Searching for foods that are high in a paticular nutrient

Cookiedg7
Cookiedg7 Posts: 1 Member
edited November 2024 in Food and Nutrition
I was wondering if you can search for foods that are high in a paticular nutrient within My Fitness Pal, ie high in potassium. I know you can find a banana that will tell you has a certain amount of potassium, but i then started to think if there is a huge database what other foods are similiar to this banana.

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  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    google
  • Lois_1989
    Lois_1989 Posts: 6,410 Member
    Yeah, the MFP database isn't all that reliable. Most of the basic macros are wrong let alone the more specific.

    I would google high potassium foods and put the data into MFP yourself.
  • ktekc
    ktekc Posts: 879 Member
    edited September 2017
    It would be hard to find potassium anyway. It's not on alot of food labels so it doesn't end up in the database. I have a 2 to 3 page list on my foods and i think potassium is on about 5 entries.
  • Lounmoun
    Lounmoun Posts: 8,423 Member
    I don't think you can search the MFP database by nutrientm
    Here is one you can do that with though:
    https://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/nutrients/index
  • Sunna_W
    Sunna_W Posts: 744 Member
    edited September 2017
    http://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/tc/high-potassium-foods-topic-overview

    Also, you can buy potassium citrate powder on Amazon (bulk supplements brand) and the comments provide directions on how to incorporate it.

    I mix mine with Natural Calm (magnesium) and some baking soda.

    Copied from one of the reviews:

    "Very good product, pure and high quality.

    1 tea spoon of this powder contains 5712 mg potassium citrate

    Potassium accounts for 38.3%of the weight of potassium citrate, so 1 tea spoon of this powder contains 2187.696 mg potassium

    Our daily minimum intake of potassium is 4700mg

    I am taking 1.5 tea spoons potassium citrate (=3281.544 mg potassium), because my diet is low in potassium. I take 0.5 tsp 3 times a day.

    Anyways, you decide how much you need to take by checking how much potassium you intake from your diet."
  • Bluetail6
    Bluetail6 Posts: 2,997 Member
    edited September 2017
    Here is a list I use:

    http://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/tc/high-potassium-foods-topic-overview

    Food labels do not have to include the amount of potassium, but some do. I started looking at potassium and other things because I was curious. MFP recommends something like 3500 mgs. That is what got me curious, if I was even coming close. I have corrected a lot of foods I regularly eat using this or other googled info. Hope this helps.

    ETA: As the above poster mentioned, ndb... is also a great one.
  • RedSierra
    RedSierra Posts: 253 Member
    edited September 2017
    Cookiedg7 wrote: »
    I was wondering if you can search for foods that are high in a paticular nutrient within My Fitness Pal, ie high in potassium. I know you can find a banana that will tell you has a certain amount of potassium, but i then started to think if there is a huge database what other foods are similiar to this banana.

    I'm trying to up my potassium. If you search for MFP entries and put USDA by the item, you have a better chance of finding the potassium content (or any other nutrient).

    I agree to google food with potassium. Lentils are very high in potassium, as are many vegetables like spinach. Some yogurt is high in potassium, too.
  • Old_Cat_Lady
    Old_Cat_Lady Posts: 1,193 Member
    Don't be tempted to take potassium pills. They can be extremely dangerous. Use GOOGLE. Milk is high in potassium and magnesium. I believe that Americans are even more deficient in magnesium.
  • Bluetail6
    Bluetail6 Posts: 2,997 Member
    ^^ Good point about magnesium.
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,860 Member
    Google is right. (Here's one list: http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?dbid=90&tname=nutrient)

    Cronometer premium does it for you, but I think it's so easy to find that I wouldn't pay for the service. As others have said, the MFP database would not be helpful, since it doesn't list it for packaged foods or many other entries (the USDA entries should have it if you find the ones MFP put in originally).

    Likely you have much more than you realize.

    Agree that supplementing without a doctor recommendation is a bad idea.
  • lorrpb
    lorrpb Posts: 11,462 Member
    If you think you're low on potassium because of mfp data, the data is incomplete. Potassium is not required to be reported, so most database entries don't include it.
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