Potassium - Raymund Edwards in Optimal Ketogenic Living FB Group
What we really need is potassium :-) #OKLpotassium
We think we need a lot of salt because We ( so many of us ) are having such a woeful potassium intake !
POTASSIUM MATTERS and THE RIGHT FORM OF POTASSIUM MATTERS - Then Salt does not matter so much We do not need lots - We just need some.
FASTING for a week or two reveals this clearly as direct experience - Insulin will be lower , blood glucose will be lower . ketones in your blood will be higher , FAT will be even more so the key fuel and muscle will be preserved as it is so less needed as a substrate to deal with various adaptions
( and that is just some of the things )
THIS REVELATION I GUESS IS SHOCKING :-) But so important esp if you have any disease process that may well been being driven by the over load of sodium that may have be building up in the body ( driving inflammation , esp auto immune issues ESPECIALLY auto immune but also obesity and diabetes , cancer , vascular and DIRECTLY HEART HEALTH.
WHY THOUGH ;-) should it be shocking SHOULD WE REALLY NEED A PERSONAL SALT MINE ?
As I have pointed out ALL FOOD is potassium rich - even when we feed on ourselves ( FASTING ) it is potassium we liberate and lose AND NEED over the duration of the FAST .
The power of potassium to transform your health is HUGE.
The road that has led to a SALT OBSESSION in low carb is a dead end and a wrong path - taken because potassium was over looked and potassium intake in many forms of keto perilous ( NO Potassium much in a bullet proof coffee , or a large serve of butter )
EVERYTHING changes when sodium surfeit and potassium deficit is reversed ( all metabolic pathways ) BUT the extra potassium must be able to generate bicabonate ( the forms recommended in OKL )
OKL has that word OPTIMAL FOR GOOD REASON :-)
And I guess that YES this OPTIMAL to many will also be SHOCKING and HERESY !
BUT that is what happens :-)
In my view it also points to why some things take a lot of time to improve and heal - It is not going to be overnight that the SALT load from a lifetime of salt intake ( esp in the context of a LOWER potassium intake ) is liberated and excreted ( and yes they are now looking for meds that can do this - Potassium is better than any med as it perfectly and naturally up regulates the pathways of health via its effects on the SODIUM POTASSIUM PUMPS ) ( YES some are on meds and have arrived at a place where they need meds yes I appreciate that )
The salt load changes everything and the body's ability to store salt ( and reduce excretion to almost zero ) is why its not a lot of salt we need BUT a seemingly lot of POTASSIUM - of the right kind ! ( we have intakes that low that a natural intake can look HIGH )
This video just touches the surface of the great research out there.
ALSO REMEMBER when a study looks at salt or someone suggests they need a lot of salt - always look at what the potassium context is or was - AS IT DETERMINES THE OUTCOMES and whether a little more salt can make you feel a little better in the very short term ( the short term regulation vs the long term chronic dis regulation )
Potassium is the master ( because it is pumped UPHILL )
Sodium and Chloride flow downhill via concentration gradient )
To be healthy is to have many highly efficient pumps pumping
and potassium is the master here
some separate overview on this point.
Here is key point "" Two kinds of border guards control the incessant traffic of ions across cell membranes: ion channels and ion pumps. When open, channels let selected ions diffuse rapidly down electrical and concentration gradients, whereas ion pumps labor tirelessly to maintain the gradients, by consuming energy to slowly move ions against these gradients . "" ( this is pumping uphill :-) )
When we have salt and low potassium ion channels allow sodium and chloride to diffuse rapidly down these electrical and concentration gradients into cells and tissues and we have few pumps and ones not working too well.
When we have high potassium ? Then we have pumps laboring tirelessly to maintain the gradients, by consuming energy to slowly move ions against them. ( back out of cells and take the potassium in )
When we have potassium we grow more pumps and they also work better - It becomes easier to keep sodium out and potassium in.
INSULIN FALLS ( and many things change )
Pumps are not just pumps either but important signal amplifiers the more we have and better working they are means improved signalling and amazing health potential
WANT to have more muscle and better able to BURN FAT ?
Get the potassium context OPTIMAL - OKL :-)
Video
We think we need a lot of salt because We ( so many of us ) are having such a woeful potassium intake !
POTASSIUM MATTERS and THE RIGHT FORM OF POTASSIUM MATTERS - Then Salt does not matter so much We do not need lots - We just need some.
FASTING for a week or two reveals this clearly as direct experience - Insulin will be lower , blood glucose will be lower . ketones in your blood will be higher , FAT will be even more so the key fuel and muscle will be preserved as it is so less needed as a substrate to deal with various adaptions
( and that is just some of the things )
THIS REVELATION I GUESS IS SHOCKING :-) But so important esp if you have any disease process that may well been being driven by the over load of sodium that may have be building up in the body ( driving inflammation , esp auto immune issues ESPECIALLY auto immune but also obesity and diabetes , cancer , vascular and DIRECTLY HEART HEALTH.
WHY THOUGH ;-) should it be shocking SHOULD WE REALLY NEED A PERSONAL SALT MINE ?
As I have pointed out ALL FOOD is potassium rich - even when we feed on ourselves ( FASTING ) it is potassium we liberate and lose AND NEED over the duration of the FAST .
The power of potassium to transform your health is HUGE.
The road that has led to a SALT OBSESSION in low carb is a dead end and a wrong path - taken because potassium was over looked and potassium intake in many forms of keto perilous ( NO Potassium much in a bullet proof coffee , or a large serve of butter )
EVERYTHING changes when sodium surfeit and potassium deficit is reversed ( all metabolic pathways ) BUT the extra potassium must be able to generate bicabonate ( the forms recommended in OKL )
OKL has that word OPTIMAL FOR GOOD REASON :-)
And I guess that YES this OPTIMAL to many will also be SHOCKING and HERESY !
BUT that is what happens :-)
In my view it also points to why some things take a lot of time to improve and heal - It is not going to be overnight that the SALT load from a lifetime of salt intake ( esp in the context of a LOWER potassium intake ) is liberated and excreted ( and yes they are now looking for meds that can do this - Potassium is better than any med as it perfectly and naturally up regulates the pathways of health via its effects on the SODIUM POTASSIUM PUMPS ) ( YES some are on meds and have arrived at a place where they need meds yes I appreciate that )
The salt load changes everything and the body's ability to store salt ( and reduce excretion to almost zero ) is why its not a lot of salt we need BUT a seemingly lot of POTASSIUM - of the right kind ! ( we have intakes that low that a natural intake can look HIGH )
This video just touches the surface of the great research out there.
ALSO REMEMBER when a study looks at salt or someone suggests they need a lot of salt - always look at what the potassium context is or was - AS IT DETERMINES THE OUTCOMES and whether a little more salt can make you feel a little better in the very short term ( the short term regulation vs the long term chronic dis regulation )
Potassium is the master ( because it is pumped UPHILL )
Sodium and Chloride flow downhill via concentration gradient )
To be healthy is to have many highly efficient pumps pumping
and potassium is the master here
some separate overview on this point.
Here is key point "" Two kinds of border guards control the incessant traffic of ions across cell membranes: ion channels and ion pumps. When open, channels let selected ions diffuse rapidly down electrical and concentration gradients, whereas ion pumps labor tirelessly to maintain the gradients, by consuming energy to slowly move ions against these gradients . "" ( this is pumping uphill :-) )
When we have salt and low potassium ion channels allow sodium and chloride to diffuse rapidly down these electrical and concentration gradients into cells and tissues and we have few pumps and ones not working too well.
When we have high potassium ? Then we have pumps laboring tirelessly to maintain the gradients, by consuming energy to slowly move ions against them. ( back out of cells and take the potassium in )
When we have potassium we grow more pumps and they also work better - It becomes easier to keep sodium out and potassium in.
INSULIN FALLS ( and many things change )
Pumps are not just pumps either but important signal amplifiers the more we have and better working they are means improved signalling and amazing health potential
WANT to have more muscle and better able to BURN FAT ?
Get the potassium context OPTIMAL - OKL :-)
Video
