Importance Of Potassium For Your Healthy Body – Dr. Berg

I’ll tell you why potassium is so critical for your body to function properly!

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0:00 Why potassium is so important for your body
1:12 Your brain needs enough sugar in your blood to function well
2:00 If you’re insulin resistant or diabetic, a potassium deficiency further harms your blood sugar
2:47 For optimum potassium, consume seven to ten cups per day of vegetables

In this video, I’m going to talk about why potassium is so important to your body. The more deficient you are in potassium, the more your pancreas has to pump out insulin. This puts more stress on your pancreas. If you have diabetes, that’s not good.

Your body needs potassium more than any other nutrient. Your body needs close to 5,000 mg per day of this mineral. Almost every cell needs it for energy. Your cells have pumps that put out energy. Without enough potassium, the pumps don’t function correctly and you feel tired.

You need potassium to make muscle protein, and other kinds of protein too. Potassium is used to store glucose in the form of glycogen, a chain of glucose molecules. Each link in this chain needs potassium. All of your cells except your brain and red blood cells have glycogen. Your brain is dependent on the sugar in your blood. Without enough, you experience fatigue, moodiness, and brain fog.

Junk food depletes potassium because of its high sodium content. Adrenal stress, which results in high cortisol, also depletes potassium. Insulin resistance and diabetes block your ability to absorb potassium. By consuming enough potassium in your diet, you can decrease your need for insulin, and help correct your blood sugar issues.

You need to consume large quantities of vegetables in order to get enough potassium and help regulate your insulin. Each day, you must consume seven to ten cups of vegetables. There is no shortcut. You require so much potassium that taking supplements isn’t feasible.

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Dr. Eric Berg received his Doctor of Chiropractic degree from Palmer College of Chiropractic in 1988. His use of “doctor” or “Dr.” in relation to himself solely refers to that degree. Dr. Berg is a licensed chiropractor in Virginia, California, and Louisiana, but he no longer practices chiropractic in any state and does not see patients so he can focus on educating people as a full time activity, yet he maintains an active license. This video is for general informational purposes only. It should not be used to self-diagnose and it is not a substitute for a medical exam, cure, treatment, diagnosis, and prescription or recommendation. It does not create a doctor-patient relationship between Dr. Berg and you. You should not make any change in your health regimen or diet before first consulting a physician and obtaining a medical exam, diagnosis, and recommendation. Always seek the advice of a physician or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.

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