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Will i need to have the goal amount of sodium and potassium everyday?
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No: Recommended daily amounts of these are not required, your kidneys will excrete excess amounts and are excellent at retaining na and k during times of shortage. The western diet is chock full of sodium and potassium is found in fruits and vegetables.
Answered 9/9/2013
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