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22 of 23 found the following review helpful:
Legally, K supplements can only be 3%. Dec 05, 2011
By Telesma
The US government only allows OTC potassium supplements to be 3% of RDA, so in most cases any potassium supplement is a waste of money if you need to boost your RDA significantly. Diet is pretty much the only way to get more K without a prescription supplement. If you want to get more potassium without major dietary changes, look into culinary herbs. Parsley, chervil, and celery seed all have significant amounts of potassium in them, and probably other herbs do as well. Do a little googling and you'll see what I mean.
After getting frustrated with supplements and doing some research, I started putting parsley on every dish I could possibly put it on, trying to get at least a couple of tablespoons per day total, along with regularly eating potassium rich whole foods like sweet potatoes, spinach, chard, broccoli, navy & lima beans, avocados, and bananas. Tea and coffee are also apparently pretty good sources, although diuretic. Still, I now drink a mug of tea in the morning, then drink water and homemade lemonade the rest of the day.
If you're looking for potassium for leg cramps, also look into magnesium. 400 mg of magnesium citrate daily took care of chronic charley horses for me, and after a few weeks of taking it regularly skipping a dose was not a problem. If skipping a dose of a mineral is a problem, you simply are not getting enough of it, because the body stores minerals. Serum and tissue levels should not suffer from a day or even a few days of no intake. In other words, if skipping a dose causes symptoms, you need more than you're getting from that daily dose.
The modern American diet does not lend itself to getting adequate amounts of micronutrients, especially potassium and magnesium, which leads to all manner of illness, particularly problems with high blood pressure. It's worth it to pay attention to your intake of these nutrients and figure out the most expedient ways to get them. Good luck.
40 of 46 found the following review helpful:
 Not what it says Feb 21, 2011
By Dean Robinson
The bottle says you are getting 550mg of Potassium Gluconate, however, careful reading of the back of the bottle shows you are actually getting only 90mg of potassium gluconate, the rest being filers. Ninety milligrams is on 3% of the RDA even according to the bottle, which means you would have to take 33 tabs to meet the MDA, if that was your only source of K. Another source says the RDA is 4700mg, in this case you would need 52 tablets. Don't buy this thinking you are getting a significant amount of K. Dean Robinson DDS, MA, BS.
31 of 37 found the following review helpful:
Deceptive and possibly illegal advertising Dec 02, 2010
By santana338
I read the 2 previous reviews (one positive and one negative). I couldn't quite understand the negative review. Now I do. I would give this 0 stars if I could.
This is advertised as 550 mg of potassium gluconate. I wondered why the reviewer was furious about the small amount (90 mg) of potassium in the tablet. I figured with 550 mg I would be set.
If you notice, there is an image of the front of the bottle, but not the back.
It turns out that 550 mg of potassium gluconate is equivalent to only 90 mg of actual potassium which is about 2% of the daily recommended amount (this is shown on the nutritional label on the back of the bottle). This is the same amount that you get in any mulitvitamin or about 1/4 of a cup of orange juice. So this is not a higher level of potassium for someone trying to increase their intake.
In my opinion this is just deceptive. Other brands available on amazon openly state the amount of potassium (Member's Mark and Spring Valley to name two). At least then you know what you are getting.
Even though this purchase was less than $10, I am sending it back just on principle.
9 of 9 found the following review helpful:
 Chemistry 101 Sep 24, 2011
By John C. Chandler
"Captain Cookie"
Elemental potassium is not a nice thing to have in your hands. It is in the same chemical family as lithium and sodium, so it is very reactive. Our bodies do need it, however, so we have to consume it in a compound, say potassium gluconate, if we don't get enough from our diet. It doesn't surprise me that 460 mg of the 550 mg of potassium gluconate is really the gluconate. When you consider that every potassium gluconate molecule contains 6 carbon atoms, 7 oxygen atoms, and 11 hydrogen atoms for every potassium atom, the disparity is apparent. In fact, it would be very difficult to find a 550-mg potassium gluconate tablet that had substantially more than 90 mg of elemental potassium.
The effect of the potassium gluconate dosage, even at 550 mg, is not trivial. If you have nighttime leg cramps, take your 550-mg tablet half an hour before bedtime and you'll have fewer cramps. I have been supplementing my diet with potassium gluconate for years, and if I miss a dose my legs let me know (painfully) that very night.
The Nature Made stuff works just fine for me. So does every other brand I have tried.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Deceptive advertising Feb 24, 2012
By Kyle Platt
"Does the i in iPhone stand for idiot?"
Only has 90mg of potassium. Pay attention to the back of the label to find out what it really has.
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