A healthy range of blood potassium levels is 3.5 to 5.0 millimoles per liter of blood. Levels above this may indicate hyperkalemia, which occurs most often in people with chronic kidney disease.

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Potassium is essential for kidney function. Too much or too little potassium can affect this function and lead to complications. Potassium plays a key role in a number of bodily processes ...

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One of the many benefits of eating fruit is getting plenty of potassium, a mineral important for health and normal functioning. Potassium is an electrolyte that plays a role in hydration and fluid ...

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Low potassium is also known as ‘Hypokalemia’, and the health experts at Cleveland Clinic say: “Your body needs potassium to function correctly. It gets potassium through the food you eat.