Mon, Nov-03-03, 18:51
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Plan: Atkins
Stats: 320/220/195
BF:
Progress: 80%
Location: Pensacola, FL
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Originally Posted by doreen T
hi there,
First, your potassium gluconate pill has only 90-ish mg elemental potassium in it, the rest is gluconate. Which is fine, minerals must be bound to a salt or a protein in order to be absorbed  Just for reference, a medium sized avocado has 1,100 mg potassium in it; a can of tuna .. 600 mg, a cup of chopped broccoli .. 300 mg. Nobody has ever keeled over from eating these foods  |
My understanding is you can pretty much go up to 5,600mg with no problems. I generally take in 3,000mg a day just from the foods I eat. On a few occassions, I've gone well over 4,000mg, maybe even as high as 5,000mg just from the foods I ate. 2,000mg is what is generally considered acceptable. Yesterday, I took in 3549mg just from the foods I ate (Tuna, Soy, Nuts, and Beef.) |