The average American diet includes from 2-6 grams per day. In cooking or canning foods, potassium is depleted but sodium is increased, as it is in most American processed foods as well. When we increase sodium intake, we should also consume more potassium-rich foods or take a potassium supplement. About 10-20 meq. The inorganic potassium salts are found as the sulfate, chloride, oxide, or carbonate.
Organic salts are potassium gluconate, fumarate, or citrate.
These organic molecules are normally part of our cells and body tissues. Potassium is well absorbed, so it is available to the body in most forms. Return to the Physician's Library. This page was last updated September 20, 2000. Privacy Statement Permission is granted for health-care professionals, patients and caregivers to make copies for personal use only, provided that this copyright notice remains intact.