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Re: --answer-- about Na/K balance
Perhaps I'm not understanding you correctly, or I've missed something. If high dietary intake of sodium is reflected in tissue stores of the same element, then how does a person who's diet is high in sodium exhibit higher levels of potassium than sodium? Where's the potassium coming from if levels are higher than sodium and if dietary intake of sodium is much higher than potassium?
Only thing I can think of that can cause this is the 'over-retention' of potassium and 'over-excretion' of sodium. If this is so, what is causing this effect if not directly related to dietary concentrations of these 2 elements. There has got to be something else going on.
While Max Gerson did not mention anything about NPN's, as far as I know, he does emphasize food quality and the usage of only organically grown fruits and vegetables in the therapy protocol and abstaining from animal protein while under the treatment. I admit that certain parts of his treatment protocol is dated, as he died in the 50's (complications from being poisoned twice with arsenic), so that's basically when his research ended. Though, many have overcome(cured) diseases using the exact protocol the way it was presented in the 40's and 50's by Dr. Gerson with the loading of potassium and all, including many cases of what alopathic medicine practitioners deemed incurable or terminal cancer.
The part where I suggested that increasing intake of K might help retention of Na are my thoughts and guesses, not from Gerson. As I said I have no idea, just trying to figure it out.
I find interesting that Gerson was able to cure so many people with his therapy method that include high amounts of K, while the presence of high levels of serum potassium has been linked to increased mortality. A lot of SEEMINGLY contradictory information. Perhaps there's something else going on that is not so obvious or understood readily.