What are the four things you shouldn’t do when supplementing potassium?

Potassium is an essential nutrient for the human body. If the human body is deficient in potassium, it will have difficulty breathing. The mind will also become apathetic, drowsy, listless, and unconscious. Some people will also experience nausea, vomiting, and a bloated feeling in the abdomen, which will affect human health. Therefore, the human body must pay attention to proper potassium supplementation every day. There are some issues to pay attention to when supplementing potassium. What are the four things not to do with potassium supplementation? Let’s take a look at it next.

1. What are the four things not to do when supplementing potassium?

1. "Supplement potassium when urine volume is above 40ml/d or 500ml/d"

2. The amount of potassium supplementation depends on the serum potassium level. For those who are just fasting, generally 2 to 3 grams of potassium chloride per day is enough for physiological needs. For those with severe potassium deficiency (serum potassium more than 2 < 2mmol/L), the total amount of potassium chloride supplemented per day should not exceed 6 to 8g, but there are exceptions to special circumstances such as severe diarrhea and acute renal failure in the polyuria stage.

3. Potassium supplement concentration: should not exceed 40mmol/L (potassium chloride 3g/l); it should be diluted and then administered by intravenous drip. Direct intravenous injection is prohibited to avoid a sudden increase in blood potassium, which may lead to cardiac arrest.

4. Potassium supplementation rate: should not exceed 20-40mmol/h. The intravenous infusion rate for adults should not exceed 60 drops/min.

2. What to eat to supplement potassium

Potassium is an indispensable macroelement in the human body. A normal adult contains about 150 grams of potassium, which is distributed outside and inside cells to maintain the normal function of nerves and muscles. Once the human body lacks potassium, normal movement will be affected.

There are not many foods rich in potassium, so you should be careful when choosing foods. Seaweed foods generally contain more potassium. For example, 100 grams of seaweed contains 1,640 mg of potassium, which is 17.5 times the amount of sodium; the potassium content in kelp is 2.2 times that of sodium; and the potassium content in seaweed is 3.1 times that of sodium. Therefore, seaweed soup, seaweed steamed fish, seaweed meatballs, mixed kelp shreds, kelp stewed meat, etc. should be the top-notch summer dishes. In addition, spinach, amaranth, coriander, rapeseed, cabbage, celery, onion, green onion, lettuce, potatoes, yam, fresh peas, edamame, soybeans and their products also contain high levels of potassium; among grains, buckwheat noodles and sweet potatoes have higher potassium content; among fruits, bananas are the richest in potassium.

3. Benefits of drinking more tea in summer

Drinking more tea in summer is also very beneficial. Tea is rich in potassium, which accounts for about 1.1%-2.3% of the weight of tea. Drinking more tea can not only relieve heat, but also replenish potassium, killing two birds with one stone.