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Potassium is a mineral that, once inside the body, operates as an electrolyte and becomes essential to the maintenance of proper neural and muscle function. In partnership with sodium, it helps maintain fluid volume and pH balance, and creates what’s known as a concentration gradient that [...]
As many as a third of people over 65 take anticholinergic drugs—shown to increase risk for dementia, including Alzheimer’s–significantly. But most don’t know it. These drugs do have short term benefits, but many people do not even know that they are anti-cholinergic drugs. [...]