Potassium is a much-needed nutrient for your body that helps your nerves and muscles communicate with one another, moves other nutrients into your cells, and keeps your sodium levels in check.

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) impairs the kidneys’ ability to filter excess potassium, which may lead to high potassium levels in the blood. Your kidneys filter waste from your blood. Conditions ...

One of the most common replacers for sodium is potassium. Potassium chloride, according to The George Institute for Global Health’s Claudia Selin Batz, has a similar taste to sodium chloride and is ...

Paul Kagame is seeking to bring Formula 1 to Africa for the first time since 1993, when the South African Grand Prix was staged in Kyalami Rwanda is bidding to host a Formula 1 grand prix ...

Rwanda is bidding to host a Formula 1 grand prix, the country's President Paul Kagame says. F1 is keen to hold a race in Africa and talks with Rwanda have been known about for some months.

Controversial changes to the statutes of Formula 1's governing body approved on Friday constitute a "worrisome concentration of power", according to the head of one of its member clubs. Changes to ...

Regulates Blood Pressure and Reduces the Risk of Stroke Because of potassium's relationship to sodium, which regulates fluid and plasma volume, some research has focused on its ability to lower blood ...

One of the most important things it does is regulate blood pressure by balancing the effects of sodium. Potassium can also support bone health and reduce the risk of kidney stones. While there isn ...

Electrolytes, such as sodium and potassium, are essential for several body functions. Everyone needs electrolytes to survive. Many automatic processes in the body rely on a small electric current ...

IN a recent article Dr. A. T. Wilson 1 notes that ‘the potassium/sodium ratio in rainwater is often larger by a factor of 10 than that in the sea—the obvious source’. His explanation is that ...