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If you experience excessive fluid loss, through vomiting, diarrhea, overuse of diuretics (including caffeinated beverages), poor water intake, a low-carbohydrate diet, or sweating, or if you take certain medications, you may be at risk for potassium deficiency. In addition, a diet that is high in sodium and low in potassium can negatively affect potassium status. The Standard American Diet (SAD), which is high in sodium-containing processed foods and low in fruits and vegetables, contains about two times more sodium than potassium. Many health experts recommend taking in at least five times more potassium than sodium. The symptoms of potassium deficiency include muscle weakness, confusion, irritability, fatigue, and heart disturbances. Athletes with low potassium stores may tire more easily during exercise, as potassium deficiency causes a decrease in glycogen (the fuel used by exercising muscles) storage. In addition to poor dietary intake, excessive physical activity can increase your need for potassium. People with high blood pressure also need more potassium.
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What is the disease that has people eating rocks?
Must be some kind of mineral deficiency.
Are potassium and silver an ionic compound?
No. together potassium and silver would form an alloy, which is a kind of mixture.
Pica is a sign of what kind of mineral deficiency?
Iron.
What kind of bond would form if fluorine and potassium came in contact?
An ionic bond would form between fluorine and potassium. Fluorine has a high electronegativity and would attract the electron from potassium, leading to the transfer of electrons and the formation of ions, resulting in an ionic bond between the two elements.
What kind of bonding does the particles in potassium have?
Pure potassium is held together by metallic bonds.
What kind organic compound is potassium?
Potassium is not an organic compound, it is a pure substance, an element.
What kind of compound is potassium chloride?
compound
What kind of bond would potassium and chromium form?
Potassium and chromium would likely form an ionic bond, with potassium losing an electron to form a positively charged ion (K+) and chromium gaining an electron to form a negatively charged ion (Cr-). This attraction between the oppositely charged ions would result in the formation of an ionic compound.
What kind of vitamin is a Scurvy?
Scurvy is NOT a kind of vitamin. Scurvy is a disease caused by a deficiency of vitamin C.
What kind of virus is a lentivirus?
A lentivirus is a bovine deficiency virus. That means that it is a virus that only affects cows, and the deficiency is due to a lack of something in their systems.
What kind of protein is the sodium-potassium pump?
a carrier protien
What kind of bond does potassium sulfate form?
It will be an Ionic Bond.
