Potassium facts

• Potassium is an electrolyte
• Potassium works with the other electrolytes

Potassium is one of the electrolyte minerals (the others are calcium, chloride, phosphorus and sodium), which carries an electrical charge and which is positive for potassium. Because electrolytes have electrical charges, they can move easily back and forth through cell membranes. This is important because as they move into a cell, they carry other nutrients in with them and as they move out of it, they carry out waste products and excess water.

Potassium works with the other electrolytes to help regulate the level of fluid between the cells, in the cells and throughout the whole body.