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> if you have enough coconuts you just drink the coconut water until rescued Coconut water has high levels of potassium, and in excess, has been noted in case
by verbify 2y ago
> if you have enough coconuts you just drink the coconut water until rescued
Coconut water has high levels of potassium, and in excess, has been noted in case reports to cause severe hyperkalemia. This link has more information:
> A 42-year-old black man without any medical history presented to our hospital after a syncopal episode. He was playing tennis outdoors all day in temperatures in excess of 90° Fahrenheit. He reported drinking a total of eight 11-ounce bottles of coconut water throughout the day. He experienced the sudden onset of lightheadedness and was witnessed to have lost consciousness
https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCEP.113.000941 https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCEP.113.000941