Hi, Nenah! Potassium chloride can be purchased at most supermarkets at a price comparable to the one you mentioned for unencapsulated reagent-grade compound. It is called "Salt Substitute."
Morton Salt Company's Salt Substitute comes in a handy-sized dispenser of 88.6 grams = 88,600mg. This is 74 servings of 1/4tsp = 1200mg each, in which is 610mg of potassium. Potassium chloride of a purity level intended for use as a water softener can be bought at hardware stores in 50lb bags for around nine dollars. Best regards, Matthew ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nenah Sylver" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, March 07, 2004 4:00 PM Subject: CS>Potassium article, Part 1 - with a question for Richard > Richard and everyone, > Someone on another list forwarded this fabulous article about potassium. The > author, Joe Vialls, discusses symptoms of potassium depletion, exposes the myths > about potassium and sodium, and suggests remedies, based on his own health > problems. This is an extremely important article and cleared up a lot of > questions I've had over the years. Despite my own research, I never knew how > important a mineral potassium is for the proper functioning of the system. This > article really drives it home. > > It can be found on: > http://joevialls.altermedia.info/potassium.html > and is reproduced below after the text of this email. > > Joe chose to purchase one kilogramm of AR (Analytical Reagent) grade potassium > chloride salt from a chemical warehouse to meet his needs. It cost him $30.00 -- > which is MUCH cheaper than what he would pay for an equivalent amount of > potassium from the health food store. (Government agencies in all countries have > restricted access to large amounts of potassium in capsules, for politically > motivated reasons.) > > Now, my question, especially for Richard, is this: Before I go out and purchase > a kilogram of potassium chloride, based on your reading of the article, is the > chemistry sound? I value your opinion as an experienced chemist. > > Many thanks. > Nenah > > > > POTASSIUM DEFICIENCY SCAM KILLS AND MAIMS MILLIONS > > Deliberately restricting your potassium intake makes > > you very ill, and > > thus vulnerable to hundreds of highly profitable > > medical "cures" > > > > Copyright Joe Vialls, 30 January 2004 > > > > Large graphics, please be patient while page loads > > > > The title immediately suggests to the > > reader that a giant pharmaceutical atrocity has been > > inflicted on the poor natives of some far off > > third-world country, by a predictably greedy drug > > multinational, but this is simply not the case. By far > > the largest number of deaths and permanent crippling > > disabilities from potassium deficiency occur in > > America, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and several > > other western nations. > > How this horrific state of affairs came > > into being and was perpetuated thereafter, is a very > > long and frequently confusing story, meaning that we > > must start at the very beginning if we are to have any > > real chance of understanding the lethal implications. > > We first need to understand what potassium is, how > > much our bodies need on a daily basis to stay healthy, > > and what happens to us when our body's critical store > > of potassium is inadvertently or deliberately > > depleted. > > Unlike toxic sodium [table salt], > > potassium is essential to our health. Potassium is > > present in all cells and is critical to cardiovascular > > and nerve function, regulating the transfer of > > nutrients into cells and facilitating muscle energy. > > This wonder mineral also regulates water balance, > > assists recuperative powers, and aids rheumatic or > > arthritic conditions by causing acids to leave the > > joints, thereby easing stiffness. At the same time > > potassium is vital for the elimination of wastes, is a > > natural pain desensitizer, helps control convulsions, > > headaches and migraines, and promotes faster healing > > of cuts, bruises and other injuries. > > Because of its very high electrochemical > > activity, potassium is on the move all the time, and > > we need vast quantities to replenish that lost every > > day. When we exercise and sweat, we lose potassium > > through urine. When we are under extreme stress for a > > variety of other reasons, potassium loss can treble > > instantly. But as renowned nutritionist Adelle Davis > > points out, it is toxic sodium that causes the > > greatest problems. "Persons eating [sodium] salt as > > they wished excreted nine times more potassium than > > when their salt intake was limited, and human > > volunteers kept on diets deficient in potassium > > retained so much salt that they developed high blood > > pressure." > > If Mother Nature was to deprive you of > > potassium completely, hard scientific evidence proves > > you would be dead in less than three weeks. But in > > many ways this would be a merciful release when > > compared with the infinitely more painful and far > > slower death caused by slow potassium deprivation, the > > preferred method of the FDA and AMA. Proper scientists > > agree the daily potassium requirements of an average > > adult lie between 3,200 and 4,100 milligrams, but the > > average potassium intake of Americans through the food > > chain is only 1,500 to 2,100 milligrams per day, > > representing an overall average shortfall of 1,850 > > milligrams. > > Obviously humans can survive at these > > savagely depleted levels, because Americans manage to > > eke out about 70 years each, before this basic > > potassium deficiency overwhelms them and they finally > > die, sometimes in great pain from a number of directly > > related illnesses including arthritis, osteoporosis, > > hypertension [high blood pressure], angina, strokes > > and so on. It is scientifically beyond question that > > all would live longer and suffer less pain if they > > received the necessary quantity of potassium each day, > > which is where the American Food & Drug Administration > > [FDA] should do a John Wayne job, and ride gallantly > > to the rescue. > > Alas, the Food and Drug Administration has > > not and will not do so, because of sustained lobby > > pressure by the pharmaceutical multinationals. Despite > > having full and unrestricted access to the real > > scientific data providing hard proof of widespread > > potassium deficiency bordering on a pandemic, the FDA > > has deliberately avoided specifying a "Recommended > > Dietary Allowance" [RDA], while simultaneously passing > > a law restricting the potassium content of all > > alternative medicines to a mere 100 milligrams. > > > > -- > The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. > > Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org > > To post, address your message to: [email protected] > Silver List archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > > Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] > OT Archive: http://escribe.com/health/silverofftopiclist/index.html > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]> > -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. 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