For more than a decade, Ruth has written for multiple outlets providing patient education, including Health and Verywell. She has written for health student education companies, collaborating on an anatomy textbook project with McGraw-Hill. Ruth also enjoys writing for young audiences, as in her book on the changes of puberty. When writing for health professionals, Ruth minimizes unnecessary technical language in news and magazine pieces.
Higher potassium intake seems to be linked to a lower risk of osteoporosis, but the role of potassium supplementation isn’t yet clear. Potassium is needed to help secrete insulin, so very low levels of the mineral may promote or worsen diabetes. Because lower potassium intake seems to be linked to increased risk of diabetes, maintaining proper levels might stave off the disease.Some people may benefit from taking both magnesium and potassium.
Taking magnesium and potassium together might also help prevent transplant rejection in people who've undergone a kidney transplant. When people are receiving cyclosporine therapy to prevent the rejection, magnesium can reduce the thickening of the kidney's vascular walls that the therapy can cause. Supplementing with potassium can make magnesium even more effective in thinning the walls.Potassium and magnesium are both available as pills or powders.
Research from the 1960s found a risk of small intestine damage in people who were taking a coated version of a potassium supplement. So, it’s not clear that using dosages in over-the-counter supplements are going to help boost your potassium much. It’s partly because of this that healthcare providers often recommend increasing potassium through your diet instead of through supplementation.For most people, it’s likely safe to take low doses of magnesium and potassium together.
To play it safe, it's recommend that people 9 years or older take no more than 350 mg of magnesium supplements per day.Government agencies haven’t set an official limit on the amount of potassium a healthy person can have. That’s because most people's kidneys can safely remove excess potassium through urine.
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