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So why is potassium the most important electrolyte?

That's the question for today.

Well, let's just take a look at four main electrolytes.

We have K-plus, which is the chemical symbol for potassium.

We need 47, 100 milligrams.

Then we have sodium, which is Na plus 1500 to 23, 100 milligrams.

Then we have calcium, CA, we need 1000 milligrams.

And the magnesium, we only need 420 milligrams.

So we can see that we need 10 times as much potassium than we do magnesium.

Then with sodium, we need twice as much potassium.

And then with calcium, we need four times as much.

So why do we need so much potassium?

Well, first of all, what is an electrolyte?

An electrolyte is an electrically charged mineral.

When you take an electrolyte and you put it in water, it separates and becomes

conductive to electricity.

So our bodies use electrolytes for various things to help conduct

nerve impulses, to help you contract and relax muscles,

to help maintain pH in the body, as well as to help push fluid through the body.

30% of all the energy in our body comes from this little pump called

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