Potassium
Atomic Number 19
Recommended daily allowance: (males/females)(mg/day)
Infants 0-6 months-400 /400
Infants 7-12 months-700/ 700
Children 1-3 years-3,000 /3,000
Children 4-8 years-3,800/ 3,800
Children 9-13 years-4,500/ 4,500
Adolescents 14-18 years-4,700/ 4,700
Adults 19 years and older-4,700/ 4,700
Pregnancy 14-50 years-4,700
Breast-feeding 14-50 years-5,100
If you do not have enough potassium in your body, you get a disease known as hypokalemia. This causes symptoms such as fatigue, muscle weakness, constipation, abdominal pain, and intestinal paralysis..
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