Liver Shunt Test ALERT Do not buy any puppy unless it has had a bile acids test run before and after eating and you have seen the results of the test. Liver Shunt is running rampant in many breeds of dogs right now and especially in Yorkshire Terriers. Don't suffer the heartbreak and expense of finding you have purchased a Liver Shunt Puppy and insist that this test be run prior to putting a deposit on the puppy.
3. Due to the counteractions between potassium and sodium, limiting dietary sodium also helps your body retain potassium. 4. Coffee and alcohol deplete potassium in your body. Avoiding excess consumption of these two beverages will also help support optimal potassium levels.
Additionally, drugs like birth control pills, hypertension medicine, diuretics, insulin, and certain antibiotics (among others) deplete magnesium levels. Sweating often from exercise or other causes can also deplete magnesium. What Does Magnesium Do? Magnesium is necessary for hundreds of functions within the body, but is especially important for: Gives rigidity AND flexibility to your bones (more important than Calcium in many cases) Increases bioavailability of calcium. Regulates and normalizes blood pressure. Prevents and reverses kidney stone formation.