How to Get Enough Potassium on the Carnivore Diet
Are you wondering how to get enough potassium on a carnivore diet? Find out if there’s enough potassium in meat to keep you healthy.
0:00 Introduction: What is potassium, and how does it work?
1:15 Symptoms of low potassium vs. high potassium
1:53 What causes high potassium levels?
3:24 Potassium sources
4:25 How to get enough potassium on a carnivore diet
5:12 Discover the benefits of consuming beef!
In this video, we’re going to talk about potassium on the carnivore diet. You need 4700 mg of potassium each day, more than any other mineral.
Potassium is important for the sodium-potassium pump present in all of your cells, which allows the contraction and relaxation of your nerves.
Too much potassium is known as hyperkalemia, and too little is known as hypokalemia. Symptoms of high potassium include diarrhea, muscle pain, and muscle numbness. Symptoms of low potassium include constipation, muscle cramps, and fatigue.
Potassium is vital for exercise performance. If you don’t have enough, you’ll probably feel weak or tired. One of the causes of low potassium is low magnesium.
Kidney disease can cause high potassium. If the kidney is not functioning properly, it won’t be able to get rid of potassium. It’s very rare to develop too much potassium in the blood from dietary intake.
Blood pressure medications or side effects of an adrenal condition known as Addison's can also cause high potassium.
Diuretics and steroids can cause low potassium. Surgeries and injuries can also cause low potassium.
The following vegetables are some of the best sources of potassium:
•1 cup of beet leaves 1300 mg
•1 cup of Swiss chard 900 mg
•1 cup spinach 840 mg
•1 avocado 500-700 mg
•1 cup of beets 520 mg
•1 cup of salad 350-500 mg
Bananas contain around 300 mg of potassium but have too much sugar.
Here are some of the best sources of potassium on the carnivore diet:
•1 cup of bone broth 500 mg
•3 ½ oz beef 350 mg
•3 ½ oz octopus 650 mg
•3 oz salmon 300 mg
•1 large egg 63 mg
•3 oz beef liver 125 mg
•3 oz chicken 300 mg
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Thanks for watching! I hope this explains how to get enough potassium on a carnivore diet. I’ll see you in the next video.
00:00 🧪 Potassium is a crucial mineral needed for the sodium-potassium pump in cells, aiding nerve function and fluid balance.
01:33 🤔 Symptoms of high potassium include diarrhea, while low potassium may lead to constipation, muscle cramps, and fatigue.
02:41 🌡 High potassium levels are typically associated with kidney disease; dietary sources and supplements rarely cause excessive potassium.
03:34 🥦 Potassium is not exclusive to plants; carnivore diet options like bone broth, beef, octopus, salmon, eggs, liver, and chicken can provide significant potassium.
05:10 📺 Check out Dr. Berg’s video on the benefits of consuming beef for more insights on the carnivore diet.
I do the carnivore diet. I love it. Thanks for this video! I’ve been eating this way for almost a year! I must get enough potassium! I eat tons of red meat and eggs!
What are the benifits??? I’m thinking of starting a carnivore diet
@@harshjaiswal1634 ….basically the main reason to start Carnivore is to cut out the harmful Carbohydrates – but carnivore has many other great benefits – meat has basically everything you need for the body and always gets fully digested unlike eating a plant based diet.
@@blaze1148Facts!
Eating meat and eggs provides your body all the necessary nutrients without giving the body inflammation. Also allows your body to sort out metabolic issues like insulin resistance. Try it out and see how your body responds.@@harshjaiswal1634
@@harshjaiswal1634 Dr Anthony Chaffee explains the diet very well. List of benefits has been too numerous for me to say here.
Plz do more shows about chemotherapy & alternatives dr..
Thx
Finally someone mentions the importance of Salt and Potassium!! 1tsp of salt 1 tsp potassium per 1L of water!
Idnk why all these other carnivore diet Doctors never mention Salt and Potassium importance. Thank you Dr.Berg!!!
Dr. Ken Berry does on his YouTube channel
Meat is loaded with potassium. People are more likely to be potassium deficient on a regular diet.
@@sanekabc 3400 MG is recommended daily dose of potassium.
@@bodegabuds1724that’s the RDA, but we should shoot for about 4500mg daily between food and supplements
@@bodegabuds1724 Meat has like 400mg and fish has like 600mg potassium per 100g. On a carnivore diet, you can even get 4700mg potassium from less than 1 kg meat+fish combined. Also milk is very high in potassium (2 glasses ~ 700mg potassium).
Finally, a video about the proper* human diet
Remember you don’t NEED as much potassium in the context of a low/zero carb diet!
4700 mg of potassium? Wow! I thought I was getting enough between my supplement (450 mg) and a good diet. The RDA for men is 3400 I just found out. So 4700 sounds like a challenge to supplement more and ensure my diet is as nutrient dense as possible. Thank you for this informative video!
it is too much nobody is a cow to eat this amount
Meat has like 400mg and fish has like 600mg potassium per 100g. On a carnivore diet, you can get 4700mg potassium from less than 1 kg meat+fish combined. Also milk is very high in potassium (2 glasses ~ 700mg potassium).
People really eat 2lbs of meat in a day? Grass feed burger is never cheaper than 6.5 dollars per one pound.
Super sir for confusion about potassium
Love my salads, veggies and leafy greens and meats seasoned with spices and herbs like thyme, oregano or rosemary. Great content and beautiful thumbnail picture. Thanks, Dr Berg 💕
Dr Berg notes:
You need 4700 mg of potassium each day, more than any other mineral.
Potassium is important for the sodium-potassium pump present in all of your cells, which allows the contraction and relaxation of your nerves.
Too much potassium is known as hyperkalemia, and too little is known as hypokalemia. Symptoms of high potassium include diarrhea, muscle pain, and muscle numbness. Symptoms of low potassium include constipation, muscle cramps, and fatigue.
Potassium is vital for exercise performance. If you don’t have enough, you’ll probably feel weak or tired. One of the causes of low potassium is low magnesium.
Kidney disease can cause high potassium. If the kidney is not functioning properly, it won’t be able to get rid of potassium. It’s very rare to develop too much potassium in the blood from dietary intake.
Blood pressure medications or side effects of an adrenal condition known as Addison’s can also cause high potassium.
Diuretics and steroids can cause low potassium. Surgeries and injuries can also cause low potassium.
The following vegetables are some of the best sources of potassium:
•1 cup of beet leaves 1300 mg
•1 cup of Swiss chard 900 mg
•1 cup spinach 840 mg
•1 avocado 500-700 mg
•1 cup of beets 520 mg
•1 cup of salad 350-500 mg
Bananas contain around 300 mg of potassium but have too much sugar.
Here are some of the best sources of potassium on the carnivore diet:
•1 cup of bone broth 500 mg
•3 ½ oz beef 350 mg
•3 ½ oz octopus 650 mg
•3 oz salmon 300 mg
•1 large egg 63 mg
•3 oz beef liver 125 mg
•3 oz chicken 300 mg
Thank you Dr Berg! 😺👍
In addition to meat, dairy is a very good source of potassium. Two glasses of milk gives around 700mg potassium
You’re a good Doctor ! we can undestand you with our little knowledge in English 😅. Tanks very much
I eat high potassium foods but every other day, before I go to the gym, I put a teaspoon of cream of tartar along with about a half a teaspoon of salt in a cup of water and drink that down with a magnesium supplement before working out. No more than that. Seems to work really well for a fasted workout lasting between 1 1/2 to 2 hours
I started my Dr. Berg addiction when I realized he echoed what my grandma (born 1901) instilled in me waaaay back during Hippie times. Beet greens and liver ‘n onions 3 times a week! And, she told me how to easily grow beet greens from store beets. Miss her😢
Thanks for sharing your story here. Wishing you good health!
What other benefits did your grandma mention regarding “Beet greens and liver ‘n onions 3 times a week!”?
I say. This gentleman possesses the ability to distill internet ideas of the common man and internet bro-scientist into a format we have ALL grown to appreciate! 🥰
Yes oo! Now I know more about Potassium. Knowledge is power. Thank you doctor 😘
*”Compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world; he who understands it, earns it, he who doesn’t pays it.”* ..just found this!❤️
Thank you, Dr. Berg!
Thanks a lot, Dr Berg. This topic is often neglected in the carnivore community.