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Potassium Level Monitors? December 17, 2017 09:28PM |
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Re: Potassium Level Monitors? December 18, 2017 07:47PM |
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That topic dates back to 2012. Is the info still relevant? Specifically, is the cardymeter they talk about still available and still a good choice...or have better monitors and methods come out since then?
My other concern is that when you read that topic it doesn't sound like monitoring your potassium levels is very straight forward even with these cardymeters. They talk about calibrating and having to learn how to use the device properly and it doesn't sound easy. I have to believe by now there is a monitor out there that is easier to use!
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There are several potassium supplements that contain more than 99 mg. /quote]
No, there are not. You need to brush up on your chemistry because you're confusing different forms of potassium with elemental potassium. They're not equivalent. Selling a supplement containing more than 99 mg of potassium is illegal in the US. It would be pulled from the shelves and the sellers penalized.
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Potassium gluconate is used as a mineral supplement and sequestrant. It is sold over-the-counter as tablets or capsules providing up to 593 mg of potassium gluconate, thereby containing 99 mg or 2.53 mEq of elemental potassium.
As I said in my post, you can buy pure potassium chloride in bulk because it's used as a salt substitute. And obviously you can buy things with it already added, such as salt substitutes and low-sodium V8 juice. But you cannot buy it in pills, capsules or any form intended as a supplement.
I'm not going to address the myth of potassium causing arrhythmias and ectopics. Its mechanism of action does quite the opposite, even in someone with low magnesium.
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Re: Potassium Level Monitors? December 20, 2017 12:16AM |
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No myth, I had read on this site that potassium supplements were good for AF so I took potassium supplements for a few days, started getting a few min. runs of AF, I never got runs of AF in the daytime. I stopped taking the potassium and the problem stopped.
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That's pretty solid scientific proof.
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1/2 teaspoon is approximately 1100mg of whole Potassium gluconate powder…. 175 mg of that is elemental potassium.
Re: Potassium Level Monitors? December 20, 2017 10:23PM |
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Carey
and if you do your homework well, you'll know that potassium chloride is really the only viable option. Other forms of supplements are simply too short of potassium to be useful. .