human body
• Participates in muscle and nerve depolarization
• Stabilizes DNA and RNA
• A component of the mineral in bone
ADEQUATE SUPPLY → HEART HEALTHY,
because enables to convert food to
energy using less oxygen
DEFICIENCY
• SIGN
– Confusion, disorientation, personality changes, loss of
appetite, depression, muscle contractions and cramps,
tingling, numbness, hypertension, abnormal heart
rhythms, coronary spasm and seizure
• Induced by :
– diarrhea, malabsorption, vomiting, overuse of laxative
or diuretics medications, alcohol abuse, diabetes or
hyperparathyroidism
Excessive Intake
• > 350 mg from supplements and other
nonfood sources → diarrhea, nausea,
appetite loss, muscle weakness, mental
impairment, difficulty breathing, extremely
low blood pressure and irregular heartbeat
• Enzyme cofactor
• Co-transport
• Signaling
Deficiency
- Enzyme activation
- Immune defense
Immune cells use directed release hypochlorous acid to combat
pathogens in blood and tissues
Deficiency
Food Sources :
meat, poultry, fish, eggs, dried beans, broccoli and
cauliflower
- Kalium, an alkali metal with valence 1
- The main cationic osmolyte within cells
- The element plays a major role in body electricity
maintenance of cellular polarity, neuronal signaling, heart
impulse transmission and muscle contraction