Can anyone recommend potassium-rich foods?

Roger_Williams

I was checking my nutrition track record, and found that I am only getting about 30 to 50% of the recommended potassium. There were only three days in the last month when I got barely 100% of the recommended daily dose. I seem to remember that potatoes are high in potassium but I wonder if there are any more? Would be grateful for recommendations.

MiniRose2B

What foods are high in potassium?, potassium rich foods include:
Bananas
Oranges
Apricots
Avocado
Strawberries
Potatoes
Tomatoes
Cucumber
Cabbage
Cauliflower
Chard
Bell pepper
Eggplant
Squash
Crimini mushrooms
Brussels sprouts
Turmeric
Parsley
Spinach
Broccoli
Tuna
Halibut

chgudnitz

Bananas

jennylynn84

I have a list below... but remember when entering in your foods on MFP and seeing you are low on potassium - almost everything has potassium in it. But the FDA does not require that to be labeled, so there are a lot of zeros on MFP just because no one knows. So you can't judge very well by the final totals on here.

raisins
prunes
apricots
dates
strawberries
bananas
watermelon
cantaloupe
citrus fruits
beets
greens
spinach
tomatoes
mushrooms
soy products
veggie burgers
peas
beans
turkey
fish
beef
salmon
cod

dclarsh1

Don't forget yogurt and milk!

sweetbn

Bananas! (As everyone else said).

I don't get enought either so I take a supplement. But then again, I also take a lot of supplements.

jules1984

I just learned from my prune bag yesterday that they have oz for oz twice as much potassium as bananas.

Of course eating half a banana's worth of prunes is a lot!

Be careful though, potassium is one of those nutrients that you shouldn't OD on - just as harmful to get too much as too little.

Roger_Williams

Thank you Minirose2B. I've been eating a fair amount of several of those foods, so I will check whether the potassium levels have been recorded in the food database. It may be that I am getting the potassium but it isn't appearing in the totals because of inadequate labeling.

Roger_Williams

Thanks. I think I'll just go bananas, then! <grin>

Roger_Williams

I have a list below... but remember when entering in your foods on MFP and seeing you are low on potassium - almost everything has potassium in it. But the FDA does not require that to be labeled, so there are a lot of zeros on MFP just because no one knows. So you can't judge very well by the final totals on here.

Aha! I first noticed that the food database has some zeros when it shouldn't have when I was checking up on sugars. I'm usually over the top for those, but one day I was well below and wondered what I was doing right. When I checked through the foods I had entered, several of them had zero for sugar when they quite obviously did have sugar content. With no FDA requirement, I'm not surprised the listing is missing.

Hmmm. Since too much potassium is not good, that's worrying. Now I have your list I can at least check for a potassium entry when I eat one of the foods on the list. Thanks!

Roger_Williams

Don't forget yogurt and milk!

Thanks! I didn't know that. Unfortunately I'm off milk and yoghurt on doctor's orders, so will have to look elsewhere.

Roger_Williams

Bananas! (As everyone else said).

I don't get enought either so I take a supplement. But then again, I also take a lot of supplements.

Hmmm. I keep seeing these TV commercials for supplements that make we want to buy them but they aren't so much fun to eat as real food. <Big Grin>

Roger_Williams

I just learned from my prune bag yesterday that they have oz for oz twice as much potassium as bananas.

Of course eating half a banana's worth of prunes is a lot!

Be careful though, potassium is one of those nutrients that you shouldn't OD on - just as harmful to get too much as too little.

Oh, thanks! That's good news for my wife and I. We both love prunes and have found several different ways of preparing and eating them. I'll check the reported potassium levels, too. Of course if there are too many foods that leave out the potassium figure I could end up eating too much without realising it. (Wouldn't be the first time for THAT! Ha, ha...)