Furthermore, dietary intake of potassium which can be obtained from consuming fruits such as banana and avocado was able to lessen vascular calcification and aortic stiffness in living mice.
The results which was published in the Journal of JCI Insight also suggested that the presence of potassium is as regulator inside the body in regulating the veins and aorta.
Potassium is a chemical elements symbolized with K and most people know it as Kalium for its latin names. As minerals, potassium is classified as alkali metals which has single valence electron in the outer shell implying in the ease of creating an ion with positive charge. Potassium occurs naturally in ionic salts and found easily in the sea water in form of dissolving. Like sodium which is needed for human body in certain system, potassium particularly in form of ion is essential for living cells because it is utilized by the body to do transmission. According to Wikipedia, potassium level is a significant factor to biochemical function inside the body including fluid and electrolyte balance, gastrointestinal mobility, acid-base homeostasis, hormone secretion and action and systemic blood pressure control related to vascular tone.
Biologically speaking, human body requires certain fluid to transform the minerals and essential material to process inside the cell. The presence of potassium in channel of transporting balances the downstream mediators which is responsible to influence the level autophagy or intracellular degradation system. Subsequently, if the level of potassium is decreasing, the degradation is increasing implying to the high level of autophagy inhibitors and as a result the vessels are blocked because of this act of survival.
Potassium-rich foods
There are many studies that have reported what types of food that serves lots of potassium and banana is one of them. This fruit is globally-recognized not only for its nutrition for potassium, but also its healthy beneficial. Banana is reported to be able reducing type-2 diabetes and helping people in reducing their weight. In fitness session, the fruit is consumed as replacement for rice, all due to the higher level of vitamin B6 which is very good for digestive system.
Unlike banana, potatoes have high-potassium inside it. One potato equals to 925 mg of potassium. The potassium also can be found in spinach, milk, artichoke, coconut water, white beans, and raisins.
To be concluded, heart attack caused by vascular calcification and aortic stiffness is one of the most lethal disease in the world. These hardenings inside the blood vessels are caused by the low level of potassium. To prevent the heart attack, regular consumption of potassium which can be obtained from fruits or vegetables such as banana, avocado, spinach and potato, could lessen the calcification.