This article is influenced by Dr. Eric Berg’s video which is full of false information and misunderstanding of how things really work. Here we can analyze the fake science one by one so, as you watch the video, I will shed a different light on the nature of things.
The first statement Dr. Berg makes is that our body has twice as much potassium as sodium, but he does not explain that almost all of the potassium is inside cells (intercellular plasma) while almost all of the sodium is in the extracellular plasma (blood and lymph).
Sodium-potassium pump does not produce energy. It is actually very energy hungry and when it is engaged, we feel sleepy. This is why the sodium-potassium osmotic pump is mostly active during sleep when the brain is not wasting energy on the broadcasting of thoughts and has the energy to run the pump.
It is obvious that Dr. Berg does not understand the mechanism of the sodium-potassium pump as he is mentioning how potassium is controlling the levels of sodium in the cell with positive and negative charges while acknowledging that both sodium and potassium are positively charged cations.
Since potassium is larger than the openings of cellular membranes, it will accumulate in the cell. Its size also prevents it to enter the cell freely as sodium does. This means that cells are producing potassium by fusing sodium and oxygen which is very energy demanding. The process is called cold fusion.
As the concentration of potassium in the cell increases, the cellular plasma becomes thicker which triggers cellular osmosis. The cell starts absorbing blood plasma of lower viscosity.
Since sodium can freely penetrate the cellular membrane, it does not accumulate there. It freely circulates in and out of cells, while the potassium becomes trapped and requires an increase of intracellular pressure to push it out as the pressure increases during osmosis. With potassium, cellular garbage is eliminated as well. This is the basic principle behind active cellular detoxification.
There is no other mechanism in osmosis that keeps sodium out of the cell and potassium inside of it.
Cells are like batteries but their ability to hold an electric charge depends on their acidity and not on the percentage of potassium and sodium they contain.
The stomach has to be acidic to be able to break proteins and fats, potassium has nothing to do with this, chlorine is what is used to create stomach acid which is called hydrochloric acid.
Showing an avocado next to the stomach is actually misleading because an avocado will dilute/neutralize the acid with its alkalinity.
Almost every statement on the action of potassium is made up and incorrect. This is the knowledge they push in medical universities and is completely wrong.
For example, saying that the cause of the narrowing of arteries is a lack of potassium is bogus. I have explained that dehydrated cells make brittle organs. Dehydrated arteries have brittle walls prone to cracking and cholesterol serves as a temporary patch so we do not bleed internally. Potassium has absolutely nothing to do with this other than the more potassium is inside of our cells, the more blood plasma is sucked in keeping the cell hydrated, but as I have explained, the potassium has to be made inside of the cell so eating it will not help us at all.
Since I have mentioned consuming potassium, Dr. Berg promotes salat which is nondigestible since it is made of pure cellulose. The potassium is inside the cells of salad whose walls are made of cellulose which makes them nondigestible so we have absolutely no benefit from eating salad as far as the potassium goes. The same is with bananas and every other type of raw vegetable and fruit.
On the other hand, animal meat is loaded with potassium and the cellular membrane of animal cells is made of fat and protein (cholesterol) easily digestible, but the meat is being neglected although it is a major provider of potassium.
When we are deficient in any nutrient our heart rate will accelerate so that the nutrient can be delivered faster. This is the natural design of our robot/body. It is not specific to potassium as Dr. Berg suggests.
Potassium has nothing to do with insulin resistance. Here Dr. Berg reaches for the statistics which is always done when we do not understand the correlation and the mechanism of function. All diabetics are chronically dehydrated so naturally, they are low on potassium. Diabetics also do not consume enough salt/minerals and have the wrong diet.
Dr. Berg insinuates that insulin should be always in the blood because it does not only make sugar absorption possible, but other nutritive substances will penetrate the cell easier.
I have explained that in a properly running ketogenic organism, insulin is not present in the blood unless we are in a state of stress and the liver releases a large amount of glucose into the blood. Insulin is highly abrasive, it bothers cells so they start reinforcing their membranes which increases the need for cholesterol and in time causes impenetrable barite to insulin which we call insulin resistance.
Potassium has nothing to do with the level of glycogen and as I explain, glycogen is found only in muscle cells, brain cells, and liver cells which are the only cells in our body that can actually push glucose into the blood. The purpose behind glycogen is stress management, nothing else.
The entire explanation on fasting is bogus and incorrect but too long for me to explain in detail.
Glucoholics will go into a stress mode when glucose become unavailable during the beginning of the fast so the glycogen will be used and create hypoglycaemia. If this state is prolonged, cells will activate more mitochondria and they will be able to create enough energy from triglyceride. Then the glycogen reserves will be replenished since cells make glycogen from fat, and stress caused by lack of energy will disappear as the body starts working correctly utilizing its primary fuel, the fat.
Now, the need for insulin will disappear so those who are injecting insulin have to be careful and lower or even stop injecting insulin or they will create hypoglycemia.
We cannot achieve a proper balance of minerals by consuming them separately. Our body does the calibration depending on its environment/vibration. We receive most minerals through our diet but not because of veggies. By eating animal products like dairy and meat, and by consuming the correct salt.
Almost everything that was said in this video about diet in regard to minerals is wrong.
We receive minerals by eating animal products and not vegetables. This is why carnivores do not have to supplement salt by licking it, and herbivores do.
Eating a big salad often causes gas since it cannot be digested other than fermented. This means that gut flora has to be adjusted to this type of stuff. It is not food since we cannot digest and use it. In this case, digestive enzymes will help but supplementing means not eating correctly. This should be easily understandable.
If you are interested in some details, go through my blog, it is all there, or watch my videos.
This article is not an attack on Dr. Berg. He is just like a university professor regurgitating the same nonsense that medical students have to memorize. No wonder doctors cannot resolve any health issue.
Love and light to us all.