Having the right sodium-potassium ratio is crucial. Here’s why.
So i want to talk about the sodium-potassium ratios that we need typically a person thinks of sodium being dangerous to the heart blood pressure and can even increase the risk of getting a stroke but the question is is it the higher amount of sodium or is it the deficiency of potassium now i’m going to put some links down below that talk about potassium being
Protective against strokes the kidney the heart in potassium actually lowering blood pressure so what’s even more important than these two minerals is the ratio they come in normally you would need 4700 milligrams for potassium and 2300 for sodium and an average person has them flipped and that’s what’s going to put them in trouble so ideally you would need two
To one but if there’s already an imbalance or you have a problem with the heart or blood pressure i would raise potassium three to one or even a four to one ratio but it does take a period of time to correct this it could take months or even a couple years but the more sodium that you have in the diet the lower the potassium so they kind of work in opposites now
What’s interesting is one ounce of bread contains 210 milligrams of sodium two tablespoons of salad dressing at the grocery store can give you over 500 milligrams of sodium six ounces of pizza that’s actually one slice is almost a thousand milligrams of sodium right there eight ounces of v8 will give you over a thousand milligrams and one little can of tomato
Soup is one thousand two hundred and sixty milligrams of sodium that’s a tremendous amount of sodium with the carbohydrates okay so not only do we have more sodium we have more carbs and the carb depletes potassium plus the sodium we use in carbohydrates are not in the form of sea salt it’s in the form of sodium chloride so you don’t have all the other minerals
Involved sea salt has 84 minerals table salt has these foods usually have msg monosodium glutamate which is additional sodium that they don’t factor into the label there so in america we’re really heavy on the sodium the carbs and very low on potassium so this is the perfect chemistry to set someone up for high blood pressure and eventual cardiovascular problems so
The point of this video is to understand that these ratios of potassium sodium are more important than these minerals individually as long as you’re doing a two to one ratio you’re going to be good and if you want to correct it go up to a 3 to 4 to 1 ratio and that’ll work even faster if you’re the person that doesn’t have a lot of potassium in the diet you don’t
Like vegetables well you just better make sure that your sodium is very very low as well so you can keep these ratios in check so if you want more knowledge on how to create a healthy body subscribe now and get daily notifications
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The Sodium-Potassium Ratio is More Important Than a Low Sodium Diet By Dr. Eric Berg DC
