Fri, Jul-08-05, 06:32
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Faux-foods=Doh!Foods
Posts: 3,254
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Plan: Low Carb
Stats: 216/180/154
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Progress: 58%
Location: Melbourne, Australia
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Originally Posted by cs_carver
What I'm not seeing in this thread is the direct connection between the diet itself and the potassium depletion. In the minimal information in the diet's website, vegetables are listed. Most vegetables contain potassium; that's where we get it. When we're low on almost anything, our bodies become super efficient at taking in what they need from what we eat. So what was the patient doing / eating / whatever to so seriously delete potassium, and then ignore the warning symptoms, that the stroke followed?
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Well I wont pretend to be an expert - I actually know very little about potassium depletion and wouldn't know symptoms if they hit me in the head. I've never been informed and have never done the research. Having said that, a few years ago at my 21st a friend of mine collapsed and had to be taken to the hospital. Turns out he was extremely low on potassium. He isn't a junkfood junkie and doesn't have an eating disorder .. turns out he was simply eating the wrong balance of foods.
Who knows, maybe some people are more prone than others?
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