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Originally Posted by mrsD
@jesse
How is your math? 198mg/2 tablets OTC potassium = approximately 4% of your daily intake recommendation.
4700mg a day is alot. You need to eat good food to get this amount.
I've given this website many times...it is very helpful to
find foods high in nutrients that you may be missing:
http://nutritiondata.self.com/
You need to stop this obsession with micro amounts of B6 in common foods. It is inhibiting you from other nutrients you need on a daily basis.
If you are low in potassium it is because of a medical reason:
kidney functions predominately, but also a very poor diet.
Severe chronic diarrhea will also lower serum potasssium, as will some drugs. (steroids, some antibiotics, diuretics are the most common).
Our bodies conserve and maintain/balance potassium critically...once something begins to lower it, you need to pay attention to that.
1 cup of mashed banana:
http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/...-juices/1846/2
.8mg of B6,
60.8 mg of magnesium
806mg of potassium
You would need at least 100mg to 200mg a day of B6 for many many months to get any toxicity from it and even then, it is rare.
I am getting a bit weary of this conversation, about B6. So I won't respond to it in the future after this post.
http://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/Vit...hProfessional/ |
To mrsD:
Well, my math is pretty bad actually. LOL. But I understand what you mean. I agree with you about the B6 obsession I have. Sorry if I annoyed you on this. This stems from a doctor telling me it could hurt my nerves when I was in a bad stage of PN. I thus learned that eating too LITTLE B6 could be just as bad. How Ironic? Since then I've been eating some bananas and Shredded Wheat that have B6 in them.
I still want to take a potassium supplement, but compound that with eating some potassium rich foods as well - I just feel that it would be hard to get the potassium rich foods I need on a daily basis without someone else in the household eating them before I do. LOL ...Or more so, that shopping for them and keeping them fresh might be somewhat hard for me to do since I'm economically challenged these days. (Cubs foods awed me with their high prices on such things) ...I really appreciate the links and advice.
Until a year ago, I used to drink a whole lot of RC cola - a very bad thing to drink soda so much. I quite drinking soda pop over a year ago, I think that caffeine element and sugar in them did not do me well and that coupled with a "possible" Chrohns disease diagnosis, may have had an effect on my potassium intake, too.
To Mustang:
I heard your questions too. I was thinking that if you're concerned about MS, you could tell your regular doctor (it doesn't have to be a neurologist) to have him set up the tests you need specifically for MS. That way you can get those tests done and rule-out MS.
Lots of people think certain tests can only be ordered by specialists, but you may be surprised to know this is not true. Your regular PCP (Primary Care Physician) can do a lot in regards to setting up and ordering the tests you need - and sometimes they are more understanding to your needs than the specialists are.
I also want to wish everyone here a happy and healthy thanksgiving. I hope all goes well for you all.
