Tue, Aug-26-03, 14:24
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Senior Member
Posts: 2,018
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Plan: Atkins
Stats: 320/220/195
BF:
Progress: 80%
Location: Pensacola, FL
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I don't take Potassium Supplements and my Serum Potassium is within the normal range. I get plenty of Potassium from Meats and Fruits. Both are chock full of it. In fact, a serving of steak (juices thrown out) has as much Potassium as the uqiquitous Banana. If you keep the fatty juices and eat them with the meat, the Steak is richer in Potassium. Most fruits, including LC Ones, are high in Potassium also. There is no reason that anyone eating plenty of Meat should be short of Potassium. The only way I could see it as a problem is if you are doing Atkins as a Vegetarian. I believe Atkins recomended supplements out of an abundence of caution. Probably the same reason he includes B12 in his Multivitamin...while a serving of steak has 1/3 of your B12. BTW, the government definition of a "serving" of steak is very little. In fact, it's about half the size of the smallest steak I've ever seen, 1/3 of an average sirloin, and as little as 1/5 of a good-size T-Bone.
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