Tue, Oct-09-12, 12:36
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Potassium is important, but too much and it can disrupt your heart beat. Probably something well over 4-5gm a day though.
That's why those potassium pills are so big yet have so little potassium in them. I guess they didn't want people to think "If a little is good, then a lot must be great!" and kill themselves. You'd have to take about 50 of those pills to meet the RDA.
There are always people out there looking to be nominated for the Darwin award. 
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Orally, potassium chloride is toxic in excess; the LD50 is around 2.5 g/kg (meaning that a lethal dose for 50% of people weighing 75 kg (165 lb) is about 190 g (6.7 ounces)). Intravenously, this is reduced to just over 30 mg/kg,[13] but of more concern are its severe effects on the cardiac muscles: high doses can cause cardiac arrest and rapid death, thus the aforementioned use as the third and final drug delivered in the lethal injection process.
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This goes for all potassium but probably different doses. Just... don't be stupid and you'll be fine. |