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Increase potassium and cut salt to reduce stroke risk
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| 4 April 2013
Posted on 04/06/2013 4:15:43 AM PDT by JoeProBono
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To: JoeProBono
Learned a new word: pulses (refers to legumes that grow in pods)
The article says that potassium is found in:
...most types of food, but particularly in fruit, such as bananas, vegetables, pulses, nuts and seeds, milk, fish, chicken and bread.
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posted on
04/06/2013 6:56:05 AM PDT
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Bigg Red
(Restore us, O God of hosts; let your face shine, that we may be saved! -Ps80)
To: fatnotlazy
Not just fast food. Seems to me that all restaurants add too much salt and high sodium ingredients to their meals. Olive Garden, for example. Olive Garden's the worst for salt. They want to sell you more drinks.
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posted on
04/06/2013 6:58:05 AM PDT
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Moonman62
(The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
To: Bigg Red
While nut is in their name, peanuts are in fact legumes. Peanuts actually grow underground, as opposed to nuts like walnuts, almonds, etc. that grow on trees (and are sometimes referred to as "tree nuts").
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posted on
04/06/2013 7:43:47 AM PDT
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas exercitus gerit ;-{)
To: Moonman62
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posted on
04/06/2013 7:47:23 AM PDT
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas exercitus gerit ;-{)
To: JoeProBono
I use Morton lite salt. Half sodium, half potassium.
To: JoeProBono
Cover that with the second piece of toast and it’s perfect.
(I usually put a little PB on the 2nd piece so it will stick to the bacon and banana.)
To: JoeProBono
Yes, I learned around 5th grade that peanuts are legumes — Lord only knows what they learn in 5th grade now. But peanuts do not, apparently, fall into the category of pulses, as the definition I found says the legumes referred to as “pulses” grow in pods.
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posted on
04/06/2013 9:25:45 AM PDT
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Bigg Red
(Restore us, O God of hosts; let your face shine, that we may be saved! -Ps80)
To: JoeProBono
Beware the advice of physicians who kill their patients.
Today about 30,000 a year in Britain alone.
That being said, if you really want more potassium in your diet, get a shaker of Morton salt substitute.
This is because supplements are usually limited to about 99mg of potassium, because otherwise they would be too big to swallow. Typically, a healthy adult person needs about 4,700mg a day (via WebMD), so a 99mg dose is tiny.
However, 1/4 tsp of Morton salt substitute contains 610mg of potassium, which is about 17% US RDA.
To: Bigg Red
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posted on
04/06/2013 12:26:30 PM PDT
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas exercitus gerit ;-{)
To: JoeProBono
Why do I have a feeling that someone will reading this article, gobble potassium like there’s no tomorrow, and go into hyperkalemia?
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posted on
04/06/2013 8:51:07 PM PDT
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Slings and Arrows
(You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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posted on
04/06/2013 8:53:39 PM PDT
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas exercitus gerit ;-{)
To: JoeProBono
Ayep. Neurons have to dump potassium when they fire. Too much potassium means hyperpolarized neurons.
Electrolytes are like garlic on a steak - just because a little is good, that doesn’t mean that a lot is better.
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posted on
04/06/2013 8:57:49 PM PDT
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Slings and Arrows
(You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: JoeProBono
Where do you buy potassium, at building supply magazines? Can you buy less than 50 lbs at a time?
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posted on
04/06/2013 9:02:16 PM PDT
by
Revolting cat!
(Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
To: Revolting cat!
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posted on
04/06/2013 9:06:40 PM PDT
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas exercitus gerit ;-{)
To: JoeProBono
Mmmmm, I don't think so...
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posted on
04/06/2013 9:39:08 PM PDT
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Revolting cat!
(Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
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