I heard that Nu Salt could be used for potassium supplementation on a low-carb diet, due to its high concentration of potassium. Does anyone know of any problems doint this (other than the obvious "blecch")?

Thanks.

Ken

Ken, I never heard of NU Salt, so I did a quick search. One article concerned a comparison of various types of salt, including NU Salt. Here is the excerpt on NU Salt, which ranked as the worst of the salts tested:
"The Results (from worst to best)

Nu-Salt Salt Substitute, $1.95 for 2.5 ounces ($0.78 per ounce)

Category: Not technically a salt, though it's designed for table use.
Taste: -1.02 (out of 10) Note: Due to its revolting taste, several people went so far as to give Nu-Salt negative scores.
Appearance: 6 (out of 10)
Packaging: 1 (out of 10)
Total: 5.98

Serving Suggestions: Torture.

I've never knowingly tasted poison, but Nu-Salt tastes as close to eating poison as I'd like to get. Made from potassium chloride, potassium bitartrate, silicon dioxide, and "natural flavor derived from citrus fruits and honey," its phoniness is obvious. Tasters referred to it as "an unswallowable, rancid imposter," and one hardened New Yorker described it as "Living hell! I'd rather lick a subway rat's tummy." Nu-Salt is designed for people on low-sodium diets and is made by the Cumberland Packing Corp. (the folks who made the world a little sweeter with Sweet 'N Low).

It earned a 6 for looks because the grains are intriguingly spherical; upon close examination, they float around the plate like air-hockey pucks."

As for supplementing potassium, at 530 miligrams per 1/6 tsp, each serving would provide 1/3 to 1/4 of the minimum RDA of potassium. I'm not sure I would want to mess up the taste of the food and would get my potassium elsewhere.

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Henry

Oh that's hilarious! I've never licked anything close to a subway rat's tummy, but because if that I'll definitely take a big pass on the Nu Salt!

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Why not just take a potassium pill? I use Sea Salt on my food. It has less sodium and no Iodine and tastes great as well as better for you. The Nu Salt sounds like it's full of chemicals instead of from a natural source.

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Well I do take a potassium pill, but that only provides 250 mg of potassium. I drink one small V-8 at night (counts for 6 of my 20 carb grams), which provides 320 mg. I also get some through my salad (raw spinach...about 150 mg). So with one pill, and the food I eat, I'm only getting less than 1,000 mg per day. RDA is 3,500 mg of potassium per day! Granted it is better if you get it though food. But the best sources are mostly verboten on induction (lots of starchy or sugary foods). For example did you know that potato chips have way more potassium than bananas? Anyway, I don't put Nu-Salt on food. I take a 1/4 teaspoon measure (790 mg of potassium) and gulp it down with diet soda. No problem (and no hint of sewer-rat belly). If I do this 4 times per day, I meet the RDA for potassium (also counting what I eat). I would have to take 12 potassium pills to equal the same amount. And I am NOT a good pill-taker. Just a matter of preference I guess.

Ken

I'm with you, Ken. Did you know that 1/2 an avocado has about 485 mgs of potassium with about 2 net carbs?

When it seems as if I'm not getting enough potassium (like, leg cramps in the night) I use a similar product "NoSalt" which has 650 mg in 1/4 teaspoon. That's it. Nothing else in it. I mix it with some water and slug it down. Then I suck on a piece of lime and pretend it was tequila.

I hate pills, too.

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