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potassium

waverly9876
waverly9876 Posts: 605 Member
edited September 2024 in Food and Nutrition
Hey MFP~

Does anyone know of any good snacks or foods that are good in potassium besides bananas. I am always sooo low on my potassium. I dont want to go out and buy a milllon things but any ideas would be great! Thanks

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  • kimberly2578
    kimberly2578 Posts: 18
    •High potassium fruits (more than 200 mg per serving):


    ◦One papaya (781).


    ◦One cup of prune juice (707).


    ◦One cup of cubed cantaloupe (494) or diced honeydew melon (461).


    ◦One small banana (467).


    ◦One-third cup of raisins (363).


    ◦One medium mango (323) or kiwi (252).


    ◦One small orange (237) or one-half cup of orange juice (236).


    ◦One medium pear (208).







    •Medium potassium fruits (100-200 mg per serving):


    ◦One medium peach (193).


    ◦One cup of watermelon (176).


    ◦One small apple (159) or one-half cup of apple juice (147).


    ◦One-half cup of peaches canned in juice (158).


    ◦One-half cup of canned pineapple (152).


    ◦One-half cup of fresh, sliced strawberries (138).





    •High potassium veggies (more than 200 mg per serving):


    ◦One cup of tomato juice (535) or chopped or sliced tomato (400).


    ◦One baked sweet potato, with skin (508).


    ◦One-half of a medium avocado (450).


    ◦One-half of a medium potato, with skin (422).


    ◦One cup of fresh or cooked asparagus (288).


    ◦One-half cup of cooked pumpkin (282).


    ◦One-half cup of cooked mushrooms (277).


    ◦One-half cup of fresh Brussels sprouts (247).







    •Medium potassium veggies (100-200 mg per serving):


    ◦One-half cup of fresh green beans (187).


    ◦One-half cup of fresh carrots (177).


    ◦One-half cup of cooked zucchini, summer squash (173).


    ◦One-half cup of fresh cauliflower (151).


    ◦One-half cup of canned peas (147).


    ◦One-half cup of fresh broccoli (143).


    ◦One-half cup of frozen corn (120).
  • waverly9876
    waverly9876 Posts: 605 Member
    Thank you so much!!!!!!!!!
  • kimberly2578
    kimberly2578 Posts: 18
    Glad to help! I actually had just researched the same info myself as I was also wanting to up my potassium.
  • Enigmatica
    Enigmatica Posts: 879 Member
    Glad to help! I actually had just researched the same info myself as I was also wanting to up my potassium.

    Thank you!
  • jenneyd
    jenneyd Posts: 308 Member
    awesome! I had no idea!
  • crackerjack345
    crackerjack345 Posts: 129 Member
    I have been tracking potassium lately. My go to foods for potassium, besides bananas, are potatoes, tomatoes and milk. My 1% milk has 400 mg potassium per cup. Those have big boosts anyway! It's a struggle to get enough, but very important for heart function.
  • smilebhappy
    smilebhappy Posts: 811 Member
    bump
  • dogdaze
    dogdaze Posts: 110 Member
    Part of the problem is that a lot of nutritional information on food packets and even on the MFP database simply does not include the potassium levels!

    Look at the info for milk, for example - you really have to search hard to find infomation that gives potassium content.

    Green veggies are generally high, dried beans are good. V8 or equivalent , or tomato juice are very high (but watch the sodium content too).

    I used to work on a dialysis unit and the patients (who almost always have to severely limit potassium) were always complaining how hard that was!!
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