Potassium 99

The cardioprotective effect of potassium with diet was initially theorised on the basis of low rates of cardiovascular diseases observed in rural populations that consume primitive (Paleolithic) and vegetarian diets in industrialised countries. In fact, scarcely processed fresh vegetables are particularly rich in potassium.

Perhaps not everybody is aware that as the elimination of potassium increases, there is a loss of magnesium.

In uncontaminated areas of the world, where the intake of fruit and vegetable is privileged, arterial hypertension only affects 1% of the population, while in industrialised countries, where processed foods are consumed, trans fatty acids, salt and scarce intake of fibre, potassium and magnesium, about one third of the population suffers from arterial hypertension.