New mathematical model shows how the body regulates potassium
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This wasn't a very wise experiment -- I don't recommend it. Injected, KCl can kill you (and is used for executions). I don't know the fatal oral dose, but it's so orally unpleasant you'd probably be vomiting before getting there.
Probably the reason most OTC potassium supplements (ones sold in the US at least) have FAR less potassium in a single tablet than a banana.
It's basically impossible for a adult with healthy function to overdose themselves on potassium with bananas (or coconut water, or avocados) before getting full, but with the tablets it would be much easier to abuse them if they contained even 1 banana's worth per tablet.
I use it instead of table salt to season food. (But still use conventional salt in cooking). The first time I used a bit too much, and everything tasted... off. Since then I've backed off, and it's ok.
I'm shocked at how much weight I've lost (approximately 20 pounds, but I am morbidly obese)
I guess a mathematical model of how the average body regulates potassium leaves no room for error... right? No chance of causing the problem the think they will fix?
> The model could be used for a virtual patient trial, allowing researchers to generate dozens of patients and then predict which ones would have hyper- or hypokalemia based on different controls.
Mathematical models, average person, virtual patients, generating dozens of patients... at some point we will get to reality, I hope!
It surely does not need repeating that: the map is not the terrain.
[0] https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/soil-depletion-an...
Soils inoculated with mycorrhizal fungi can hold 50x more water. Over 90% of plants make mycorrhizal associations and studies comparing plants that have made these associations with those grown in sterilized soils have shown mycorrhizae improves resistance to drought, frost, soil pathogens, etc and grow larger and produce more fruit. I haven't seen the nutritional content analyzed but I'd be surprised if there isn't a big difference there as well
There's a fundamental difference between, for example, the agriculture that fueled the aztec empire and the agriculture that fueled the West's "Green Revolution", China's "Great Leap Forward", Stolypin (as well as Soviet) agrarian reforms, etc.
It's easy to forget that European peasants were basically bouncing from one massive famine to the next until the Andean people gave them the potato. Possibly the single crop most responsible for ending the state of constant famines.
I think the limited resources are caused much more so by our own arrogance than by any fundamental carrying capacity of the environments we inhabit
*Edit: following up on this, it does look like "banana are a good source of potassium" is indeed a united fruit company marketing myth.
Cite 1: https://episodictable.com/potassium/ Cite 2: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.31822031040892&vi...
Nowadays everything has large doses of potassium in it due to modern farming practices. They use almost exclusively chemical fertilizer containing potassium, phosphorus and nitrogen.
And "7.2 million Americans – didn’t know they had the condition. Only 11.6 percent of adults with prediabetes knew they had it."
How many people think they are able to make this choice based on personal preference while doing harm to their metabolic health? A1C tests are affordable without insurance.
89% were overweight or obese and 38% were physically inactive.
I dare say if you looked at the diets of those individuals, it wouldn't include many avocados' or bananas. I think you're splitting hairs.
per your edits, I don't disagree with you, but if you are in these metabolic states as nearly half of Americans are, there is a clear winner between the two and that's just a fact.
Additionally, for those that do not have insulin resistance, eating either a Banana or Avocado is not going to put you into any health risks. Infact eating either of them as part of a balanced diet with exercise is likely to have positive health benefits.
I'm not American, however in my opinion, people by and large aren't waking up with insulin resistance due to no fault of their own. It is due to lack of exercise and chronic consumption of high GI foods that aren't eaten in combination with a relatively healthy diet.
Depends if the reason is you want the most potassium possible. If I want to eat something prior to exercising, I'd be better off eating the Banana than the Avocado. However I understand if you are keto, potentially not.
I'll rephrase your point. Avocado's are a better source of potassium for those with IR who are looking for foods richest in potassium.
For what it's worth, raw unprocessed fruits (including bananas) are usually just fine for people with (pre-)diabetes, but you should talk to your doctor about your diet as one of the pieces of managing your (pre-)diabetes.