Daily Potassium Intake

The only things I ate today that came with a label were mayo (potassium not listed), linguine (potassium was listed), whole grain bread (potassium not listed) and organic peanut butter (potassium not listed). I don't really buy packaged foods so everything I ate today was homemade, and I weigh then look up the nutritional content for every single ingredient I use online. I then combine it as one meal which I add to My Foods. It's a bit of a pain, but I like to be accurate. As such, I do not think I largely underestimated my potassium intake. I'm at 1937/4700, for reference. My food diary is also open if you'd like to take a look.

Current nutritional labeling guidelines do not require potassium to be listed on the label...bc of that, most entires in the MFP database say "0" for potassium, when in reality, they do have a contain it. I also thought I was lacking, but once I went outside of MFP to check potassium in certain foods, I realized I was getting more than enough.

As I already mentioned to SunofaBeach14, I do not use many packaged foods or the MFP database, and I manually input my meals under My Foods, after weighing every ingredient and looking up its nutritional information online, so I am not overly concerned about having inaccurately measured my potassium intake.

"The only things I ate today that came with a label were mayo (potassium not listed), linguine (potassium was listed), whole grain bread (potassium not listed) and organic peanut butter (potassium not listed). I don't really buy packaged foods so everything I ate today was homemade, and I weigh then look up the nutritional content for every single ingredient I use online. I then combine it as one meal which I add to My Foods. It's a bit of a pain, but I like to be accurate. As such, I do not think I largely underestimated my potassium intake. I'm at 1937/4700, for reference. My food diary is also open if you'd like to take a look."

Additionally, thank you for the concern from others but I have done my research into the effects of potassium and am aware of the amount I should not go over (6500 mg), which, as a young person with healthy kidneys, does not concern me as I measure everything carefully and am only seeking to reach a total of 4700 mg of potassium daily.

I have a good relationship with my doctor and plan on discussing things further with her, but my questions are not about the health risks or what other foods I can eat that are high in potassium. My questions are directed to those who do actually use potassium chloride salt substitutes so that they may share their thoughts on it. How does it taste? Can I really cook/season with it? If the taste is awful, do you take it with water? Value over supplements? Etc.

ugottafriend, thanks for the info regarding balancing magnesium levels as well, that is helpful information to be aware of. I do agree with you on not trusting the MFP database, and, as such, I do weigh and research the nutritional information of every ingredient I use, especially because I use very few packaged ingredients (mainly only breads, some condiments, pasta, and rice) that come with nutritional info as I do a lot of cooking and food prep at home. I am naturally a very detail oriented person, so I do pay close attention to the foods I intake. Thanks.

OK, that's good to know. So 4700 mg is a suggested intake, but I could be getting enough intaking less. Thanks for the input. Perhaps I will ask for a blood test just to see where I am at.