Potassium is one of the abundant minerals in the body and must be ingested in fairly large amounts on a daily basis to ensure that the correct internal balance is maintained. Normally the ingestion of sufficient potassium would not be a problem because adequate levels of the mineral occur in natural foods and a balanced diet would provide the potassium we need.
However, most of us do not live under ideal circumstances anymore but lead a hectic, stressful lifestyle where we have come to rely on highly processed and denatured foodstuffs and are exposed to unnatural and synthetic compounds on a daily basis. Under these circumstances, the intake of potassium may be insufficient for the body’s requirements, and therefore we need to supplement.