#potassium

#potassium

There is some evidence from observational studies to suggest that low plasma potassium levels are associated with increased risk of dangerous alterations in heart rhythms and that potassium levels in the upper normal level have protective effects.

The senior study author, Prof Henning Bundgaard, a professor at Copenhagen University hospital, said: The human body evolved on a potassium-rich, sodium-poor diet when we were born and raised on the savannah and eating [fruit and vegetables]. We [now] tend to go to [a] modern diet that is processed foods and, the more processed, we see more and more sodium in the food and less potassium, meaning that the ratio between the two has changed from 10:1 to 1:2 a dramatic change.