Myth: High Potassium Causes Cardiac Arrest

Dr Max Gerson, the founder of the Gerson Therapy which has helped heal thousands of cancer patients, said that “the beginning of all chronic diseases in the body is the loss of potassium from the cells."

Potassium is lost because of poor nutrition from plants which are grown deficient of nutrition, artificially fertilized and sprayed. In artificially fertilized plants, sodium content usually goes up. Potatoes which are supposed to be rich in potassium have lost their natural potassium content. Instead, when the sodium goes up so do the potatoes grow bigger in size because of the water content it retains. So, don’t think that those big, nice and fat-looking potatoes are good, they could be high in sodium.

Just like we human being, when we ingest foods which are high in sodium, we lose the vital potassium, causing our body to bloat because of water retention. And eventually, a host of many other health problems.

Dr Gerson had shown over and over again, that by ridding the body of excess sodium and replacing potassium through potassium-rich foods and supplements into the system, he was able to reverse many health problems.

In our toxin-laden body, our defense mechanisms become weak and respond poorly when a disease attack. The entire enzymes system is also adversely affected and can no longer function properly. Enzymes need a high potassium level in the body in order to work well, but they cannot work when large amounts of sodium (enzymes inhibitor) is present.

So you see, the first line of defense by our body is a high level of potassium. However, the orthodox medicine (doctors) have been telling us for so long now, that high amounts of potassium may cause cardiac arrest !! This is a myth. They concluded so because in their lab test, they were using potassium chloride and it was really the chloride that killed, not the potassium!

As long as you take potassium from natural fresh foods, you will never be “overdose” with potassium. Because of the myth that potassium can cause cardiac arrest, people are wary when they hear the word “potassium” and take less of the foods which are rich in potassium. Well, sorry to say, people have been so deceived!

A body that has high sodium and low potassium ratio causes problems like low immunity system. They are often bothered by phlegm in the throat, colds and flu, asthma, bronchitis and other respiratory problems. It is important for people who suffer these problems to cut out milk and all dairy products (except yogurt) from their dietary.

Consider this ratio of potassium:sodium in cow’s milk and mother’s breast milk:

Cow’s milk: 39.5 / 26.5 = 1.49 (high in sodium)
Mother’s milk: 12.2 / 5.0 = 2.44 (right ratio – low in sodium)

So what are the good sources of potassium? You get natural potassium from fresh fruit and vegetable juices. Cooked vegetables and processed foods are all void of potassium as it is destroyed when exposed to heat. Eat raw fruits and vegetables as much and as often as you can.



Apple cider vinegar is an excellent source of potassium which can help restore the potassium/sodium balance. However, avoid those distilled ACV. The best are those that are organic, have rich brownish color, with cob-web-like substances at the bottom of the bottle which is the “mother”. To be safe, go for only “Bragg”. SD.