Reduced appetite a sign of potassium deficiency. Other symptoms are repressed growth, muscular weakness, stiffness and paralysis. Potassium acts as a break for regulating heart beat, suppresses heart flutter, helps prevent tetany, convulsions, and an unsteady gait. Refined sugar can cause the urine to become alkaline so that minerals cannot be held in solution. Potassium deficiency can cause nervous disorders, insomnia, constipation, slow and irregular heartbeat.
Potassium can treat high blood pressure caused by high salt intake.
Colic can be treated with potassium. Irritability of the nervous system is dependent upon balance between calcium, potassium and sodium ions in tissues and body fluids. Potassium content is higher is younger plant tissues, so some plant material in a daily diet should be from younger tissues. A easy remedy is sprouts that have been nurished in a potassium rich nutrient media. Adrenal hormones favor sodium retention and potassium loss, so stress can affect potassium levels.