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So in a few of my videos , I talk about the relationship between potassium and blood pressure .
But I had someone recently ask why does potassium help lower blood pressure ?
And that's what this video is about .
Just some quick background information .
Only 2% of the population , and I'm talking about Americans , get enough potassium .
2% .
That means 98% of Americans are deficient .
They're just not getting enough .
Most of them don't know that they need a lot .
They need about 47 100 milligrams a day to achieve the RDAs for potassium .
I'm not talking about bananas , because bananas only have about 300 milligrams .
So you'd have to consume a lot of bananas to achieve this , and then the problem with that is all the sugar that comes along with it .
But mostly you're gonna get your potassium from leafy greens , certain vegetables .
The problem with that is an average American only consumes 1 and a half cups of veggies per day when they actually need about 7 to 10 cups .
But realize when I'm talking about 7 to 10 cups , I'm talking about like loose lettuce .
I'm not talking about concentrated like broccoli for example or cauliflower .
This would be for leafy greens .
So if you're gonna do something more dense , maybe you do 4 4 cups , something like that .
And also if you chop this up and cut this down , this is gonna come down a lot less because you're actually making it more dense .
But the point is that the more vegetables that you eat , the closer you're gonna get to this amount .
You can also get potassium from , fish and some meats and nuts , and then definitely avocados .
That's a really good source .
Most people just don't get enough potassium from their diet .
Also , when you consume refined carbohydrates , both in grain carbohydrates and sugars , you'll deplete your potassium even more .
When you're under stress , you deplete your potassium .
When you take a diuretic , you deplete your potassium .
There's many different ways that people end up being deficient in potassium .
If we take a look at sodium , the opposing mineral , 90% of Americans are consuming too much of sodium .
So we're really heavy on the sodium , very light on the potassium .
And what this creates is a situation where your blood pressure is gonna start going higher and higher and higher .
Potassium in general has a diuretic effect .
It's going to get rid of fluid .
Potassium causes the smooth muscle in your arteries to dilate .
It's a vasodilator , thus lowering the blood pressure .
Also , potassium keeps the vascular system from being stiff , Because if your arteries are stiff , that alone can cause hypertension .
Either increase the foods that are high in potassium , which I'll put some links down below on that , Or take potassium as a supplement or an electrolyte powder , and you're gonna find that your blood pressure is gonna start coming down .
Now the other cause of hypertension is low vitamin d 3 .
So if you take vitamin d 3 and potassium or get it from the food , you will find that your blood pressure should be coming down .
The other thing I wanna mention about potassium is it also lowers the risk of getting a stroke .
And the way that that occurs is that potassium directly affects the consistency of blood .
It reduces clotting , as in blood clots .
Potassium can kill 2 birds with 1 stone .
Of course , that's not the best analogy , but it can actually help reduce hypertension and decrease the risk for a stroke .
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