How do you get enough potassium daily?!

Potassium isn't listed on most nutritional information. That said I've never heard of anybody being deficient. I think I remember potatoes being good though, you can Google high potassium foods if you're concerned.

I have no idea. My diet consists primarily of whole grains, fruits and veggies, and I've never once hit my potassium goal. Maybe the system's botched.

Most people don't get the RDA and it's not present inmost multi-vitamins. I drink pomegranate juice and eat potatoes and supplement a little with my doctor's blessing.

ETA: drink isopure with electrolytes during long, intense workouts. It has sodium and potassium.

Sources:

Potassium is found in a wide range of foods. Many fruits and vegetables are high in potassium and low in sodium and, as discussed, help prevent hypertension. Most of the potassium is lost when processing or canning foods, while less is lost from frozen fruits or vegetables.

Leafy green vegetables such as spinach, parsley, and lettuce, as well as broccoli, peas, lima beans, tomatoes, and potatoes, especially the skins, all have significant levels of potassium. Fruits that contain this mineral include oranges and other citrus fruits, bananas, apples, avocados, raisins, and apricots, particularly dried. Whole grains, wheat germ, seeds, and nuts are high-potassium foods. Fish such as flounder, salmon, sardines, and cod are rich in potassium, and many meat foods contain even more potassium than sodium, although they often have additional sodium added as salt. Potassium may also be obtained from the following herbs: red clover, sage, catnip, hops, horsetail, nettle, plantain and skullcap. Caffeine and tobacco reduce the absorption of potassium. People at risk for insufficient potassium intake include alcoholics, drug addicts and crash dieters.

Functions:

Potassium is very important in the human body. Along with sodium, it regulates the water balance and the acid-base balance in the blood and tissues. Potassium enters the cell more readily than does sodium and instigates the brief sodium-potassium exchange across the cell membranes. In the nerve cells, this sodium-potassium flux generates the electrical potential that aids the conduction of nerve impulses. When potassium leaves the cell, it changes the membrane potential and allows the nerve impulse to progress. This electrical potential gradient, created by the "sodium-potassium pump," helps generate muscle contractions and regulates the heartbeat. Another of the pump's most important functions is preventing the swelling of cells. If sodium is not pumped out, water accumulates within the cell causing it to swell and ultimately burst.

Potassium is very important in cellular biochemical reactions and energy metabolism; it participates in the synthesis of protein from amino acids in the cell. Potassium also functions in carbohydrate metabolism; it is active in glycogen and glucose metabolism, converting glucose to glycogen that can be stored in the liver for future energy. Potassium is important for normal growth and for building muscle.

Though sodium is readily conserved by the body, there is no effective method for potassium conservation. Even when a potassium shortage exists, the kidneys continue to excrete it. Because the human body relies on potassium balance for a regularly contracting heart and a healthy nervous system, it is essential to strive for this electrolyte's balance.

it is almost impossible.. i've looked it up before... i purchased supplements and take them when I eat a lot of sodium.

Sweet potato & kidney beans are my richest sources. Bananas are decent so that helps too. Spinach is good because is low cal but I go through cycles of consuming tons of spinach and avoiding it. If you make a batch of chili and add kidney beans & large can of crushed tomatoes that will help a lot.

I noticed a lot of labels & food entries don't show the potassium count even when it's a food high in it. If there's two cans of beans or two bags of frozen broccoli (or whatever) and one has a potassium count and the other doesn't I just buy the one that's label properly.

At the beginning of the year I got on a huge potassium kick where I was making it my daily goal to get proper amounts. I was doing it for vanity reasons. It was super doable but always took planning. Sweet potatoes are my fav source but I don't always have the calories for them when I don't plan ahead.

Here's a YouTube playlist of vegan recipe videos that are high in potassium. Throw some meat in there if you like. https://www.youtube.com/embed/videoseries?list=PL8idTRAQJvEGh0cfEEWPgJwKy4FlhxKXt

My mom is in kidney failure, stage 4, and needs to watch her electrolytes carefully. We have found that low sodium tomato juice or V8 really helps her get sufficient potassium.