BulkSupplements.com Potassium Gluconate Powder - Potassium Supplement, Mineral Supplement - Gluten Free, 600mg per Serving, 5kg (11 lbs) (Pack of 5)

Disclaimer: As with any dietary supplement, consult a medical professional for an appropriate dosage for you or use at your own discretion. This review is not medical advice. Despite eating a balanced diet with lots of leafy greens and vegetables, getting enough potassium is quite difficult for me. This powder is a convenient and easy-to-dose supplement for me to ensure I get an adequate amount of this mineral. It dissolves fairly easily in water, but can clump a little, so I find that adding it to water helps dissolving (as does stirring). The flavor is a little salty, so I add enough water for this to be mild, or I may add a splash of tea or something with other flavor. This saltiness typically accentuates sweet flavors, which I've noticed when combining this with flavored electrolyte powders. It is much less salty than potassium chloride, which is typically used as a low-sodium salt substitute. It can be tough for a lot of individuals to get enough, especially those with gastrointestinal-related health conditions. Potassium is an important electrolyte which plays a critical role in muscular functioning and heart health. Too little, and one may notice muscle or leg cramps, or longer period of aches and recovery time after workouts. Too much isn't good for one's health either, so review the recommended daily value (RDV) guidelines and do your due-diligence before supplementing! A side note: the packaging states a dose of 435mg (== 0.435g), which provides 2% of the RDV of potassium. In principle, 50x that quantity gives the full 100%, which equates to roughly 21-22g of *this powder* (approximation due to potential rounding error). PLEASE be careful about volume to weight conversions! This "seeming discrepancy" is because this product is not composed solely of potassium; potassium gluconate is a molecular compound, so potassium + other chemicals (in particular, KC₆H₁₁O₇). The only way for pure potassium to exist on its own is in its ionic form (e.g. as electrolytes dissolved in water).

thank you Bulk Products for continuing to provide powders of some of the vitamins we normally take in capsules. Potassium is one that has no flavor, so is easy to dissolve in water and take that way. For muscle relaxing, alleviating and preventing muscle cramps.

Great product

As with any Bulk Supplements products I've tried, I like this stuff. I pack my own size 0 capsules and this product requires very little tamping/packing. The great benefit other than drastically cutting costs is that I can fit 375 mg consistently into the capsules, which if you take potassium, you know that you really can't purchase anything more than 99 mg under any label. Who the heck ever thought that 99 mg should be the standard??? And since the adult recommended daily for potassium is 4700 mg, I'd rather make up the deficiencies at 375 mg at a tenth the price than at 99 mg. The latter would mean you'd have to take nearly 50 of the commercially produced tablets to make the minimum. I take about 1400 mg this way, half in the morning and half at night. By doing so, my blood pressure has dropped and I don't have night muscle cramps. If I mess up and miss a day, I know it about 5 am.

Excellent product no filler it's the real stuff. It works well

The bag states that the serving size is 1/5 teaspoon, but who on earth has a measuring spoon that size? So I calculated that if 1/5 teaspoon = 84 mg of potassium (as stated on the bag), then 1/4 teaspoon = 105 mg of potassium (my math: if 0.2 tsp = 84, then 0.25 tsp = x. Solve for x.) They cannot recommend 1/4 teaspoon, because the FDA limits OTC potassium supplements to 99 mg per serving to discourage people from taking too much and ending up with hyperkaluria and heart problems. I am not a physician or health care professional, and this is not medical advice, but for my own purpose of enhancing the potassium content of my diet, 105 mg per 1/4 tsp seems close enough for me. It dissolves easily in a glass of hot water (or juice, soup, etc.) and adds virtually no taste.

I will continue to purchase this. I have purchased this several times. It does require sifting but the price is good. I'm a big fan of potassium gluconate.

I'm a 64.5 year old man who has been having nocturnal CRAMPS in the calfs of both of my legs between 3am and 4:30am. I even went to see my primary physician for this issue. He did some blood work and told me my electrolytes were fine. I've been on a KETO way of eating and had been taking, before bedtime, up to 2500mg of magnesium oxide in tablets. This worked 30% of the time and I even wore compression socks as well. When I take 1 TBS of this product with the 2000mg of magnesium oxide tablets, I HAVE NO NOCTURNAL CRAMPS AT ALL! Apparently I just need more of the POTASSIUM PLUS the MAGNESIUM before bedtime. :-) I SPECIFICALLY WANT TO THANK ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE ON THIS POTASSIUM GLUCONATE area who professed the wonders of using this supplement to RID THEMSELVES of those (for me, excrusiating) LEG and specifically CALF CRAMPS. I had actually purchased this product in July of 2016 but never really took the appropriate dosage until last night only to wake up with NO CALF CRAMPS WHATSOEVER!!!!!! WHAT A RELIEF TO FINALLY FIND SOMETHING THAT WORKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! after SO SO SO many failed attempts using other supplements, etc... THANK YOU BULKSUPPLEMENTS and those others who wrote about your experiences with Potassium Gluconate and how it eliminated your nocturnal leg cramps. I could not have discovered this without your sharings which is the exact reason that I am sharing this now.