Potassium

Potassium

Potassium is a crucial electrolyte, essential to regulate fluid balance, works with sodium to maintain proper cell function and volume, and is critical for nerve transmission by facilitating the movement of ions necessary for generating action potentials. 

💪It plays a vital role in muscle contraction, ensuring proper muscle function and heart rhythm by regulating electrical activity. It also maintains the body's acid-base balance through buffering systems. 

🔋It acts as an activator for several enzymes involved in metabolic processes, including glycolysis and the Krebs cycle, and is necessary for protein synthesis and the regulation of various cellular enzymes.

⚡️A key connection between potassium and enzymes is the sodium-potassium pump (Na⁺/K⁺-ATPase), which maintains sodium and potassium gradients across cell membranes, crucial for cellular homeostasis, electrical excitability, and the transport of molecules like glucose and amino acids.

🦴🦷♻️Electrolytes like potassium help to keep calcium circulating in solution around the body so that it does not accumulate in our soft tissues and is usable for its voltage gate potential in our neurotransmitter system. Calcification of the pancreas can lead to Type 1 diabetes. Calcification of the pineal gland can lead to insomnia. Many pathologies can develop from the poor metabolism of calcium.