I recall in science class learning about valuable biological processes, within the nerves, that are regulated by a balance of sodium and potassium flowing in and out of cells.
A vice of mine is eating probably more sodium than I should, definitely multiples higher than the potassium I consume. How is this not messing up those processes?
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Yes, you do. The beauty of it is that potassium is required macronutrient (along with nitrogen and phosphorus) for all plants to grow (on top of water and CO2). So plants (and therefore plant consuming animals that provide meat) will typically have enough potassium for regular diet.
Plants generally don’t uptake sodium much. For herbivores (eg cows and goats), some additional sodium supplementation is likely required especially if animals are fed mostly grain. Carnivores get most of their sodium from eating other animals.
It sort of works out the same for humans.
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