Potassium is essential for blood pressure and muscle electricity. Supplement pills are capped at tiny doses in many countries for a reason. Potatoes, beans, yogurt, and salt substitutes usually beat a 99 mg tablet.
Supplements
Strong evidence
Potassium
The mineral most people should eat, not mega-capsule.
How to use
Prefer food. If you use a capsule, stay at labeled doses and skip it if you take ACE inhibitors or have kidney disease.
Details
- Ingredients
- Potassium citrate or chloride
- Benefits
- Electrolyte balance, Blood pressure support from diet
- Dosage
- Follow label; food sources are the real dose
- When to take
- With food
- Side effects
- Hyperkalemia risk with kidney disease or certain blood-pressure drugs.
- Scientific evidence
- Dietary potassium is strongly linked to blood pressure; high-dose pills are a medical product, not a biohack.
- Form
- Capsule
- Third-party tested
- Yes
Editorial rating ★ 3.6
Food first. A capsule will not replace bananas, beans, and a sane sodium-potassium ratio.
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