Potassium may play an important role in Autistic Behaviours
This is not the kind of post that I expected to be writing. How can the effect of something so simple as a mineral, not have been noticed by others and researched in depth? Potassium (K + ), is one of several electrolytes that occur in humans, the others being sodium(Na + ), calcium (Ca 2+ ), magnesium (Mg 2+ ), chloride (Cl − ), hydrogen phosphate (HPO 4 2− ), and hydrogen carbonate (HCO 3 ) Electrolyte balance or homeostasis is regulated by specific hormones. These electrolytes are used to control many aspects of your body. The concentration of each electrolyte varies across the boundary of each cell. Electrolytes pass through the cell wall/membrane through so called ion channels. These are like special valves that open and close based on particular pre-programmed circumstances. When these ion channels malfunction, often due to a genetic fault, disease occurs. Ion channel diseases have a special name - channelopathies. T...