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While true, this is overblown. RDA for potassium intake is 3500-5000mg daily for an adult male. Most people do not get close to this amount. Potassium supplemen
by Nemi 2y ago
While true, this is overblown. RDA for potassium intake is 3500-5000mg daily for an adult male. Most people do not get close to this amount. Potassium supplements are 99mg per pill. You have to take a lot of pills to reach that level. Getting too much potassium by eating potassium-rich foods would be difficult without an underlying kidney disorder.
Having said that, don’t be a dumb-a* and take too much of a good thing.
- davidanekstein 2y agoIt depends on how you take it. If you chug almost liter of coconut water (like I did) you can get palpitations (like I did). That has >500mg potassium in a form more bioavailable than say a banana or butternut squash. Also the RDA is not something you should have all at once. That’s a sure way to disrupt your heart.
- sfn42 2y agoI've experienced palpitations after having Indian food, could coconut milk cause that?
- manmal 2y agoA medium sized potato has that amount, I doubt it’d be the coconut milk to blame. Also, coconut water != coconut milk
- pkaye 2y agoIts common after eating certain kinds of foods. https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/22416-heart-palpitations-after-eating https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/22416-heart-p...
- kmoser 2y agoA liter of coconut water also contains quite a bit of sugar, which might have contributed to your palpitations.