The topic I want to discuss today is potassium and it brought to
mind a conversation with my daughter during her second week of
kindergarten. Maybe you have to be a dietitian for potassium to
remind you of a quote from your child, but I will explain. The
scenario: My daughter comes home from school and says, “I don’t
want to go back; my teacher is mean.” Me: “Why do you think your
teacher is mean?” Genny: “She is always telling us to be quiet."
Me: “Are you talking during class?” Me: “Then she is not talking
to you, honey, and she has to get the kids to be quiet so you
can learn." Genny: “But she can’t hear me being quiet." I
thought yes, indeed, the good sometimes get overlooked in our
world and as I began thinking about potassium and sodium, I saw
a similar trend. We hear so much about sodium and how it is bad
and what foods it is in, that we forget about potassium.
Potassium is plentiful in fruits and vegetables and has been
shown to blunt the effect of sodium and help to lower blood
pressure. Yet we hear