Not meeting Potassium and other nutrient goals

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  • ggcat
    ggcat Posts: 313 Member
    I take a multivitamin, which helps with iron, and other vitamins. For calcium I drink milk or eat a yogurt. Potassium is a hard one to get, and yet it is one of the most important, especially for woman. I too, just recently, realized how deficient I was in potassium and did some research. Here is a link to a helpful list of foods that are high in potassium: http://www.vaughns-1-pagers.com/food/potassium-foods.htm.

    Also, MFP doesn't always log the correct amounts of potassium. A lot of time it says N/A. I eat a lot of chicken breast (white meat in chicken has a decent amount of potassium), but my MFP doesn't pick it up. So, you more than likely get more than what is reflected in your counter, however it probably isn't enough.

    A potassium supplement never gives you enough, but you should be eating foods that your body can pull it out naturally. Supplements are not always the "healthy" route.

    Good-luck!
  • dhakiyya
    dhakiyya Posts: 481 Member
    You may actually be getting more than you think. A lot of the food in the data base is input by other users. A lot of people get lazy when inputting and simply do calories alone, and some go through the measures of calories, fat, protein, carbs, etc but do not include vitamins and such. So if you select a food from the database, chances are it doesn't always include those. Coconut water is a good source of potassium, as well as a banana!

    I was going to say that, because I've noticed the same. (and I'm lazy because I don't enter them either or track them, but I only add foods to my food not the main database)
  • Goal_Line
    Goal_Line Posts: 474 Member
    Eat fish - tons of Potassium in certain kinds of fish. I eat fist twice a week.
  • Rhea30
    Rhea30 Posts: 625 Member
    Broccoli is a good source of potassium
  • Amysgetnfit
    Amysgetnfit Posts: 231
    :happy: Google is your friend,
    do a search for foods high in potassium, you will get a list & be able to pick out the things you really like.
    Bananas... though peanut butter actually has more, all kinds of nuts, beans & dark leafy greens like spinach, (also high in iron).
    I too have the potassium problem, & magnesium deficit. I dont need the multi vitamin as Im not lacking in other areas, so I get just Potassium pills to make up where diet lacks... ESPECIALLY in the summer when its so important!
    good luck!:drinker:
  • Pinwheels
    Pinwheels Posts: 5
    Another fan of Spinach & Bananas here :) I mix baby Spinach in my smoothies and although the color looks awful, you can barely taste it and get a big serving of all the vitamins you're needing! I can't stand vegetables and if I can put something in a smoothie rather than sit and eat it off a plate it has my vote... I tried spinach in smoothies once and never looked back hehe :)
  • krislimm
    krislimm Posts: 1
    MFP seems to like calculating sodium but not potassium , bit sad
  • josstuff
    josstuff Posts: 24 Member
    I just take potassium supplements or drink coconut water when I'm low on it. I can really tell when I'm low on potassium because I start getting leg cramps after running/walking extensively which freaking hurt.

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