reduced in insulin resistant states, such as obesity, and consumption of high fat diets."
Important potassium sources include potatoes, fruit and berries, vegetables, milk products (excl. cheese) and nuts
People can take half a teaspoon potassium citrate powder (2,000 mg - 1/2 teaspoon) in a quart of water to drink a 4 oz glass an hour of it daily to assure reaching the minimum, while not coming close to the danger point. That would be equivalent to a large potato with the skin and two eggs.
Each day, combining one each sweet potato, yam, banana, and avocado would provide close to 4000 mg of potassium.
Balance can be maintained with intakes up to ...
(195-390 mg/kg body weight /day -- 200 mg =
160 lbs weight = c. 15,000 mg),
as renal excretion through a healthy kidney which is adapted to high intakes of potassium can effectively excrete
potassium at 10 to 20 times the rate of a kidney which has not been adapted to a high intake.
Doctors will prescribe potassium-sparing drugs like enalapril and epleronone to eliminate water (diuretic) while keeping potassium.
www.efsa.europa.eu/…/sc…/files/main_documents/193.pdf
A number of studies of both normotensive and hypertensive subjects indicate that an increased potassium intake, mainly given as a supplement, can lower blood pressure and increase urinary sodium excretion. Symptoms of potassium deficiency ... include muscle weakness, disturbances in heart function, which can lead to arrhythmia and heart seizure. Mental disturbances, e.g. depression and confusion, can also develop. The potassium intake may affect sodium balance and low potassium intakes (10-30 mmol/day) may induce sodium retention and an increase in blood pressure, both in normotensive and hypertensive subjects
Pregnenolone levels decline due to age. It's a neurosteroid that changes other steroids.
DHEA levels decline until most elders have less than 20% of that needed.
Glutathione, the master antioxidant declines until most elders have too little for cell energy.
Magnesium has been shown to be deficient in up to 80% of modern Americans.
CoQ10 can protect against cholesterol formation that clogs arteries.
Dr Linus Pauling found that 2000 mg Vitamin C (1/2 teaspoon in a quart of water) with Lysine avoids heart problems.
Another less discussed nutrient is potassium. The minimum amount is 4500 mg per day. That matches the excretion rate, so is the replacement amount. It takes eating eggs, meat, potatoes, and green vegetables in large amounts daily to get that much. According to USDA Agricultural Research Service, only 8% of the population reaches that target.
" The uptake of potassium into muscle appears reduced in insulin resistant states, such as obesity, and consumption of high fat diets."
Important potassium sources include potatoes, fruit and berries, vegetables, milk products (excl. cheese) and nuts
People can take half a teaspoon potassium citrate powder (2,000 mg - 1/2 teaspoon) in a quart of water to drink a 4 oz glass an hour of it daily to assure reaching the minimum, while not coming close to the danger point. That would be equivalent to a large potato with the skin and two eggs.
Each day, combining one each sweet potato, yam, banana, and avocado would provide close to 4000 mg of potassium.
Balance can be maintained with intakes up to ...
(195-390 mg/kg body weight /day -- 200 mg =
160 lbs weight = c. 15,000 mg),
as renal excretion through a healthy kidney which is adapted to high intakes of potassium can effectively excrete
potassium at 10 to 20 times the rate of a kidney which has not been adapted to a high intake.
Doctors will prescribe potassium-sparing drugs like enalapril and epleronone to eliminate water (diuretic) while keeping potassium.
www.efsa.europa.eu/…/sc…/files/main_documents/193.pdf
