i have officially revolted against foods not listing K

Yeah, I was tracking Potassium for about six months, and in that time I edited all the foods I regularly use to reflect the K values. It was a pain, but I'm glad I did it.

What did you do? Did you enter the fodds in the database as "Potassium values" or,........what did you mean in your original post?

On days I get the inkling, I look at nutritiondata.com and use my adjustment "food" to more accurately reflect my K intake.

Oh! I get it now. You added an entry to the database titled "Estimated Potassium Adjustment" - and gave it a value of 500.

It's allllllll making sense to me now.

I just started tracking Potassium yesterday. I was having heart palpitations and muscle weakness, turns out I am low on potassium. Feel much better after eating a couple of bananas and a Carnation breakfast thing. I think I will take your idea and run with it.

I have been doing a lot of reading about potassium over the last two weeks. Something I never tracked. I knew I was good with my sodium because I am staying below 1500 mg a day. My potassium, however, was really low! I was also starting to get cramps in both of my legs. I did not realize that K and Na work together in our body so closely. You generally need twice the K as sodium. The latest study I read was in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. It stated adults need 4700 mg of potassium a day and 2300 or less of sodium with ideal being around 1500mg. I am trying but it is really hard to eat that much potassium without loading on the carbs. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Green vegetables and greens are a good source that are also low in calories (as women better get after it eating things like this to hit 4700 mg K with 1200-1500 cals to eat).

Strawberries, blackberries, raspberries, tomatoes, onions, peppers, and pretty much all fruits and veggies are good sources. Also, lean meats are usually pretty high in potassium. About the only things that aren't decent is most junk food.

I eat 1600 -1700 cals a day. If I eat a baked potato ,drink a big glass of oj, fresh tomatoes from garden and fill up my day with veggies and fruits I usually get pretty close. I have just started this week, so I am still working on variety. Can't stand greens cooked, but love raw spinach. I might eat a banana too. Thanks for responding!

To those who posted that you must monitor your potassium, OP is making adjustments because most of the food listed in the data base here doesn't accurately list potassium because most food labels don't list it. Just to be clear, your food diaries may not be anywhere close to reflecting your true potassium intake.