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Potassium is a very important mineral that is essential to life. It is the most important among the three electrolytes needed by the body to function properly. The other two electrolytes are sodium and chloride. Potassium and sodium are positively charged molecules, while chloride is negatively charged. These three operate in pairs. These electrolytes, when dissolved in water, conduct electricity around the body.

Our body cells need more potassium. Potassium helps maintain the acid-alkaline balance in the blood and tissue, and prevents over-acidity. It is needed in muscle contraction, and helps the kidneys to detoxify the blood. Potassium acts as an electrolyte, converting the blood sugar into glycogen, and storing this in the muscles, liver, and brain. When there is not enough potassium, there is also not enough glycogen for the muscles to burn, thus causing extreme fatigue and muscle weakness. Potassium also promotes hormone secretions in the body.

Potassium deficiency causes sodium (salt) accumulation in the body. This results to edema, high blood pressure, and heart failure. Other deficiency symptoms are constipation, muscular weakness, extreme fatigue, low blood sugar, and nervous disorders.

Potassium works closely with magnesium. Caution: Potassium and sodium must be kept in proper balance at all times to avoid serious heath problems. Too much sodium, disrupts the potassium-sodium balance in the body. A high-sodium, low-potassium diet can cause a lot of diseases such as cancer, high blood pressure, heart attack, and strokes. But a high-potassium, low-sodium diet protects the body from the above diseases.

Potassium is found in almost all vegetables, especially in green leafy ones. Bananas and the thick peelings of white potatoes are rich sources of potassium.

Dosage: RDA 1,875 mg; ODA 2,500; TDA 5,500 mg. Recommended: 1.9-5.6 g. Caution: High dosage of potassium salts in pill form can cause nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and ulcer.

Strengthen your heart with CoQ10 and live longer!

I started to learn about CoQ10 in the late 1990’s from a man to whom I was trying to sell books about health. He was a strong old man who introduced me to this herbal product which he said is a powerful cure for various diseases including cancer. I was not interested then; all I wanted was to sell health and spiritual books to earn money for my family. Besides, it was so expensive – a medium bottle cost almost two thousand pesos!

I read amazing testimonies of people who were cured of crippling diseases by taking CoQ10. More people get well, and this herbal medicine became popular in more places as a cure of many diseases. I thought it was just a fad and will soon fade away. I was wrong – it is making a comeback and more popular this time.

Recently, somebody sent me a health newsletter about CoQ10. The facts about its health benefits are so amazing to believe. If it were not for the medical doctors who vouched its efficacy and safety, plus the enumerable convincing positive results of various studies done on CoQ10, it would be hard for me to believe.

CoQ10 is an amazing nutrient! It is the energy switch that sparks  the more than 100 trillion cells in our body. It is naturally produced by our body in the liver, and its main user is our heart, which uses up to 10 times more compared to the other organs of the body. This production of CoQ10 is normal in children, but as we grow older, at about the age of 30, our body’s production of CoQ10 decreases  gradually.  Deficiency of CoQ10 in our body can weaken our immune system and makes us  more susceptible to many diseases.

CoQ10 has lots of health benefits. It normalizes and restore our blood pressure, help prevent memory loss, and repair damaged cells. It protects the body from free radical oxidation that damages body cells and cause premature aging.

The reduction of CoQ10 natural production in the body is not only caused by old age. Cholesterol-lowering drugs or statins used by weight-loss fads also reduce the body’s production of CoQ10 by as much as 40 percent! People with 25% fall of CoQ10 level in the body can experience illness, and 75% is fatal. Lower levels of CoQ10 in the body can cause premature aging, memory loss, chest pains, irregular heartbeat, and other heart problems.

CoQ10 is indeed an amazing nutrient for the body! It floods the cells with endless energy! It unclogs the arteries of fats and bad cholesterol, improving and boosting  blood circulation to all organs in the body to restore healthy body  function such as  as memory, normal heart beats, and to protect the body from free radical oxidation caused by pollutants and stress that leads to many diseases and premature aging.