What is Potassium?
Potassium is classified as a type of mineral. (1)
Potassium is classified as a type of electrolyte. (1)
What is the chemical symbol for potassium?
K (3)
What does potassium do?
human cells use potassium alongside sodium (2)
When a sodium ion enters a cell, a potassium ion leaves, and vice versa. (2)
especially critical for heart function (2)
What foods contain potassium?
What is the RDA for potassium?
Potassium and Humans
What happens when a human has too much potassium?
hyperkalemia (2)
What happens when a human has too little potassium?
hypokalemia (2)
Resources
1. https://www.healthline.com/health/potassium
2. https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diagnostics/21790-electrolytes
3. https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/potassium/
