Potassium without lots of banana's - possible?

chrisknowles
chrisknowles Posts: 5 Member
in Food and Nutrition
So, I am supposed to ingest 3500mg of Potassium a day and I am getting nowhere near that much. Any ideas on what I can eat to increase my potassium intake without swallowing 20 whole bananas a day? :)

Thanks.

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  • shadowlydarkness
    shadowlydarkness Posts: 243 Member
    I'd love to know the anwser to this as well.

    Bump
  • Hadabetter
    Hadabetter Posts: 942 Member
    Here you go:
    http://potassiumrichfoods.com/potassium-rich-foods-list/

    Bananas aren't even very high on the list. Tomatoes are Potassium gold!
  • maritc
    maritc Posts: 1
    This is something l am working on. Kiwi fruit are very rich in potassium around 250mg per fruit, a cup of sliced mushrooms has the same amount of potassium as a banana. Avocado is good too, as is broccoli
  • jasonpclement
    jasonpclement Posts: 146 Member
    potatoes
  • ajhugz
    ajhugz Posts: 452 Member
    Baked potato w/ skin
    Spinach
    Yogurt
    Salmon
    Avocados
    Almonds
    Clams
    Carrots
    Raisins

    and strawberries
  • MightyDomo
    MightyDomo Posts: 1,265 Member
    If you are going off what this site tells you that you have consumed of potassium I can honestly say you won't have 100% accuracy. There are a lot of foods that have a good amount of potassium that don't have the values included here because when the item was added the nutritional information didn't include the potassium value while if you checked all the raw foods that went into making the item or verified manually the potassium content I would bet you are getting more than you think :)

    Anyways a page with potassium rich foods was already posted so you will definitely get a good idea of what to add.
  • acpgee
    acpgee Posts: 7,994 Member
    Beer. ;-)
  • SuperSexyDork
    SuperSexyDork Posts: 1,669 Member
    If I need extra potassium, I drink Low Sodium V8. The spicy version has 1000mg of potassium per serving and the regular kind has 900 mg.
  • FATJAKE5
    FATJAKE5 Posts: 162
    One Generic- Baked Russet Potato 258X1 gram = 1,066mg Potassium @ 189 calories, 0 fat, 0 cholesterol, 0 sodium, 2g sugar. You get the point.

    3 of those/day should do the trick. Cheaply also
  • supbanana
    supbanana Posts: 37 Member
    Can you use something like LoSalt?

    http://www.losalt.com/

    1/4tsp has 450mg of potassium.
  • bacitracin
    bacitracin Posts: 921 Member
    Morton's lite salt (50% potassium, 50% sodium)
    Potassium supplements.

    BAM, NO ADDED CALORIES, CARBS, FAT or whatever gives ya cancer these days.
  • bacitracin
    bacitracin Posts: 921 Member
    Can you use something like LoSalt?

    http://www.losalt.com/

    1/4tsp has 450mg of potassium.

    Fancy meeting you here, Ms. Banana.
  • chrisdavey
    chrisdavey Posts: 9,834 Member
    chicken
  • magerum
    magerum Posts: 12,589 Member
    Spinach and potato
  • Lift_This_
    Lift_This_ Posts: 2,756 Member
    Here you go:
    http://potassiumrichfoods.com/potassium-rich-foods-list/

    Bananas aren't even very high on the list. Tomatoes are Potassium gold!

    im not a fan of bananas...would rather eat tomatoes anyday!
  • j75j75
    j75j75 Posts: 854 Member
    Yams
    potatoes
    beans
    lentils
    oats
    coffee
  • MuteFox
    MuteFox Posts: 6 Member
    Coconut water! There are many varieties that are low calorie (appox 45 cals a cup) and they have high potassium!
  • Rilke
    Rilke Posts: 1,201 Member
    Pulling from my own diary . . . cantaloupe (a pound gives you 115 calories and almost 1000 mg of potassium), blackberries, carrots, mangos, dried fruit like apricots and raisins, tomatoes (40 calories : 500 mg of potassium), bell peppers, strawberries, brussels sprouts (these have a ton), potatoes (also a ton), Greek yogurt . . .

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