Re: Question about Na/K balance

By 'standard' logic... If a person eats a lot of food high in a particular element, lets say sodium in this situation, then the levels should reflect dietary intake. Problem is, this is not always the case. Perhaps there is something else happening within the body that is not so obvious.


I mentioned this because my personal experience, with my own body, is that even with high levels of dietary sodium I may have trouble retaining sodium? The way I've had eaten in the past, before I started to apply some of ML ideas, has always been high in sodium amongst other things(NPN).

I have no idea how a person can have and exhibit symptoms of high levels of potassium when their dietary intake has much higher levels of sodium vs, potassium. Where is this potassium comming from? And where is all the sodium going? Most importantly, how do we correct this?

If a person is retaining high levels of potassium by eating large amounts of sodium, then wouldn't increasing the potassium intake therefore increase sodium retention in this instance?

I ask this after having read up on the Gerson Therapy, which share similarities with many other 'natural' therapies in terms of using food and dietary changes to treat chronic disease, who suggest loading up on potassium using a 'potassium compound solution' including potassium acetate, gluconate, and phosphate. This is used in all instances of disease applying the Gerson Therapy except for persons with kidney problems, in which case much less of the potassium is used and slowly increased as the patient becomes more tolerant. This therapy approach also limits sodium intake. Basically no additional sodium at all, except what is available from fruits in vegetables.

Seems counter-productive for those with low sodium or adrenal fatigue as myself. Then again, theres likely much more to this process than meets the eye.