Potassium and Calcium

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arbragg
arbragg Posts: 73 Member
in Food and Nutrition
I started tracking these twonutrients in my daily food diary and have noticed, I am never even close to being at the level MFP reccomends. SO I am looking for ways to add more to my diet, so can you guys help me out?

P.S. Not a big bananna fan, so I dont get potassium from eating them!!


Thanks

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  • jroulo
    jroulo Posts: 50 Member
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    Tomatoes and tomatoe juice are high in potassium.
  • RedHotRunner
    RedHotRunner Posts: 850 Member
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    Potatoes for the potassium and string cheese for the calcium. I'm low on calcium so try to eat cheese and yogurt every day.

    Or even easier, have 8 ounces of fat free milk.
  • Aeriel
    Aeriel Posts: 864 Member
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    Cantelope has 427mg of potassium per cup.

    Yogourt and cottage cheese for calcium too.

    Also check out this link in the forum.

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/125061-high-potassium-foods-not-just-fruit

    And I found this page when I searched for calcium alternatives. Dairy is at the top but there are lots of others further down.

    http://www.vaughns-1-pagers.com/food/calcium-foods.htm
  • Beth720
    Beth720 Posts: 661 Member
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    Orange juice with calcium. Kill two birds with one stone.

    I'm taking caltrate chewables for extra calcium (per my doctor who was all "Ok, you're 39 now. I want you getting 1200mg of calcium a day. 600 in the morning and 600 in the evening.") - though with my orange juice I'm always over on calcium. Ha!

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