Achieving the Benefits of a High-Potassium, Paleolithic Diet, Without the Toxicity

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 496-508

  Palmer, Biff F ^a   Clegg, Deborah J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; LOOP DIURETIC AGENT; PATIROMER; POLYSTYRENESULFONATE SODIUM; PROTEIN KINASE WNK1; SODIUM CHLORIDE COTRANSPORTER; SODIUM ZIRCONIUM CYCLOSILICATE; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT; POTASSIUM INTAKE;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FRUIT; HIGH POTASSIUM INTAKE; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; HYPERPHOSPHATEMIA; HYPERTENSION; LOW DRUG DOSE; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; NEPHROLITHIASIS; NONHUMAN; OSTEOPOROSIS; PALEOLITHIC DIET; POTASSIUM DEFICIENCY; POTASSIUM EXCRETION; POTASSIUM RESTRICTION; PROTEIN INTAKE; REVIEW; SODIUM RETENTION; VEGETABLE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET THERAPY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; PHARMACOLOGY; POTASSIUM INTAKE; UNITED STATES;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIET, PALEOLITHIC; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; HUMANS; POTASSIUM DEFICIENCY; POTASSIUM, DIETARY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84959310250     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: 19425546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2016.01.012     Document Type: Review

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