Are you wondering how to get enough potassium on a carnivore diet? Find out if there’s enough potassium in meat to keep you healthy.
0:00 Introduction: What is potassium, and how does it work?
1:15 Symptoms of low potassium vs. high potassium
1:53 What causes high potassium levels?
3:24 Potassium sources
4:25 How to get enough potassium on a carnivore diet
5:12 Discover the benefits of consuming beef!
In this video, we’re going to talk about potassium on the carnivore diet. You need 4700 mg of potassium each day, more than any other mineral.
Potassium is important for the sodium-potassium pump present in all of your cells, which allows the contraction and relaxation of your nerves.
Too much potassium is known as hyperkalemia, and too little is known as hypokalemia. Symptoms of high potassium include diarrhea, muscle pain, and muscle numbness. Symptoms of low potassium include constipation, muscle cramps, and fatigue.
Potassium is vital for exercise performance. If you don’t have enough, you’ll probably feel weak or tired. One of the causes of low potassium is low magnesium.
Kidney disease can cause high potassium. If the kidney is not functioning properly, it won’t be able to get rid of potassium. It’s very rare to develop too much potassium in the blood from dietary intake.
Blood pressure medications or side effects of an adrenal condition known as Addison's can also cause high potassium.
Diuretics and steroids can cause low potassium. Surgeries and injuries can also cause low potassium.
The following vegetables are some of the best sources of potassium:
•1 cup of beet leaves 1300 mg
•1 cup of Swiss chard 900 mg
•1 cup spinach 840 mg
•1 avocado 500-700 mg
•1 cup of beets 520 mg
•1 cup of salad 350-500 mg
Bananas contain around 300 mg of potassium but have too much sugar.
Here are some of the best sources of potassium on the carnivore diet:
•1 cup of bone broth 500 mg
•3 ½ oz beef 350 mg
•3 ½ oz octopus 650 mg
•3 oz salmon 300 mg
•1 large egg 63 mg
•3 oz beef liver 125 mg
•3 oz chicken 300 mg
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Thanks for watching! I hope this explains how to get enough potassium on a carnivore diet. I’ll see you in the next video.
49 responses to “How to Get Enough Potassium on the Carnivore Diet”
00:00 🧪 Potassium is a crucial mineral needed for the sodium-potassium pump in cells, aiding nerve function and fluid balance.
01:33 🤔 Symptoms of high potassium include diarrhea, while low potassium may lead to constipation, muscle cramps, and fatigue.
02:41 🌡 High potassium levels are typically associated with kidney disease; dietary sources and supplements rarely cause excessive potassium.
03:34 🥦 Potassium is not exclusive to plants; carnivore diet options like bone broth, beef, octopus, salmon, eggs, liver, and chicken can provide significant potassium.
05:10 📺 Check out Dr. Berg’s video on the benefits of consuming beef for more insights on the carnivore diet.
I do the carnivore diet. I love it. Thanks for this video! I’ve been eating this way for almost a year! I must get enough potassium! I eat tons of red meat and eggs!
What are the benifits??? I’m thinking of starting a carnivore diet
@@harshjaiswal1634 ….basically the main reason to start Carnivore is to cut out the harmful Carbohydrates – but carnivore has many other great benefits – meat has basically everything you need for the body and always gets fully digested unlike eating a plant based diet.
@@blaze1148Facts!
Eating meat and eggs provides your body all the necessary nutrients without giving the body inflammation. Also allows your body to sort out metabolic issues like insulin resistance. Try it out and see how your body responds.@@harshjaiswal1634
@@harshjaiswal1634 Dr Anthony Chaffee explains the diet very well. List of benefits has been too numerous for me to say here.
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Thx
Finally someone mentions the importance of Salt and Potassium!! 1tsp of salt 1 tsp potassium per 1L of water!
That’s crazy 1 teaspoon per day of potassium.
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Other than electrolyte powder; where can you get potassium to add in water?
That’s too much potassium. Dangerous to get too much. Does that not give you the shits? I use a 1/4 tsp of potassium salt every once in a while and it gives me the squirts everytime.
Idnk why all these other carnivore diet Doctors never mention Salt and Potassium importance. Thank you Dr.Berg!!!
Dr. Ken Berry does on his YouTube channel
Meat is loaded with potassium. People are more likely to be potassium deficient on a regular diet.
@@sanekabc 3400 MG is recommended daily dose of potassium.
@@bodegabuds1724that’s the RDA, but we should shoot for about 4500mg daily between food and supplements
@@bodegabuds1724 Meat has like 400mg and fish has like 600mg potassium per 100g. On a carnivore diet, you can even get 4700mg potassium from less than 1 kg meat+fish combined. Also milk is very high in potassium (2 glasses ~ 700mg potassium).
Finally, a video about the proper* human diet
4700 mg of potassium? Wow! I thought I was getting enough between my supplement (450 mg) and a good diet. The RDA for men is 3400 I just found out. So 4700 sounds like a challenge to supplement more and ensure my diet is as nutrient dense as possible. Thank you for this informative video!
it is too much nobody is a cow to eat this amount
Meat has like 400mg and fish has like 600mg potassium per 100g. On a carnivore diet, you can get 4700mg potassium from less than 1 kg meat+fish combined. Also milk is very high in potassium (2 glasses ~ 700mg potassium).
People really eat 2lbs of meat in a day? Grass feed burger is never cheaper than 6.5 dollars per one pound.
@@joseywales7463People spend $16 for one meal at McDonalds no days all the time. When it’s worth your health it’s worth it. ❤
I eat beets but not necessarily the leaves but I am going to definitely start. I ate about a head or half ahead of charred leaves almost every morning as well as an avocado with 2 to 4 eggs and quite often eat yams so this is know
Love my salads, veggies and leafy greens and meats seasoned with spices and herbs like thyme, oregano or rosemary. Great content and beautiful thumbnail picture. Thanks, Dr Berg 💕
Amazing. Enjoy there 🙂
You’re a good Doctor ! we can undestand you with our little knowledge in English 😅. Tanks very much
Glad to hear that. Thanks for watching my videos.
I started my Dr. Berg addiction when I realized he echoed what my grandma (born 1901) instilled in me waaaay back during Hippie times. Beet greens and liver ‘n onions 3 times a week! And, she told me how to easily grow beet greens from store beets. Miss her😢
Thanks for sharing your story here. Wishing you good health!
What other benefits did your grandma mention regarding “Beet greens and liver ‘n onions 3 times a week!”?
The RDA is based on a diet of 60% of calories from carbohydrates.
When you go from 300 carbs to less than 30 the RDA’s are no longer in effect.
I say. This gentleman possesses the ability to distill internet ideas of the common man and internet bro-scientist into a format we have ALL grown to appreciate! 🥰
Yes oo! Now I know more about Potassium. Knowledge is power. Thank you doctor 😘
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She’s a top notch for real, my colleagues at work kept talking about her, so I decided to take the test and work with her; she’s put a smile on my face for the past few years of working with her😊
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Thank you, Dr. Berg!
Thanks a lot, Dr Berg. This topic is often neglected in the carnivore community.
So thankful you addressed this.
Ketovore here….90% carnivore 10% plant based for several months now and doing absolutely magnificent! From what I understand on carnivore is that ruminant 100% grass fed red meat contains ALL vitamins which explains why people thrive on carnivore. Also learned recently that there are 7 “ESSENTIAL” nutrients that are found in animal products that you can NOT get from plant based products….this finally explains why people can reach optimal health on carnivore and NOT on vegan which also tells me that if one can not achieve optimal health on vegan but can on carnivore then keto is just a diet in between, keto you can be pretty healthy because you are getting animal product with your veggies but it’s looking more and more that a diverse microbiome is not as beneficial as believed by some, it’s quite possible that if you are carnivore there is no need for a diversed microbiome for optimal health…..don’t shoot the messenger, I’m just looking at what the evidence has shown on both sides. Love the information Dr. Berg!!! Glad to see you are completely open minded about this and not just in bed with the keto lifestyle!
Thanks for bringing awareness of all these wonderful information. I love listening to you. Stay blessed.
Dr Berg is always precise; he always gives the exact number and quantity of every little piece of information he provides. Every single time. That’s one of the many reasons I respect Dr Berg. He’s always clear and makes you understand everything.