Lol he ain't gonna get hyperkalemia

think you might be a monkey m8
might wanna get that checked out

I'm just curious, If you're eating 1,000 calories a day in bananas alone. How many total calories are you eating..?

Can you tell me why that is?

I was just typing it out for my own sake

he likely has healthy kidneys which are willing to secrete large amounts of potassium even if just to spare a small amount of sodium lol

the daily requirement for potassium is like 3.5-4g anyway... so it is quite high.

the only issue is if he supplements or takes a lot at once causing his blood levels to rise faster than the kidneys can compensate.... or if he takes a drug like a potassium sparing diuretic or ACEi which alter the kidney's ability to excrete potassium

i was thinking along the lines of natural physiological compensation: aldosterone being the main regulator of K+ levels would become increasingly activated at increased plasma K+ levels, thus excreting more K+, which kind of explains the mechanism behind your statement of kidneys compensating/willing to secrete large amounts of K+

but from what I know, everything you said is 100% correct (which I'm sure you know bc that's why you said it) as well in regards to drugs potentially interfering with the natural renal regulation process

This post was edited by Bubbler on Apr 11 2015 07:59am

genuine lm@o