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I think most people know of the main benefits of potassium, supporting a healthy heart,

supporting healthy blood sugars, help balancing out your fluids, things like that.

But there's some unexpected, very interesting benefits of potassium I think you should know about. Well, out of all the minerals,

potassium is needed in the largest quantity. You need 4,700 milligrams of potassium. Every single day,

you don't even require a fraction of that quantity for other nutrients. So with potassium, it's unique

in that you need a lot of it, primarily because it supports

two major areas, the muscles and the nerves.

You have these little tiny pumps.

They're called sodium potassium pumps.

You have billions of them in the muscles, in the nervous system, and it allows the muscles

and nerves to work.

It also is necessary in producing energy. So

let me go through a couple really important points about potassium. The first being, why are we

deficient? Because an average person, especially in the U.S., only consumes about a cup and a half

of vegetables per day. And vegetables are probably one of the better sources of potassium. And so a cup and a half of vegetables per day. And vegetables are probably one of the better sources of potassium.

And so a cup and a half of vegetables is just not going to be even close to what you need.

You're going to need between seven to ten cups to get closer to that 4,700 milligrams

and include other foods that have potassium as well. Now, if you look up what foods

are high in potassium, they will tell you it's fruits, vegetables, whole grains, beans, things like that.

Now, if you look at half of a cup of whole grains, okay, you're going to get less than about

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