> There are less difficult ways of obtaining > potassium, especially in America where there are a > range of "No Salt" products, most of which simply > replace sea salt with potassium chloride. Fruit and > vegetables grown in strict organic rotation on > properly maintained soil will probably contain > significant quantities of potassium, though it is very > difficult to check precisely. Although I have the > necessary knowledge required to test for potassium in > a range of different substances, I lack the laboratory > equipment needed to do so consistently. > On a closing note, try not to believe the > advertising garbage that keeps telling you the banana > has the highest level of potassium known to man, > because it is a lie. If grown side by side on suitable > soils, the humble jacket potato has more than four > times as much potassium as the banana, weight for > weight. This might bring a wry smile to the face of > many an Irishman, whose ancestors were forced to live > on a 'poor' diet of potatoes in Ireland more than a > century ago. The reality is that those potatoes, so > very high in potassium, gave the Irish the huge > strength and endurance they needed to build bridges > and lay railroads half way round the world. Looking > back briefly on the Yanomami Indians, it is not hard > to see why. > The author is an independent investigator working > alone, and receiving only an inadequate disability > pension. If you feel that this report has helped you > in any way, or if you would simply like to contribute > towards future research costs, please do so by > clicking one of the buttons below and making a > donation. Thank youScroll down page for Senate quotes > and further referencesVerbatim Unabridged extracts > from the 74th Congress 2nd Session, Senate Document > #264, 1936 > : > "Our physical well-being is more directly dependent > upon minerals we take into our systems than upon > calories or vitamins, or upon precise proportions of > starch, protein or carbohydrates we consume." > > "Do you know that most of us today are suffering from > certain dangerous diet deficiencies which cannot be > remedied until depleted soils from which our food > comes are brought into proper mineral balance?" > > > "The alarming fact is that foods (fruits, vegetables > and grains) now being raised on millions of acres of > land that no longer contain enough of certain minerals > are starving us - no matter how much of them we eat. > No man of today can eat enough fruits and vegetables > to supply his system with the minerals he requires for > perfect health because his stomach isn't big enough to > hold them." > > "The truth is that our foods vary enormously in value, > and some of them aren't worth eating as food...Our > physical well-being is more directly dependent upon > the minerals we take into our systems than upon > calories or vitamins or upon the precise proportions > of starch, protein or carbohydrates we consume." > > "This talk about minerals is novel and quite > startling. In fact, a realization of the importance of > minerals in food is so new that the textbooks on > nutritional dietetics contain very little about it. > Nevertheless, it is something that concerns all of us, > and the further we delve into it the more startling it > becomes." > > "You'd think, wouldn't you, that a carrot is a carrot > - that one is about as good as another as far as > nourishment is concerned? But it isn't; one carrot may > look and taste like another and yet be lacking in the > particular mineral element which our system requires > and which carrots are supposed to contain." > > "Laboratory test prove that the fruits, the > vegetables, the grains, the eggs, and even the milk > and the meats of today are not what they were a few > generations ago (which doubtless explains why our > forefathers thrived on a selection of foods that would > starve us!)" > > "No man today can eat enough fruits and vegetables to > supply his stomach with the mineral salts he requires > for perfect health, because his stomach isn't big > enough to hold them! And we are turning into big > stomachs." > > "No longer does a balanced and fully nourishing diet > consist merely of so many calories or certain vitamins > or fixed proportion of starches, proteins and > carbohydrates. We know that our diets must contain in > addition something like a score of minerals salts." > > "It is bad news to learn from our leading authorities > that 99% of the American people are deficient in these > minerals, and that a marked deficiency in any one of > the more important minerals actually results in > disease. Any upset of the balance, any considerable > lack or one or another element, however microscopic > the body requirement may be, and we sicken, suffer, > shorten our lives." > > "We know that vitamins are complex chemical substances > which are indispensable to nutrition, and that each of > them is of importance for normal function of some > special structure in the body. Disorder and disease > result from any vitamin deficiency. It is not commonly > realized, however, that vitamins control the body's > appropriation of minerals, and in the absence of > minerals they have no function to perform. Lacking > vitamins, the system can make some use of minerals, > but lacking minerals, vitamins are useless." > > "Certainly our physical well-being is more directly > dependent upon the minerals we take into our systems > than upon calories of vitamins or upon the precise > proportions of starch, protein of carbohydrates we > consume." "This discovery is one of the latest and > most important contributions of science to the problem > of human health." > > Further References > > Bryant, J.M. Proc. Soc. Exp. Biol. Med. 67, 557, 1948 > > Burnett RB Yeap BB Chatterton BE Gaffney RD 1996 > Chronic fatigue syndrome: is total body potassium > important? Med. J. Aust. 164; 384. > > Dall JLC Paulose S & Ferguson JA 1971 Potassium intake > of elderly patients in hospital. Gerontol. Clinic 13; > 114 > > Davis, Adelle. (1965) 'Let's get well'. Unwin > Paperbacks. > > del Castillo, E. B., et al., Medicine 6, 471, 1945 > > Egeli, E.S. et al., Am. Heart J. 59, 527, 1960 > > Grim ce et al 1970 On the higher blood pressure of > blacks: A study of sodium and potassium intake and > excretion in a bi-racial community. Clinical Research > 18; 593 > > Keith, N.M., et al., Am. Heart j. 5, 80, 85, 1943 > > Keith, N.M., et al., Proc. Staff Meet. Mayo Clin. 21, > 385, 1946 > > Mancilha-Carvalho, Jairo de Jesus and Silva, Nelson > Albuquerque de Souza e. The Yanomami indians in the > INTERSALT study. Arq. Bras. Cardiol., Mar. 2003, > vol.80, no.3, p.295-300. ISSN 0066-782X. > > > Oliver WJ Cohen EL Neel JV 1975 Blood pressure, sodium > intake, and sodium related hormones in the Yanomamo > Indians "no salt culture". Circulation 52;146151. > > Scott LV Dinan TG 1999 Small adrenal glands in chronic > fatigue syndrome: a preliminary computer tomograph > study psychoneuroendocrinology 24; 759-768. > > Sharpey-Scafter, E. P., Brit. Heart J. 5, 80, 85, 1943 > > United States Senate, Document No. 264, 74th Congress > 2nd Session, 1936 > > Weber CE 1974 Potassium in the etiology of rheumatoid > arthritis and heart infarction. Journal of Applied
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