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What Are the Benefits of Potassium Chloride?

Potassium chloride is the most abundant variety of potassium present in the human body. It acts like an electrolyte and works in association with a number of other elements (i.e., sodium) to perform various fundamental physiological and biochemical tasks.

  1. Common Benefits

    • Potassium chloride is essential for maintaining the heart, kidney, brain, and muscle tissues in a good condition. It is also found to play an important part in hypertension, depression, anxiety, stress, fluid balance and muscle contraction.

    Deficiency Symptoms

    • Potassium chloride deficiency usually leads to symptoms such as weakness and fatigue. Other symptoms include abnormal heart beat, anemia, inactive reflexes, severe headaches, high blood pressure, swelling in glands, diabetes and intestinal pain.

    Stroke

    • Potassium chloride maintains the brain in normal working condition. It can even avert the occurrence of thrombosis in the brain.

    Metabolism

    • Potassium chloride aids in the metabolic process of various nutrients such as proteins, carbohydrates and fats.

    Cramps

    • Muscle cramps result due to a condition called "hypokalemia," which is potassium chloride deficiency in the blood stream.

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