About Potassium and Sodium in Daily Diet for Better Health
by D. Wong
www QiGongunderGod.com
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Having balanced nutrition for potassium intake and sodium intake is helpful for overall good health.
The following guidance is especially helpful for reducing Acne, Eczema, and Psoriasis skin issues. This guidance is not well known and is a recommendation from the Medicine Buddha. The Medicine Buddha is a part of the Buddha God which provides healing methods for physical health and mental well-being.
A recommended good daily balance in the daily diet is a ratio of 1.0 gram of potassium for each 2.0 grams of sodium intake. The Medicine Buddha recommends a potassium to sodium ratio in the daily diet of about 0.5.
Example: 3.0 grams of sodium in one day of foods and drinks can be complemented by having 1.5g of potassium in foods and drinks.
Many people have a lower potassium to sodium ratio in their diet and would find it beneficial to adjust food and drink intake to have a daily ratio of potassium to sodium to be close to 0.5.
If the potassium to sodium ratio is below 0.4 for a person’s daily diet, this lower ratio is not as healthy. This person might feel noticeably better if this ratio is about 0.5.
The potassium to sodium ratio that is better for health is also not higher than about 0.6. A potassium to sodium ratio of 0.6 is about the highest ratio that is usually recommended.
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For most people, a ratio of 0.5 is about ideal and 0.6 is not quite as great.​
Maintaining this potassium-to-sodium ratio reduces Acne and Eczema and Psoriasis skin conditions and reduces some skin rashes caused by food sensitivities.
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The Buddha school recommends that a ratio of potassium to sodium in the daily diet in the range of 0.45 to 0.55 will noticeably reduce acne breakouts for younger people.
Also, the Buddha school recommends that a ratio in the range of 0.45 to 0.55 will help greatly reduce eczema and psoriasis skin conditions.
This ratio range 0.45 to 0.55 also helps to reduce the severity of skin rashes caused by food sensitivities.
Potassium in Foods
Below are some example foods that are higher in potassium:
Banana
Pear
Apple
Orange
Watermelon
Papaya
Mango
Potato
Sweet Potato
Yam
Milk
Banana is somewhat higher in potassium than orange or apple or pear or watermelon, but all the above fruits are good sources of potassium.
Orange juice also has a high amount of potassium per cup.
The Web has sources of nutritional information. Here is a Web link to USA government info about potassium amounts in foods:
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About Low Sodium Intake Level
Some people have a doctor or dietitian prescription to eat a low sodium diet that has much less than the sodium intake of other people. If you have a diet recommended by a doctor or dietician, please follow that recommended diet and discuss with the medical professional about if it is possible or helpful to adjust your recommended diet for this potassium to sodium ratio.
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It is recommended to take potassium supplement pills ONLY if such pills are prescribed by a doctor or dietitian. Then take these pills in the doses as prescribed.
It is otherwise best to receive potassium gradually from your foods and drinks over the day.
Too much potassium by eating too many supplement pills at one time is NOT good for health.
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More Info about the Potassium to Sodium Ratio Range
Very good is the potassium to sodium ratio in the range between 0.45 to 0.55.
Good for health and nearly as good as 0.45 to 0.55 is the range between 0.4 to 0.44 and the range between 0.56 to 0.6.
Not as good for health are the ranges of 0.3 to 0.39 and 0.61 to 0.75.
Not so good for health and noticeably not comfortable are ratios between 0.25 to 0.29 or
0.76 to 0.9.
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It is possible but uncommon for a person's diet to have more extreme ratios (e.g. 0.2 or 1.0). These ratios do not feel good for health either.
The above potassium to sodium ratio information is from guidance from the Medicine Buddha.
A small percentage of other authors may have stated that diets with potassium to sodium ratios over 1.0 (i.e. more potassium than sodium) are healthy or good, but God guidance does not agree with their statements.
The body stores weeks of both potassium and sodium, so daily intake of potassium and sodium can vary somewhat if the potassium to sodium ratio over the previous 10 days is in the good range (0.4 to 0.6).
If the potassium to sodium ratio over the previous 10 days for a person is 0.3 or below, then one day with low ratio (e.g. 0.25) or a meal with more salt can make the person feel noticeably worse.
If the potassium to sodium ratio over the previous 10 days for a person is 0.8 or above, then one day with high ratio (e.g. 1.0) or a meal with high potassium can make the person feel noticeably worse.
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