NOW Food's Potassium Gluconate is an absorbable form of the valuable mineral potassium in an easy-to-use powder. There are many reasons a person may want to use a potassium supplement. When illness or exercise cause extreme fluid loss, both sodium and potassium need to be replenished. Those who retain excess water from over-consuming salt and sodium can also help put things back in balance with NOW Potassium Gluconate. Potassium can also have a balancing effect on blood pressure too. And if you don't eat a lot of fresh food, chances are you aren't getting enough potassium, most people don't, and processing destroys much of the potassium content of foods.