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Potasio en la dieta - Recommendations

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Dieta y potasio

Recomendaciones:

El Centro de Nutrición y Alimentos del Instituto de Medicina (Food and Nutrition Center of the Institute of Medicine) ha establecido los siguientes consumos recomendados en la dieta para el potasio:

Bebés:

  • 0-6 meses: 0.4 gramos por día (g/día)
  • 7-12 meses: 0.7 g/día

Niños y adolescentes:

  • 1-3 años: 3 g/día
  • 4-8 años: 3.8 g/día
  • 9-13 años: 4.5 g/día
  • 14-18 años: 4.7 g/día

Adultos:

  • 19 años en adelante: 4.7 g/día

Las mujeres que están produciendo leche materna necesitan cantidades ligeramente mayores (5.1 g/día). Pregúntele al médico qué cantidad es la mejor para usted.

Las personas que están recibiendo tratamiento para hipopotasiemia necesitan suplementos de potasio. El médico desarrollará un plan de dichos suplementos sobre la base de sus necesidades específicas.

  • Reviewed last on: 5/26/2010
  • David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc, and avid C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine.

Referencias

Panel on Dietary Reference Intakes for Electrolytes and Water, Standing Committee on the Scientific Evaluation of Dietary Reference Intakes. Dietary Reference Intakes for Water, Potassium, Sodium, Chloride, and Sulfate. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press; 2004.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2005: Chapter 8 -- Sodium and Potassium. Accessed May 25, 2010.

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