Superfoods and Potassium Toxicity, Are They Connected

 Superfoods and Potassium Toxicity, Are They Connected

A typical western meal includes vegetables as part of the menu. They make you healthy and keep you alive longer. So when the so-called Super Foods arrived most embraced them with enthusiasm. So it was with me and, being a gardener my vegetable patch sports most of them. Bok Choy, Kale, Spinach, and so forth.

In recent weeks something started within my body over which there was no control. Muscle soreness, tiredness, and dizziness with nausea were the main symptoms. Following a health problem last year, it is essential to keep gym classes going but they became so hard to do that a break of over two months was required.

My doctor told me the dizziness came from loose stones in the ears. She prescribed leaning backward over the edge of the bed and turning my head until it starts and then lifting it up and twisting it to the side.

That didn't work! A Naturopath said the dizziness was coming from a shoulder injury while a Chiropractor, who is also a doctor, told me the same thing. So the symptoms went on and nothing improved.

One day after a little exercise in the garden my right arm seized with such pain I could barely move it. That was diagnosed as a frozen muscle and it took over 2 weeks to get better. The doctor prescribed Valium for relaxation at night as the pain kept me awake. Being allergic to drugs advice was not followed.

As nothing medically helped it was the Spirit that provided the answer and subsequent healing. Desperate to get better and with a heartfelt request to know the cause it was a huge surprise when it pointed to the Bok Choy.

Without understanding its effect the Internet provided the answer. It has the highest amount of potassium of the superfoods. Kale comes in second, with spinach a close third. Add to that almond which was part of my staples.

Excess potassium creates hyperkalemia ('potassium toxicity'). While essential for good health as it aids in the prevention of heart disease, sugar diabetes, and kidney ailments, the reverse is true when present in excess. In other words, too much potassium damages these organs.

Symptoms include muscle soreness, nausea, tiredness, and sudden onset of dizziness, all of which were my symptoms. Following my reincarnation and with a strong link to the Spirit of the Universe it is a great gift to be healed and that's what happened. Now back to full strength the dizziness, nausea, tiredness, and muscle soreness are gone. Instead of eating the superfoods they are being given away to others who can eat them along with a warning of hyperkalemia.