SYL,
After reading this article I've been trying to eat more potassium and eat less sodium, but cutting the sodium has been extreemly difficult as it's already in most foods that I eat.
I entered what I ate into fiday for a couple of weeks and I was consuming 2000-3000 mg of sodium and 2250-3000 mg of potassium each day.
1) What is the max recommended for sodium intake? Is there a minumum needed for the body?
2) Given that the ratio in the body should be 1:5 should I consume more potassium on those days where I consume more sodium? Or should I only limit the potassium to a certain amount?
3) With regards to the Yanomami indians, what was their major sources of potassium? What was their intake of sodium?
4) Is there a way to estimate the amount of sodium and potassium currently in my body?
Thanks,
Mike
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