What is the difference between
potassium chloride and potassium compound salts? What are the
dangers?
Here at the Gerson Institute we get
a lot of questions about what is right and wrong to do with the
Gerson Therapy. One of the more troubling areas seems to be in
understanding the dangers of potassium chloride and how it
differs from potassium compound salts. Here's the quick, but
albeit complete answer. What is potassium chloride (K-Cl)? K-Cl
is a compound, a combination of 2 elements: Potassium +
Chloride. The Chloride element portion of the compound is
damaging to the metabolism. What can potassium chloride do to
your body? Liquid Potassium Chloride may cause fibrillation and
cardiac arrest. It also prevents potassium and enzymes to enter
the cells for the healing process. Potassium Chloride pills may
cause perforation in the walls of the small intestine and death
can occur. What are potassium compound salts? Potassium Compound
Salts are used as supplementation in the Gerson Therapy. They
are a 10% solution of gluconate, acetate and phosphate. The word
"Salts" in Potassium Compound Salts refers to a chemical term
only, not necessarily sodium chloride, or "salt" as we more
commonly know it. Even with Potassium Compound supplementation
in the Gerson Therapy, lower serum (blood), K (potassium)
figures may show best healing, because the depleted tissues
reabsorb K, while high figures may be found in failures, because
the tissues lose K.
What is the difference between
potassium chloride and potassium compound salts? What are the
dangers?
Here at the Gerson Institute we get
a lot of questions about what is right and wrong to do with the
Gerson Therapy. One of the more troubling areas seems to be in
understanding the dangers of potassium chloride and how it
differs from potassium compound salts. Here's the quick, but
albeit complete answer. What is potassium chloride (K-Cl)? K-Cl
is a compound, a combination of 2 elements: Potassium +
Chloride. The Chloride element portion of the compound is
damaging to the metabolism. What can potassium chloride do to
your body? Liquid Potassium Chloride may cause fibrillation and
cardiac arrest. It also prevents potassium and enzymes to enter
the cells for the healing process. Potassium Chloride pills may
cause perforation in the walls of the small intestine and death
can occur. What are potassium compound salts? Potassium Compound
Salts are used as supplementation in the Gerson Therapy. They
are a 10% solution of gluconate, acetate and phosphate. The word
"Salts" in Potassium Compound Salts refers to a chemical term
only, not necessarily sodium chloride, or "salt" as we more
commonly know it. Even with Potassium Compound supplementation
in the Gerson Therapy, lower serum (blood), K (potassium)
figures may show best healing, because the depleted tissues
reabsorb K, while high figures may be found in failures, because
the tissues lose K.