My n***a... you said no sodium first and then you talk about a Na/ Ka balance?
This thread is confusing af.
It is a confusing topic when the mainstream media advice is shouting loud to avoid sodium and you see it occasionally as "debloating/hollow cheeks" looksmax advice on several sites.
The problem is when you have low Sodium, increased intake of Potassium might wreak havoc because your body would have to sacrifice another tissue for enzymas to produce sodium themselves and the potassium wouldnt get used at all which leaves them in the blood causing potentially hyperkalemia, drop heartbeat rate and possibly Diabetes
2 g Sodium and 8g Potassium is good when you can handle it. Problem for most is that they get their Sodium mostly throught table salt / NaCl where the Chlorid might cause the most anecdotal problems and not the sodium.
There is also potassium salt but yet again a chloride. If you take it so precise with diet that you care about Na/K ratio, then you should care about something like this too
as for benefits of higher potassium intake is hard to say. Definitely not compareable to eating 2 choclate bars in mental difference. If it might give you a point to work with; most gymcels tend to drink isotonic drinks which are electrolytic, mostly containing atleast magnesium, sodium and potassium.
I do not know the mechanism but it somehow destresses the muscles, preventing possible injuries and soreness. I guess because your body takes better use of the water you consume instead making you piss it all out again.
Also, Potassium levels in body highly correlated in height which makes sense because; uhm - ok let us say that deficient rats had significantly lower IGF1 and GH levels
I recently just got into dieting so I am merely beginner and even if I had knowledge I would have still let you known that you shouldnt blindly trust my advice
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