Potassium (K) - a macrocell

beginning to speak about potassium, let's understand at first what is minerals. So, minerals are chemical elements which contain in our organism in a small amount, but, nevertheless, they are necessary for us for normal activity. Elements come to our organism with food, air, water.

Let's begin with potassium which was discovered in England nearly 200 years ago. This element is vital to any living organism as it is their important part. Even if there is not enough potassium though a little, then it already negatively is reflected in an organism.

In what products does it contain? A large amount of potassium contains in vegetables and fruit and also in cereal cultures. Bananas, a fig, apples, oranges, grapes, apricots are rich with this element. Berry the well of potassium is a wild strawberry, cowberry, currant, watermelon, a dogrose. Cucumbers, cabbage, turnip, carrots, potatoes contain potassium too. So lean these fruit and vegetables, most of them grows in our kitchen garden!

As for standard daily rate, the healthy person needs 1.1-2 grams. The child needs 16-30 mg each kilogram of body weight. Besides, It should be noted what is required to pregnant women of potassium more. Also it should be taken into account season: usually, after cold weather and blizzards of potassium is not enough, and here after warm and rich with fresh vegetables and fruit of summer our organism is rather sated with this element.

Interacting with sodium, potassium positively influences a condition of cellular membranes, also mutually enhances effect in a combination with magnesium.

It should be taken into account that some medicines of potassium can reduce efficiency of antibiotics and medicines of iron. If at the same time to accept potassium with diuretics, APF inhibitors, cyclosporine, heparin, nonsteroid resolvents the risk of dangerous increase in concentration of potassium in blood up to development of arrhythmia and cardiac arrest increases. So it is worth being careful at the use of calcium with other medicines.

• Muscles, be reduced! Nervous impulses, be transferred!

Potassium plays an important role in reduction of muscles and transfer of nervous impulses. That how often and with what force our muscles are reduced, in many respects depends on potassium. Momentum transfer also depends on it.

Many of our muscle and nervous cells have special channels on which potassium can move. If everything is all right, then potassium moves freely, but happens that the movement is complicated, or it is not enough, then our muscles and nerves are threatened by danger.

• The water balance is extraordinary important

Potassium in cooperation with sodium cares for water balance that is very important as work of heart, its rhythm depends on it. Contents in an organism of salts, acids and alkalis is regulated by means of potassium too: it reduces hypostases and stimulates production of necessary enzymes.

• Than potassium is still so useful?

Potassium cares for acid-base balance and participates in maintenance of activity of cages. It also regulates composition of cellular liquid, provides the level of normal arterial blood pressure. Thanks to potassium our kidneys work like clock-work.

Also this microcell does not allow sodium salts to collect in cages and vessels, removes excess water and helps to get rid of hypostases. At sufficient intake of potassium in an organism, a brain it is better supplied with oxygen, the clarity of mind, physical force and endurance increases.

If there is not enough potassium, then there can be problems with heart, kidneys, adrenal glands. Also the metabolism is broken, at the same time the person has a fatigue, nervous exhaustion, ulcers of mucous membranes. If at you cuts and wounds badly begin to live, then it can serve as a call of the fact that there is not enough potassium in an organism too. At the same time there are problems with skin, hair, nails. The shortage of potassium threatens with congenital pathologies to the child if this element is not enough mother.

At once there is a question why there is this shortage of potassium? There are several reasons:

• In stressful situations and at big physical activities of people loses a significant amount of this element.
• Such not useful products as sugar, alcohol, coffee just wash away this necessary element of their organism. So you should not abuse them, kind of you did not want it.

Such phenomenon is called a giperkaliyemiya. Not only shortage, but also a surplus of potassium has negative effect on an organism. In this case there can be dehydration of an organism, problem with acid-base balance, violation of work of kidneys, weakness, drowsiness, depressiveness and also indigestions. Giperkaliyemiya can arise at intake of the certain medicines containing potassium.