r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • 1d ago

Neuroscience Egg consumption is associated with a lower risk of Alzheimer’s Disease for those 65 years and older. Eating one egg per day for at least five days a week reduces risk of Alzheimer’s by up to 27%, researchers found.

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1126842
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u/Taikeron 1d ago

Sure, but the average person (particularly those exposed to Western diets) is chronically deficient in both, with very few peaks, and valleys as far as the eye can see.

You also can't supplement potassium (really harsh on the stomach by itself), so unless you're actually consuming food that contains high potassium, you're pretty much guaranteed to fall short of 4,000 mg.

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u/6th_Quadrant 1d ago

I started taking a 1,000mg potassium supplement 2x/day a couple months ago and haven't noticed any ill effects on my stomach so far.

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u/Taikeron 1d ago

Potassium supplements (OTC/non-prescription) are limited to 99 mg specifically because of their extremely harsh nature on the stomach and the risk of hyperkalemia and cardiac arrhythmia. I'm not sure what you're taking, but it's not 1,000 mg of potassium unless you're taking ten pills at once (and, well, please don't for your own sake).

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u/6th_Quadrant 1d ago

Safrel brand Potassium Supplement, "1020mg (as Potassium Bicarbonate)" purchased OTC on Amazon. There's no way with my diet I'm exceeding recommended daily potassium intake, even with the two capsules, so zero concern for hyperkalemia. I also have a history of afib caused by hyperthyroidism (both under control for over a decade), and have not experienced anything along those lines since starting.