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Is it true to much potassium is bad for you when your pregnant?

Is it true to much potassium is bad for you when your pregnant?

I am about 18 weeks pregnant and was in the emergency room do to dehydration, and ive been drinking alot of Gatorade to make sure I have enough electrolytes. And I heard that too much potassium is bad for you while your  pregnant..Is that ture?
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i dont kno but i do kno i was taking my vitamins and wound up in the hospital beacuse i almost passed out when i was like 30 weeks pregnant. come to find out everything looked fine but my patassium was very low. so i had to take potassium pills in addition to my vitamins.....i woudlnt owrry about a lot of gatorade though
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Too much potassium can be bad for anybody...they actually use potassium chloride in HIGH concentration for lethal injection.  They use the same thing in IV's in low doses to keep people hydrated in the hospital.  Too much of anything can be bad.  I think it would be VERY difficult to bring yourself to the point where you had too much potassium.
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