Low Potassium intake?

CAWStar
CAWStar Posts: 23
edited October 24 in Food and Nutrition
Is it just me or has anyone else noticed it seems impossible to get the recommended daily potassium intake from your diet?

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  • frugalmomsrock
    frugalmomsrock Posts: 1,123
    YES! I've only got my goal ONCE!
  • sunflowermom2
    sunflowermom2 Posts: 37
    Yes, it is a pain in the butt. I have to take a potassium supplement to even get remarkably close. Good luck!
  • lilRicki
    lilRicki Posts: 4,555 Member
    I'm having a hard time too!
  • katismiles
    katismiles Posts: 96 Member
    The goal is too much, I gave up on it a while ago. Screw the charlie horses, eventually I will get supplements.
  • kelseyhere
    kelseyhere Posts: 1,123 Member
    I find it very difficult and I'm allergic to bananas, which supposedly have a lot. Anyone know of any other really good food sources of potassium?

    Those Naked juices have a lot, but they are also really high calorie, so only a good as a treat sometimes.
  • Paul_Kent_UK
    Paul_Kent_UK Posts: 63 Member
    Dried Apricots are very good for potassium
  • superdrood
    superdrood Posts: 129 Member
    I just went over last week's entries (didnt log this weekend) and I hit it pretty much every day. I never really payed attention to it but when I went over my meals it seems I was getting a lot from the spinach, cauliflower, and broccoli.
  • Di3012
    Di3012 Posts: 2,247 Member
    How do you log Potassium on here? Do most of the foods in the databank have Potassium listed on their "goodies"?
  • Di3012
    Di3012 Posts: 2,247 Member
    Actually, straight after posting my previous reply, I went to settings and mucked around there and found Potassium. Going to see if anything logs under it from now on.
  • fiberartist219
    fiberartist219 Posts: 1,865 Member
    Most foods do not list Potassium on the label in the US. It is not required by the FDA, because deficiencies are so rare.

    However, if you are really watching your electrolytes, my last search on this topic revealed that lima beans have a lot of Potassium. Yum! Bananas are ok for it too.
  • webbsark
    webbsark Posts: 17 Member
    I was surprised to see that coffee has a good bit of potassium.
  • Di3012
    Di3012 Posts: 2,247 Member
    Most foods do not list Potassium on the label in the US. It is not required by the FDA, because deficiencies are so rare.

    However, if you are really watching your electrolytes, my last search on this topic revealed that lima beans have a lot of Potassium. Yum! Bananas are ok for it too.

    Ahh same goes for UK too. If nothing appears in that column in my diary after a week, I'll probably remove it.
  • frugalmomsrock
    frugalmomsrock Posts: 1,123
    I was surprised to see that coffee has a good bit of potassium.

    Must be why I crave coffee all the time. HAHA. I heard peppermint tea has quite a bit too, though it isn't on the labels. *shrug*
  • andrejjorje
    andrejjorje Posts: 497 Member
    User search function people before posting. Nothing wrong in asking but when the question has been answered many many times we could use the time to post something new and discuss something new.
    Here is one:

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/450253-poor-is-potassium?

    and another one:
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/450040-potassium-tracking?hl=potassium#posts-6211807

    The search function returned to me at least 50 pages of answers about potassium.
  • kelseyhere
    kelseyhere Posts: 1,123 Member
    good suggestions guys, i'll have to start tossing some lima beans on my salads.

    and i'm prefectly aware of how to use the search function, thanks :) sometimes people post the same topic twice because everytime you post, you get different answers.
  • Silverkittycat
    Silverkittycat Posts: 1,997 Member
    http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=nutrient&dbid=90
  • luckygirl007
    luckygirl007 Posts: 68 Member
    Sweet potatoes are pretty loaded with potassium. Not to mention everything else. I once heard that sweet potatoes were the highest nutrient packed food per once found in the produce section!!!
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