Why Does Potassium Work for Hypertension? High Potassium Foods for High Blood Pressure – Dr.Berg
Why Does Potassium Work for Hypertension? High Potassium Foods for High Blood Pressure – Dr.Berg
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High Potassium Foods: • Top 7 Foods Rich In Potassium – Dr. Berg
Timestamps: 0:00 Potassium for hypertension 0:13 What you need to know about potassium 2:08 Sodium and potassium 2:27 What potassium does 2:50 What to do for hypertension 3:03 Another cause of high blood pressure 3:15 Potassium and strokes
Today we’re going to talk about why potassium may help lower blood pressure. Only about 2% of Americans get enough potassium. We need about 4700mg of potassium a day to achieve the RDAs for potassium.
Bananas only have about 300mg of potassium, and they also have a lot of sugar. Leafy greens and other vegetables may be much better sources of potassium. But people are not getting the amount of vegetables they need. We need 7-10 cups of leafy greens (like a salad) every day. If you’re eating more dense vegetables (like broccoli), or you have a dense chopped salad, you will need less. You can also get potassium from fish, certain meats, nuts, and avocados.
Refined carbs and sugar can deplete potassium, as well as stress, and diuretics.
90% of American’s are consuming too much of the opposing mineral, which is sodium. Too much sodium and not enough potassium can create a situation where the blood pressure is going to keep rising higher and higher.
How potassium can help with hypertension: 1. It acts as a diuretic 2. It dilates the smooth muscle in the arteries 3. It keeps the vascular system from being stiff
It may be beneficial to consume more foods high in potassium or take potassium as a supplement or in an electrolyte powder.
Another cause of hypertension is a vitamin D3 deficiency. You may want to get more vitamin D3 along with potassium
Potassium may also help reduce the risk of stroke because it directly affects the consistency of the blood. It reduces clotting.
Potassium may help reduce hypertension, as well as reduce the risk of stroke.
Dr. Eric Berg DC Bio: Dr. Berg, age 58, is a chiropractor who specializes in Healthy Ketosis \u0026 Intermittent Fasting. He is the author of the best-selling book The Healthy Keto Plan, and is the Director of Dr. Berg’s Nutritionals. He no longer practices, but focuses on health education through social media.
Disclaimer: Dr. Eric Berg received his Doctor of Chiropractic degree from Palmer College of Chiropractic in 1988. His use of “doctor” or “Dr.” in relation to himself solely refers to that degree. Dr. Berg is a licensed chiropractor in Virginia, California, and Louisiana, but he no longer practices chiropractic in any state and does not see patients so he can focus on educating people as a full time activity, yet he maintains an active license. This video is for general informational purposes only. It should not be used to self-diagnose and it is not a substitute for a medical exam, cure, treatment, diagnosis, and prescription or recommendation. It does not create a doctor-patient relationship between Dr. Berg and you. You should not make any change in your health regimen or diet before first consulting a physician and obtaining a medical exam, diagnosis, and recommendation. Always seek the advice of a physician or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.
Thanks for watching! If you have hypertension, you may want to consider adding some more potassium to your diet.
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0 -> so in a few of my videos I talk about
the relationship between potassium and
4.29 -> blood pressure but I had someone
recently asked why does potassium help
9 -> lower blood pressure and that's what
this video is about just some quick
13.62 -> background information only 2% of the
population and I'm talking about
18.93 -> Americans get enough potassium 2% that
means
24.17 -> 98% of Americans are deficient they're
just not getting enough most of them
32.009 -> don't know that they need a lot they
need about 4700 milligrams a day to
37.079 -> achieve the RDAs for potassium and I'm
not talking about bananas because
41.52 -> bananas only have about 300 milligrams
so you'd have to consume a lot of of bananas
46.559 -> to achieve this and then the problem
with that is all the sugar that comes
50.19 -> along with it but mostly you're going to
get your potassium from leafy greens
53.64 -> certain vegetables the problem with that
is an average American only consumes one
59.219 -> and a half cups of veggies per day when
they actually need about 7 to 10 cups
65.46 -> but realize when I'm talking about 7 to
10 cups I'm talking about like loose
69.6 -> lettuce I'm not talking about
concentrated like broccoli for example
75.509 -> or cauliflower this would be for leafy
greens so if you're gonna do something
80.64 -> more dense maybe you do four cups
something like that and also if you chop
86.97 -> this up and cut this down this is gonna
come down a lot less because you're
91.02 -> actually making it more dense but the
point is that the more vegetables that
94.5 -> you eat the closer you're gonna get to
this amount you can also get potassium
99.21 -> from fish and some meats and nuts and it
definitely avocados that's a really good
105.72 -> source most people just don't get enough
potassium from their diet also when you
110.64 -> consume refined carbohydrates both in
grain carbohydrates and sugars you'll
117.03 -> deplete your potassium even more when
you're under stress you deplete your
120.99 -> potassium when you take a diuretic you
deplete your potassium there's many
125.67 -> different ways that people end up being
deficient in potassium if we take a look
129.119 -> at sodium the opposing mineral 90
percent of Americans
133.47 -> are consuming too much of
sodium so we're really heavy on the
138.45 -> sodium very light on the potassium and
what this creates is a situation where
144.3 -> your blood pressure is going to start
going higher and higher and higher
147.17 -> potassium in general has a diuretic
effect it's going to get rid of fluid
152.55 -> potassium causes the smooth muscle in
your arteries to dilate it's a
158.19 -> vasodilator thus lowering the blood
pressure also potassium keeps the
163.71 -> vascular system from being stiff because
if your arteries are stiff that alone
167.67 -> can cause hypertension either increase
the foods that are high in potassium
172.26 -> which I'll put some links down below on
that or take potassium as a supplement
177.51 -> or an electrolyte powder and you're
gonna find that your blood pressure is
181.41 -> gonna start coming down now the other
cause of hypertension is low vitamin d3
187.1 -> so if you take vitamin d3 and potassium
or get it from the food you will find
193.38 -> that your blood pressure should be
coming down the other thing I'm going to
196.38 -> mention about potassium is it also
lowers the risk of getting a stroke and
201.84 -> the way that that occurs is that
potassium directly affects the
206.13 -> consistency of blood it reduces clotting
as in blood clots potassium can kill two
212.43 -> birds with one stone of course that's
not the best analogy but it can actually
216.51 -> help reduce hypertension and decrease
the risk for a stroke
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