February 11, 2025 • 17 mins
If you’ve been struggling with bloating, constipation, or sluggish digestion—and you feel like nothing is working—there’s a missing piece that almost no one talks about: potassium.
Most people think of potassium for hydration or muscle cramps, but did you know it’s also essential for gut motility? If you’re low, your digestion slows no matter how much fiber or probiotics you take.
In this episode, I dive into:
✅ How potassium fuels digestion & why low levels = slow bowels
✅ Why stress, adrenal function, and blood sugar can deplete potassium
✅ The best potassium-rich foods for gut health
✅ Why HTMA testing is a game-changer for uncovering mineral imbalances
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Dr. Heather Finley (00:03):
Welcome to the Love Your Gut Podcast.
I'm your host, Dr.
Heather Finley, registereddietitian and gut health
specialist.
I understand the frustration ofdealing with GI issues because
I've been there and I spent overtwo decades searching for
answers for my own gut issues ofconstipation, bloating, and
stomach pain.
I've dedicated my life tounderstanding and solving my own
(00:24):
gut issues.
And now I'm here to guide you.
On this podcast, I'll help youidentify the true root causes of
your discomfort.
So you can finally ditch yoursymptoms for good.
My goal is to empower you withthe knowledge and tools you need
so that you can love your gutand it will love you right back.
So if you're ready to learn alot, gain a deeper understanding
(00:46):
of your gut and find lastingrelief.
You are in the right place.
Welcome to the love your gutpodcast.
Hello.
Hello.
Welcome back to the next episodeof the love your podcast.
I have been trying to recordthis episode for, I think seven
or eight days now.
So I am so happy to be here withyou.
(01:09):
Life with three kids has justbeen so much fun, but also has
been a little bit crazy.
We got hit with the flu in ourhouse.
Thankfully the baby is fine, butthe older two kids had the flu
and We had all sorts of otherthings.
It's kind of like when it rains,it pours.
So anyways, I'm getting you thisepisode way later than I ever
(01:31):
intended to, but nevertheless,it's happening and I'm super
glad that you are tuning in.
So today we are going to talkabout potassium and why
potassium is such an importantmineral.
You might feel like you drinkplenty of water, you eat all
these fibrous foods, you eventake probiotics, yet you still
(01:54):
feel bloated, you still feelsluggish, maybe you even still
have hypothyroid symptoms, yourhair's falling out, your
digestion is slow, you're backedup, nothing seems to work, so
what is missing?
What if I actually told you thatit might not be your gut
bacteria, but it actually couldbe a mineral balance and that is
(02:15):
what is keeping you stuck.
So most people think ofpotassium for muscle cramps,
right?
Like we think of bananas, wethink of athletes.
But did you know that potassiumis actually a mineral?
Critical for moving wastethrough your gut without enough
potassium.
Your digestive system reallyslows down.
(02:37):
So I had a client I want to giveyou an example.
We'll call her Sarah.
She struggled with constipationfor years.
She had tried all the gut healthhacks, magnesium, fiber,
probiotics, you name it, she hadtried it, but she still felt
bloated all the time.
When we finally ran an htma teston her, which is a hair tissue
(02:58):
mineral analysis, we found herpotassium was rock bottom, like
it was literally zero.
Once we addressed this, herdigestion completely changed.
What I want to add here is thatI saw some study, I can't
remember where, but basicallysaying that 97, 98 percent of
(03:19):
Americans don't meet their dailyrequirement for potassium, yet
we're not really doing anythingabout it.
And potassium is so importantfor so many reasons.
So many different things in thebody, which we're going to get
into in this episode today.
But let's start off with whypotassium is essential for gut
function.
(03:39):
So I want you to think of yourintestines like a long conveyor
belt.
It moves food and waste throughyour system.
Potassium is kind of like theelectricity that powers the
motor.
So when you're low, thatconveyor belt slows down.
This leads to really sluggishdigestion, bloating.
(03:59):
constipation, potassium reallyregulates these muscle
contractions, which rememberyour gut is a muscle and when
potassium levels are low,movement is going to slow.
This leads to food sitting inthe intestines longer than it
should.
It's not just about eating morefiber to get things to move.
(04:19):
If your muscles don't have anyelectricity, then food is just
going to sit there and this canlead to other imbalances in your
gut.
Like.
SIBO, or large intestinaldysbiosis.
So it's not to say thatdifferent probiotics or SIBO
protocols or anything like thatis not going to work for you,
(04:40):
but perhaps you've done all ofthat.
Perhaps you've done a SIBOprotocol and you ended up right
back at square one.
If your body doesn't have theessential minerals such as
potassium that it needs toactually move things through
your gut, then you're just kindof on this vicious cycle.
So.
Step number one is we have toget this conveyor belt moving.
(05:03):
So here are some signs that youmight be low in potassium.
On the digestive side, you mightbe bloated, you might be
constipated, you might havesluggish digestion.
On the energy side, you mighthave fatigue, dizziness, feeling
tired after meals.
Potassium regulates or helps toregulate blood sugar.
Some stress symptoms, you mightfeel wired but tired, you might
(05:25):
have muscle weakness, you heartpalpitations.
You will be less resilient tostress.
We deplete potassium when we'restressed and potassium makes us
more resilient to the dailystressors that we might
encounter.
And then potassium is alsoneeded for thyroid function.
So from a hormone perspective,low potassium equals a slow
(05:47):
metabolism and slow digestion.
You need adequate potassium toconvert T4 to T3, which is the
active thyroid hormone.
So, I'll give you an example, wehad a client named Emily, she
had been constipated her entirelife, literally she said, kind
of like my story, you know, Idon't really remember a time
(06:07):
when I wasn't constipated, shewas drinking magnesium, eating
chia seeds, doing everything shecould to fix her gut.
And she was also dealing withreally extreme fatigue and felt
dizzy when she would stand up.
So we ran her htma test.
Her potassium was so low.
Once we replenished it, she wentfrom struggling with bowel
(06:31):
movements to having dailyregular meals.
bowel movements and digestion.
And here's the kicker in threeweeks, like it wasn't like this
took months.
The, the best part aboutminerals is that you really can
see a huge change sometimesinstantaneously.
Like you drink a mocktail in theafternoon and all of a sudden
(06:52):
you have a little bit of energy,but even for some of these GI
related concerns, when you getminerals on board, you're going
to feel better.
a lot quicker.
So I want to talk about some ofthe hidden causes of low
potassium.
Number one, the most common onethat we see, please don't turn
this episode off when you hearme say this, promise me you're
(07:14):
not going to do that.
Number one, chronic stress andhigh cortisol.
When you are stressed, your bodypushes out more potassium
through your urine.
This is why high stress peopletend to feel wired and tired.
Um, they're wired and exhausted.
They get heart palpitations andhave slow digestion.
Think about how you feel after areally stressful day.
(07:35):
Maybe you had a really stressfulday at work.
Maybe you had a really stressfulday with your kids.
You're tense.
Your digestion's off.
You're probably cravingsomething salty or sweet.
That is your body screaming formineral support and your body's
not doing anything wrong.
I think we often judge ourselvesor think that we're doing
(07:56):
something wrong or there'ssomething broken with our body.
If we have these cravings, yourbody's just craving something as
a signal to you that somethingis off.
And so that's how it's dealingwith stress.
Another hidden cause, which Italked about earlier, is low
potassium diets.
A lot of women, and people ingeneral, are not eating enough
(08:19):
potassium rich foods.
If you've been following a lowcarb diet, carnivore diet, or
restricting low carb diets,Large amounts of food groups you
might not be getting enough evenquote unquote healthy eaters who
avoid Processed foods might notbe getting enough potassium Some
foods that are really heavyhitters when it comes to
(08:40):
potassium that you shoulddefinitely think about including
would be coconut water potatoesYes, eat potatoes.
Bananas.
Yes, eat bananas.
The internet has demonizedactually a lot of really high
potassium foods, and I have tobelieve that that is likely part
of this.
Dairy is also high in potassium,leafy greens, avocados.
(09:04):
These are things that you shouldbe including in your diet,
especially if you struggle withthyroid issues.
fatigue issues, poor digestion,slow metabolism, et cetera, et
cetera.
Anything we're talking about onthis episode.
And then the third kind ofhidden cause is just overall
(09:24):
mineral imbalances.
So when you do an HTMA test, youget a bunch of ratios back.
So keep in mind, minerals arelike a symphony.
So when one mineral is off, thewhole symphony sounds terrible.
And so we're really not actuallythat concerned.
In some sense, of course, we areconcerned if things are super
(09:45):
low, but we're less concernedabout one specific mineral and
more concerned about how arethey interacting with each
other.
So potassium doesn't work alone.
It's directly linked to sodium.
If you are too low in potassiumor too high in sodium digestion
will suffer.
HTMA testing can reveal a lot ofimbalances that traditional
(10:08):
blood work will not catch.
It can also.
Give us some clues as to perhapswhy you're super puffy or why
you feel super swollen orinflamed Sometimes this can be
low potassium or how differentminerals are interacting with
each other another reason thatPotassium could be low would be
(10:31):
from blood sugar and insulinresistance.
This doesn't even have to beLike having diabetes, but this
can be from blood sugar swingsthroughout the day.
Fasting insulin being too high,which if you don't know your
fasting insulin or you haven'tever had that run, it would be a
great thing to look at.
If you struggle with sugarcravings, unstable energy.
(10:54):
You feel hangry.
We've all been there.
Your blood sugar might beimpacting your potassium levels
and vice versa.
So high insulin levels willcause potassium to shift inside
cells, leaving less in yourcirculation.
So it's kind of like having aton of money in your savings
account, but nothing in yourchecking account.
(11:15):
You technically have plenty, butit's not available when you
actually need it.
When you actually need to pay abill.
So let's talk about how we canincrease potassium for better
digestion.
Some simple food swaps to getmore potassium would include
eating, obviously more potassiumrich foods like coconut water,
(11:36):
make a mineral mocktail withcoconut water.
I love my like OG mineralmocktail.
I posted this on Instagramprobably, I know my son was
really little, so it wasprobably like three, almost
three years ago in the summer.
And I, Would always drink thisin the morning after I got back
from a super hot Texas summerwalk Um, I would do coconut
(12:01):
water with lime juice and saltAnd mix it all together You can
add some cream of tartar forsome extra potassium.
It's super delicious and It isso refreshing and you feel
better instantly, but coconutwater Switch this out once a day
for a plain water, um, bakedpotatoes instead of white rice.
(12:23):
If that's what you normallyhave, have some dairy, yogurt,
et cetera.
Um, instead of always choosingalmond milk, eat some bananas,
have some avocados, cookedspinach, whatever you can do to
get some of these foods in yourdiet.
Most of our clients are low inpotassium, um, on HTMA testing.
And so the recommendation thatwe tend to give is to have one
(12:46):
potassium rich food with everymeal.
And that may seem like a lot,but truly to meet your potassium
needs, that's really what youneed to be doing.
Um, and then including some kindof mocktail or mineral support
throughout the day as well.
Sodium also helps potassiumabsorption.
(13:06):
So you actually need adequatesodium levels and to, to help
balance out potassium.
So this is why things like theadrenal cocktails work because
they give you both minerals atonce.
Um, if you're curious aboutadrenal cocktails and if they
actually work, I have a wholeepisode on that, which is one or
(13:28):
two episodes back.
You can go listen to it.
So adrenal cocktails can be agreat place to start.
They sell a powder that'sliterally called adrenal
cocktail.
I will warn you, it does nottaste good.
It is like, just basicallyadding salt to your water
because it's a combo of salt,vitamin C, and potassium.
That's That's what makes up anadrenal cocktail.
(13:50):
I'll put the link in the shownotes if you want to try it, but
you can also make superdelicious tasting adrenal
cocktails that have a sodiumsource, a potassium source, and
a vitamin C source.
Um, even the one that Imentioned, the, the lime, drink
that I was just talking aboutcould be kind of its own adrenal
cocktail.
So some people will try toincrease potassium.
(14:13):
But they don't feel any better.
That's because your body mightneed a different balance of
minerals, which is exactly whyhtma testing is so helpful to
see what your body actuallyneeds.
If you are stressed and bloatedand struggling with hair loss
and thyroid symptoms, lowenergy, Anything I've mentioned
(14:35):
here, I can probably bet thatyour potassium is low, how low,
I don't know, but there might beother things at play such as
really high sodium, really lowsodium, a huge magnesium loss,
etc.
That are going to affect how yourespond to adding in more
(14:56):
potassium, which is why testingcan be so helpful.
And so it might be somethingthat you want to think about if
you are drinking mineralmocktails and you're like, yeah,
I think they kind of help, butthere's obviously something more
that I want to explore.
So if you're wondering, youknow, whether your potassium is
low, whether, You should add indifferent minerals and in what
(15:20):
amounts.
Our HTMA bundle is going to beopen when this episode goes
live.
So you can click the link in theshow notes and secure one of the
spots.
We open this bundle.
About four times a year.
It always sells out within like24 to 48 hours because it's so
popular.
(15:40):
HTMA testing will show youexactly what is going on in your
body and exactly what's going onwith your minerals.
You'll get the full HTMA test.
You will also get a one on oneconsult with our team to go over
the results and create a plan.
You even get the option offormulating your own custom
(16:00):
mineral powder that you can useto make it super, super easy to
do this every day.
That's Personally, what I doright now, especially in this
season of life.
So this is really perfect foryou.
If you've been struggling withbloating, constipation, sluggish
digestion, you kind of feel likeyou've tried everything.
Definitely click the link in theshow notes.
(16:20):
And so long as we have not soldout to the link, we'll still be
there.
If it's not, then definitelymake sure you've downloaded our
mineral guide and you will bethe first to know what it is.
When this bundle opens, I wouldlove to hear from you and hear
if this episode resonated withyou.
I know it was a bit of a shorterepisode, but I think it's so
(16:40):
important that we focus onsometimes some of these things
that are.
such a low lift, like adding inmore potassium to your diet is
not typically that hard toexecute.
It takes intentionality and ittakes planning.
But when you're consistent withit, you can see huge results.
(17:02):
And then you can obviously takeit a step further.
With testing, but even if you'renot ready for that, a huge and
really transformational changethat you can make is getting
enough potassium in your diet tohelp with stress resilience,
help with digestion, help withyour thyroid function, and
really just help your body to bein the best possible shape that
(17:24):
it can.
So I'd love to hear yourthoughts on this episode.
Send me a DM.
Screenshot this episode, tag mehowever you want to share it,
and check out the link in theshow notes if you are ready to
get your own htma test and getyour own personalized
recommendation.
So thanks for tuning in.
I'll catch you next time on thenext episode of the love your
(17:45):
gut podcast.
Welcome to the Love Your Gut Podcast.
I'm your host, Dr.
Heather Finley, registereddietitian and gut health
specialist.
I understand the frustration ofdealing with GI issues because
I've been there and I spent overtwo decades searching for
answers for my own gut issues ofconstipation, bloating, and
stomach pain.
I've dedicated my life tounderstanding and solving my own
(00:24):
gut issues.
And now I'm here to guide you.
On this podcast, I'll help youidentify the true root causes of
your discomfort.
So you can finally ditch yoursymptoms for good.
My goal is to empower you withthe knowledge and tools you need
so that you can love your gutand it will love you right back.
So if you're ready to learn alot, gain a deeper understanding
(00:46):
of your gut and find lastingrelief.
You are in the right place.
Welcome to the love your gutpodcast.
Hello.
Hello.
Welcome back to the next episodeof the love your podcast.
I have been trying to recordthis episode for, I think seven
or eight days now.
So I am so happy to be here withyou.
(01:09):
Life with three kids has justbeen so much fun, but also has
been a little bit crazy.
We got hit with the flu in ourhouse.
Thankfully the baby is fine, butthe older two kids had the flu
and We had all sorts of otherthings.
It's kind of like when it rains,it pours.
So anyways, I'm getting you thisepisode way later than I ever
(01:31):
intended to, but nevertheless,it's happening and I'm super
glad that you are tuning in.
So today we are going to talkabout potassium and why
potassium is such an importantmineral.
You might feel like you drinkplenty of water, you eat all
these fibrous foods, you eventake probiotics, yet you still
(01:54):
feel bloated, you still feelsluggish, maybe you even still
have hypothyroid symptoms, yourhair's falling out, your
digestion is slow, you're backedup, nothing seems to work, so
what is missing?
What if I actually told you thatit might not be your gut
bacteria, but it actually couldbe a mineral balance and that is
(02:15):
what is keeping you stuck.
So most people think ofpotassium for muscle cramps,
right?
Like we think of bananas, wethink of athletes.
But did you know that potassiumis actually a mineral?
Critical for moving wastethrough your gut without enough
potassium.
Your digestive system reallyslows down.
(02:37):
So I had a client I want to giveyou an example.
We'll call her Sarah.
She struggled with constipationfor years.
She had tried all the gut healthhacks, magnesium, fiber,
probiotics, you name it, she hadtried it, but she still felt
bloated all the time.
When we finally ran an htma teston her, which is a hair tissue
(02:58):
mineral analysis, we found herpotassium was rock bottom, like
it was literally zero.
Once we addressed this, herdigestion completely changed.
What I want to add here is thatI saw some study, I can't
remember where, but basicallysaying that 97, 98 percent of
(03:19):
Americans don't meet their dailyrequirement for potassium, yet
we're not really doing anythingabout it.
And potassium is so importantfor so many reasons.
So many different things in thebody, which we're going to get
into in this episode today.
But let's start off with whypotassium is essential for gut
function.
(03:39):
So I want you to think of yourintestines like a long conveyor
belt.
It moves food and waste throughyour system.
Potassium is kind of like theelectricity that powers the
motor.
So when you're low, thatconveyor belt slows down.
This leads to really sluggishdigestion, bloating.
(03:59):
constipation, potassium reallyregulates these muscle
contractions, which rememberyour gut is a muscle and when
potassium levels are low,movement is going to slow.
This leads to food sitting inthe intestines longer than it
should.
It's not just about eating morefiber to get things to move.
(04:19):
If your muscles don't have anyelectricity, then food is just
going to sit there and this canlead to other imbalances in your
gut.
Like.
SIBO, or large intestinaldysbiosis.
So it's not to say thatdifferent probiotics or SIBO
protocols or anything like thatis not going to work for you,
(04:40):
but perhaps you've done all ofthat.
Perhaps you've done a SIBOprotocol and you ended up right
back at square one.
If your body doesn't have theessential minerals such as
potassium that it needs toactually move things through
your gut, then you're just kindof on this vicious cycle.
So.
Step number one is we have toget this conveyor belt moving.
(05:03):
So here are some signs that youmight be low in potassium.
On the digestive side, you mightbe bloated, you might be
constipated, you might havesluggish digestion.
On the energy side, you mighthave fatigue, dizziness, feeling
tired after meals.
Potassium regulates or helps toregulate blood sugar.
Some stress symptoms, you mightfeel wired but tired, you might
(05:25):
have muscle weakness, you heartpalpitations.
You will be less resilient tostress.
We deplete potassium when we'restressed and potassium makes us
more resilient to the dailystressors that we might
encounter.
And then potassium is alsoneeded for thyroid function.
So from a hormone perspective,low potassium equals a slow
(05:47):
metabolism and slow digestion.
You need adequate potassium toconvert T4 to T3, which is the
active thyroid hormone.
So, I'll give you an example, wehad a client named Emily, she
had been constipated her entirelife, literally she said, kind
of like my story, you know, Idon't really remember a time
(06:07):
when I wasn't constipated, shewas drinking magnesium, eating
chia seeds, doing everything shecould to fix her gut.
And she was also dealing withreally extreme fatigue and felt
dizzy when she would stand up.
So we ran her htma test.
Her potassium was so low.
Once we replenished it, she wentfrom struggling with bowel
(06:31):
movements to having dailyregular meals.
bowel movements and digestion.
And here's the kicker in threeweeks, like it wasn't like this
took months.
The, the best part aboutminerals is that you really can
see a huge change sometimesinstantaneously.
Like you drink a mocktail in theafternoon and all of a sudden
(06:52):
you have a little bit of energy,but even for some of these GI
related concerns, when you getminerals on board, you're going
to feel better.
a lot quicker.
So I want to talk about some ofthe hidden causes of low
potassium.
Number one, the most common onethat we see, please don't turn
this episode off when you hearme say this, promise me you're
(07:14):
not going to do that.
Number one, chronic stress andhigh cortisol.
When you are stressed, your bodypushes out more potassium
through your urine.
This is why high stress peopletend to feel wired and tired.
Um, they're wired and exhausted.
They get heart palpitations andhave slow digestion.
Think about how you feel after areally stressful day.
(07:35):
Maybe you had a really stressfulday at work.
Maybe you had a really stressfulday with your kids.
You're tense.
Your digestion's off.
You're probably cravingsomething salty or sweet.
That is your body screaming formineral support and your body's
not doing anything wrong.
I think we often judge ourselvesor think that we're doing
(07:56):
something wrong or there'ssomething broken with our body.
If we have these cravings, yourbody's just craving something as
a signal to you that somethingis off.
And so that's how it's dealingwith stress.
Another hidden cause, which Italked about earlier, is low
potassium diets.
A lot of women, and people ingeneral, are not eating enough
(08:19):
potassium rich foods.
If you've been following a lowcarb diet, carnivore diet, or
restricting low carb diets,Large amounts of food groups you
might not be getting enough evenquote unquote healthy eaters who
avoid Processed foods might notbe getting enough potassium Some
foods that are really heavyhitters when it comes to
(08:40):
potassium that you shoulddefinitely think about including
would be coconut water potatoesYes, eat potatoes.
Bananas.
Yes, eat bananas.
The internet has demonizedactually a lot of really high
potassium foods, and I have tobelieve that that is likely part
of this.
Dairy is also high in potassium,leafy greens, avocados.
(09:04):
These are things that you shouldbe including in your diet,
especially if you struggle withthyroid issues.
fatigue issues, poor digestion,slow metabolism, et cetera, et
cetera.
Anything we're talking about onthis episode.
And then the third kind ofhidden cause is just overall
(09:24):
mineral imbalances.
So when you do an HTMA test, youget a bunch of ratios back.
So keep in mind, minerals arelike a symphony.
So when one mineral is off, thewhole symphony sounds terrible.
And so we're really not actuallythat concerned.
In some sense, of course, we areconcerned if things are super
(09:45):
low, but we're less concernedabout one specific mineral and
more concerned about how arethey interacting with each
other.
So potassium doesn't work alone.
It's directly linked to sodium.
If you are too low in potassiumor too high in sodium digestion
will suffer.
HTMA testing can reveal a lot ofimbalances that traditional
(10:08):
blood work will not catch.
It can also.
Give us some clues as to perhapswhy you're super puffy or why
you feel super swollen orinflamed Sometimes this can be
low potassium or how differentminerals are interacting with
each other another reason thatPotassium could be low would be
(10:31):
from blood sugar and insulinresistance.
This doesn't even have to beLike having diabetes, but this
can be from blood sugar swingsthroughout the day.
Fasting insulin being too high,which if you don't know your
fasting insulin or you haven'tever had that run, it would be a
great thing to look at.
If you struggle with sugarcravings, unstable energy.
(10:54):
You feel hangry.
We've all been there.
Your blood sugar might beimpacting your potassium levels
and vice versa.
So high insulin levels willcause potassium to shift inside
cells, leaving less in yourcirculation.
So it's kind of like having aton of money in your savings
account, but nothing in yourchecking account.
(11:15):
You technically have plenty, butit's not available when you
actually need it.
When you actually need to pay abill.
So let's talk about how we canincrease potassium for better
digestion.
Some simple food swaps to getmore potassium would include
eating, obviously more potassiumrich foods like coconut water,
(11:36):
make a mineral mocktail withcoconut water.
I love my like OG mineralmocktail.
I posted this on Instagramprobably, I know my son was
really little, so it wasprobably like three, almost
three years ago in the summer.
And I, Would always drink thisin the morning after I got back
from a super hot Texas summerwalk Um, I would do coconut
(12:01):
water with lime juice and saltAnd mix it all together You can
add some cream of tartar forsome extra potassium.
It's super delicious and It isso refreshing and you feel
better instantly, but coconutwater Switch this out once a day
for a plain water, um, bakedpotatoes instead of white rice.
(12:23):
If that's what you normallyhave, have some dairy, yogurt,
et cetera.
Um, instead of always choosingalmond milk, eat some bananas,
have some avocados, cookedspinach, whatever you can do to
get some of these foods in yourdiet.
Most of our clients are low inpotassium, um, on HTMA testing.
And so the recommendation thatwe tend to give is to have one
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potassium rich food with everymeal.
And that may seem like a lot,but truly to meet your potassium
needs, that's really what youneed to be doing.
Um, and then including some kindof mocktail or mineral support
throughout the day as well.
Sodium also helps potassiumabsorption.
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So you actually need adequatesodium levels and to, to help
balance out potassium.
So this is why things like theadrenal cocktails work because
they give you both minerals atonce.
Um, if you're curious aboutadrenal cocktails and if they
actually work, I have a wholeepisode on that, which is one or
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two episodes back.
You can go listen to it.
So adrenal cocktails can be agreat place to start.
They sell a powder that'sliterally called adrenal
cocktail.
I will warn you, it does nottaste good.
It is like, just basicallyadding salt to your water
because it's a combo of salt,vitamin C, and potassium.
That's That's what makes up anadrenal cocktail.
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I'll put the link in the shownotes if you want to try it, but
you can also make superdelicious tasting adrenal
cocktails that have a sodiumsource, a potassium source, and
a vitamin C source.
Um, even the one that Imentioned, the, the lime, drink
that I was just talking aboutcould be kind of its own adrenal
cocktail.
So some people will try toincrease potassium.
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But they don't feel any better.
That's because your body mightneed a different balance of
minerals, which is exactly whyhtma testing is so helpful to
see what your body actuallyneeds.
If you are stressed and bloatedand struggling with hair loss
and thyroid symptoms, lowenergy, Anything I've mentioned
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here, I can probably bet thatyour potassium is low, how low,
I don't know, but there might beother things at play such as
really high sodium, really lowsodium, a huge magnesium loss,
etc.
That are going to affect how yourespond to adding in more
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potassium, which is why testingcan be so helpful.
And so it might be somethingthat you want to think about if
you are drinking mineralmocktails and you're like, yeah,
I think they kind of help, butthere's obviously something more
that I want to explore.
So if you're wondering, youknow, whether your potassium is
low, whether, You should add indifferent minerals and in what
(15:20):
amounts.
Our HTMA bundle is going to beopen when this episode goes
live.
So you can click the link in theshow notes and secure one of the
spots.
We open this bundle.
About four times a year.
It always sells out within like24 to 48 hours because it's so
popular.
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HTMA testing will show youexactly what is going on in your
body and exactly what's going onwith your minerals.
You'll get the full HTMA test.
You will also get a one on oneconsult with our team to go over
the results and create a plan.
You even get the option offormulating your own custom
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mineral powder that you can useto make it super, super easy to
do this every day.
That's Personally, what I doright now, especially in this
season of life.
So this is really perfect foryou.
If you've been struggling withbloating, constipation, sluggish
digestion, you kind of feel likeyou've tried everything.
Definitely click the link in theshow notes.
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And so long as we have not soldout to the link, we'll still be
there.
If it's not, then definitelymake sure you've downloaded our
mineral guide and you will bethe first to know what it is.
When this bundle opens, I wouldlove to hear from you and hear
if this episode resonated withyou.
I know it was a bit of a shorterepisode, but I think it's so
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important that we focus onsometimes some of these things
that are.
such a low lift, like adding inmore potassium to your diet is
not typically that hard toexecute.
It takes intentionality and ittakes planning.
But when you're consistent withit, you can see huge results.
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And then you can obviously takeit a step further.
With testing, but even if you'renot ready for that, a huge and
really transformational changethat you can make is getting
enough potassium in your diet tohelp with stress resilience,
help with digestion, help withyour thyroid function, and
really just help your body to bein the best possible shape that
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it can.
So I'd love to hear yourthoughts on this episode.
Send me a DM.
Screenshot this episode, tag mehowever you want to share it,
and check out the link in theshow notes if you are ready to
get your own htma test and getyour own personalized
recommendation.
So thanks for tuning in.
I'll catch you next time on thenext episode of the love your
(17:45):
gut podcast.
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