Diet question about Postassium Salt and Cinnamon

[mrricco2012]

So I had two questions that have been on my mind for awhile

1) So I know many people sate for cramps to consume more potassium, which they usually say food wise forms of potassium. Well there is this non salt, its taste like salt but it isnt salt, that has no sodium but is potassium chloride it says in the ingrediants. It says 1 serving = like 20% of daily value of potassium. Would this be a good substitute to get more potassium? I usually put it on all my meals as of late, and especially think weekend I loaded it on my foods. I know potassium is also to help with water retention.

2) I've heard in the past, and usually add this to my oatmeal and midnight snack everynight, but I hear Cinnamon was suppose to help increase storage of carbs into your glycs. Any truth to this, or just a myth. I myself like cinnamon, so everyday I put a nice table spoon of it on my oatmeal and on my cottage cheese before bed.

 

[DreDay187]

So I had two questions that have been on my mind for awhile

1) So I know many people sate for cramps to consume more potassium, which they usually say food wise forms of potassium. Well there is this non salt, its taste like salt but it isnt salt, that has no sodium but is potassium chloride it says in the ingrediants. It says 1 serving = like 20% of daily value of potassium. Would this be a good substitute to get more potassium? I usually put it on all my meals as of late, and especially think weekend I loaded it on my foods. I know potassium is also to help with water retention.

2) I've heard in the past, and usually add this to my oatmeal and midnight snack everynight, but I hear Cinnamon was suppose to help increase storage of carbs into your glycs. Any truth to this, or just a myth. I myself like cinnamon, so everyday I put a nice table spoon of it on my oatmeal and on my cottage cheese before bed.

There's nothing wrong with supplementing with potassium chloride so long as you don't overdo it. It's much easier to create an imbalance with vitamins and minerals and in this case electrolytes if supplementing.

You're worried about cinnamon increasing carb storage to what? Again there's nothing wrong with cinnamon and things like this are minutiae, the differences you'll notice will be zilch.

 

[mrricco2012]

Im not worried about anything, just read from an article sometime ago that cinnamon can actually increase glycogen storage from carbs consumed with cinnamon during a meal. If its a myth, I dont care I'll still be eating cinnamon. Its more or less just trying to figure if there is any truth to it hah.

 

[DreDay187]

Im not worried about anything, just read from an article sometime ago that cinnamon can actually increase glycogen storage from carbs consumed with cinnamon during a meal. If its a myth, I dont care I'll still be eating cinnamon. Its more or less just trying to figure if there is any truth to it hah.

I mean there's only so much glycogen that can be stored at a certain point. I'd find it very hard to believe cinnamon increased glycogen shortage capacity. I find it almost impossible really in humans. I saw a study which is maybe what you're referring to but the study was about rats given cinnamon and the result was increased liver glycogen and insulin sensitivity BUT the study was done in vitro, not in vivo, on animals not humans, and the rats had diet-induced insulin resistance via regulating glycogen synthesis related gene expression. Not very applicable to us.