Angstrom Potassium

Dosage: 2 Tablespoons or 1 ounce. Refer to individual mineral bottle for dosages

and to Angstrom Mineral Information & Reference Guide By Annette Haslone N.D. for
Corrective doses.

Taste:Minimal to no flavor.

Potassium is known as the great alkalizer as it is a primary electrolyte,

important in pH balance and water balance. This element plays a vital role in
verve function and cellular integrity by regulating the transfer of nutrients into
the cell. Potassium attracts oxygen to tissues; lack of it reduces tissue
oxygenation.
Use the Five Alkalizing Minerals
Angstrom Calcium
Angstrom Magnesium
Angstrom Potassium
Angstrom Sodium
Angstrom Silica
Angstrom Alkaline Drops

Ok ! here is a lesson in chemistry? Why ? Because you need to be educated to make

wise decisions. If I say sodium, What do you think?

SALT RIGHT -------> NO! THAT IS DEAD WRONG!

Sodium is not salt. Sodium chloride is salt. Potassium chloride can be salt too.
Magnesium chloride is a salt. The word salt is too general.

Now you see there are two words, Sodium and chloride. The sodium with out the
chloride is an essential mineral for life. If you take table salt to get your
sodium, you could get high blood pressure. The same with Potassium chloride. You
need the potassium in a pure form. Angstrom Potassium!

Angstrom Potassium supports the muscular system, Increases tissue and blood
alkalinity, Nerve tonic, Reduces acidity, Promotes good health and vigor, Helps
eliminate toxins, Supplies healthy nerves .

Potassium is known as a great alkalizer as it is a primary electrolyte, important

in pH balance and water balance. Potassium makes up about five percent of the
total mineral content of the body. Normally only about three to four ounces are
found in the body at one time. Potassium is a mineral that is easily absorbed when
in bio-available state like angstrom potassium. It is one of those minerals that
you use like crazy. At least 90% of it is excreted through the kidney and it is
also found in fecal matter. So you take a lot of potassium in but you also loose a
lot every day. It also is vital to eliminate wastes in the body.

"Potassium is a natural diuretic, helping your body excrete water and sodium, this
process may actually be lowering your blood pressure.& In fact, there is evidence
that salt sensitivity may be caused by too little potassium in the diet, says high
blood pressure researcher G. Gopal Krishna, M.D., associate professor of medicine
at Temple University."

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Scientists believe that potassium has the ability to pump sodium out of the body's
cells and reduces body fluid. One study disproved the old ideal that high sodium
diets are the cause of high blood pressure. In fact, many heavy salt users - up
to 67 percent in one study - remained unaffected when placed on a very low salt
diet that researchers began to wonder if some people are salt-sensitive while
others are not.

It is more likely the relative deficiency of other minerals in the diet -

potassium, calcium and magnesium - that determines who is and who is not. Health
is a mix of everything, not a one mineral problem. If you are taking a lot of
calcium and are still calcium deficient, you probably need boron, the calcium
helper. If you are taking iron and not assimilating it well, you probably need
Vitamin C, the Iron helper. So you see, there is no magic bullet, just well
rounded diet, supplemented with minerals.

"Prolonged dehydration causes potassium to be removed from intracellular

compartments and subsequently the electrolyte is lost in the urine . This release
of potassium is a sign of protein catabolism and tissue wasting . Potassium also
will be lost from cellular spaces when an excessive loss of sodium occurs.
Magnesium deficiency contributes to potassium loss and impairs cell potassium
repletion, despite adequate potassium intake." 19 Potassium may affect blood
vessel tone and may modify the way blood vessels react to circulating hormones
that affect blood pressure.

Not only is the effect of potassium on blood pressure quite remarkable, it is also
necessary for good muscle contraction. Calcium plays an important roll too. It is
not just for the bones you know. Potassium also produces healthy electrical
activity in the heart and rapid transmission of nerve impulses throughout the
body. Heartbeat irregularities are commonly considered a classic sign of
potassium deficiency. "Magnesium and potassium are absolutely essential to the
proper functioning of the entire cardiovascular system. Their critical roles in
preventing heart disease and strokes are widely accepted. In addition, there is a
substantial body of knowledge demonstrating that magnesium and/or potassium
supplementation is effective in treating a wide range of cardiovascular diseases
including angina, arrhythmias, congestive heart failure, and high blood pressure."
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Potassium plays a vital role in nerve function and cellular integrity by

regulating the transfer of nutrients into the cell. As potassium reserves are
precipitated mental illness and even alcoholism may develop. The nerves and mind
become inflamed and causes the person to see only the negative side of life. Other
minerals for nerves and mind are:
Angstrom Copper
Angstrom Phosphorus
Angstrom Manganese
Angstrom Platinum

When potassium starvation becomes chronic in proportions, suicide is often

contemplated and sometimes attempted. Ambition and drive is lost and work becomes
deplorable. The more severe the potassium depletion the more pronounced the
symptoms.

Potassium attracts oxygen to tissues; lack of it reduces tissue oxygenation. In

turn this causes lax muscles, vital organs to sag and the heart to weaken. You
know, lack of oxygen is one of the factors that cause cancer.

Lack of potassium opens the door to all manner of germ life in the body. One of
the common signs of potassium deficiency is earache. The reason for this is
bacterial toxins are not properly flushed from the body. Another problem noted is
that tissue metabolism is interrupted causing skin eruptions. If potassium is
depleted it is likely that albumin, sugar, gelatinous substances, sodium and
chlorine are also in short supply or not fully assimilated. Potassium "Works
together with sodium to keep acid-alkaline balance." 21 The body clearly needs a
certain amount of sodium to maintain blood pressure; it also needs certain levels
of other minerals, such as potassium, to keep sodium levels in the body from
getting too high.

People who have hypoglycemia often suffer from headaches, weakness and other
conditions that can be directly attributed to a potassium deficiency . Potassium
is depleted by low blood sugar. On the other end of the scale, diabetes, which
involves reduced tolerance to sugar, indicates a lack of potassium. Both
conditions can be helped with a potassium supplement. Angstrom Potassium
supplement is the smallest and cell ready potassium.

"Potassium stimulates nerve impulses for muscle contractions and assists in the
conversion of glucose to glycogen. Mental stress, excessive sweating, alcohol,
coffee, and a high intake of salt and sugar deplete potassium. The most proven
combination for energy is magnesium-potassium aspartate, which reduces fatigue,
increases stamina and delays the onset of metabolic exhaustion." 22

Potassium is also indicated to help counteract tumor growth. Research shows that
by controlling the salt and water content at the cellular level, cellular
function, energy production, and overall biological integrity can be restored or
improved. Low sodium, high potassium environments can restore damaged cell
proteins, in part, to their normal undamaged configuration. Potassium also
supports the adrenal glands. These glands are often severely impaired from a
protracted period of functioning in a continual state of stress response (adrenal
burnout). "Potassium is essential to the efficient processing of foods in the
body; without it they cannot be broken down into the proper compounds." 23
Potassium is important to everyone as long as it is supplied in biochemical or
supplement form.

18. Matthew Hoffman, William LeGro and the Editors of Prevention Magazine
Health Books, Disease Free, How to Prevent, Treat and Cure More Than 150 Illnesses
and Conditions (Rodale Press, 1993) page 283.

19. Robert Garrison, Jr., M.A., R.Ph. & Elizabeth Somer, M.A., R.D., The
Nutrition Desk Reference, (Keats Publishing, 1995) page 169.

20. Edited by Josehp E. Pizzorno, Jr. and Michael T. Murray, Textbook of

Natural Medicine, Second Edition, Volume 2, (Churchill Livingstone, 1999) page
1121.

21. Louise Tenney, M.H., Health Handbook, (Woodland Books, 1987) page 295.

22. James R. Privitera, M.D. and Alan Stang, M.A., Silent Clots Life's Biggest
Killers, (The Catacombs Press, 1996) pages 104 - 105.

23. Patricia Skinner, Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine,

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