> 68% of US people are Mg deficient, 3% are K deficient My comment said that "only 3% of people in the U.S. consume adequate levels of potassium in their diet

> 68% of US people are Mg deficient, 3% are K deficient My comment said that "only 3% of people in the U.S. consume adequate levels of potassium in their diet according to the most recent NHANES survey", which means that 97% of U.S. people (100% - 3%) have diets that are deficient in potassium (K). > And considering how many are hypertensive Excess sodium and insufficient potassium in the diet contribute to hypertension, not the other way around.[1][2] In contrast to potassium, 89% of U.S. adults and 90% of U.S. children exceeded maximum recommended sodium intake levels in the 2009–2012 NHANES survey.[3] With almost everyone in the U.S. consuming too much sodium and too little potassium, the high prevalence of hypertension (29% of U.S. adults as of 2011–2012) is not surprising![3] [1] http://cardiacos.net/wp-content/uploads/ArticulosMedicos/2007/2007-Sodium-and-Potassium-in-the-Pathogenesis.pdf http://cardiacos.net/wp-content/uploads/ArticulosMedicos/200... (PDF) [2] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4224208/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4224208/ [3] https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6452a1.htm https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6452a1.htm