The author is a chemist with a master's degree in soil science and more than 50 years of studying potassium nutrition. He probably knows more about that subject than anyone in the world. Potassium is an essential mineral that is deficient in most people in modern society. It is a deficiency that can cause heart disease, is heavily involved in rheumatoid arthritis, gout, high blood pressure, and diabetes. This book will show you how to increase potassium in your diet, how to supplement it safely, and how it is regulated in the body. Potassium physiology is extremely complicated but the nutrition and supplementation is simple. So you will have no trouble preventing a potassium deficiency from sickening you. It is well worth reading and I am certain that both you and your loved ones will be much healthier as a result. Even those few people plagued by high blood potassium (metabolic shock) will find very valuable tips inside.