Potassium

MrsORourke
MrsORourke Posts: 315 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Hi to all my MFP buddies. My potassium level is low (it's one of the items I track on my daily log). What can I eat to meet my potassium goals? I take a supplement - but it doesn't even put a drop in the bucket. The reason I'm trying to eat more is because I keep getting this weird kink in my back and boosting my potassium does seem to ease it a bit.

Any ideas?

Thanks much!

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  • MissCheese
    MissCheese Posts: 195 Member
    Green coconut water is a good source.
  • DavPul
    DavPul Posts: 61,406 Member
    I have the same issue. I thought bananas would help but they didn't help as much as I'd hoped. But beans have been tremendous. And baked potatoes. Any day when I eat baked beans I have a tendency to go over my potassium goal by a little bit. I used a high potassium food list from the net to help me find things I'd actually eat that would help get me there.

    http://www.drugs.com/cg/potassium-content-of-foods-list.html
  • UrbanRunner81
    UrbanRunner81 Posts: 1,207 Member
    I found out that potassium isn't required by the FDA to be on nutrition labels, so some food labels have it and others don''t have it listed. So it might not be as low as it shows.
  • susannamarie
    susannamarie Posts: 2,148 Member
    I track potassium and usually meet the goals.

    Low sodium v8 is amazing if you don't have a lot of calories to play with.
    Milk is great. So are beet greens but they're sort of a pain to get so I only get them if I've been under several days in a row.
    Potatoes are great.

    Sometimes the potassium info for something hasn't been entered -- the USDA entries usually have it included though.

    Most meats, fruits, and vegetables have a bit. Grains and non-liquid dairy tend to be lower.
  • 2012asv
    2012asv Posts: 702 Member
    Certain berries have tons of potassium. By the way, have you spoken to your dr. about this? Especially if you're taking potassium supplements... that can be dangerous.
  • philco41
    philco41 Posts: 68 Member
    How do you track your supplement intake? Have you had potassium levels checked by a lab?
  • KickassAugust
    KickassAugust Posts: 1,430 Member
    Avocado and Baby Spinach

    Edit.. there is something called NO Salt and it's made of potassium chloride instead of sodium.. A small shot is a lot of potassium!
  • stephenatl09
    stephenatl09 Posts: 186 Member
    Fruits Vegetables Animal Sources
    Bananas Potatoes Tuna
    Oranges Tomatoes Halibut
    Apricots Cucumber Honey
    Avocado Cabbage Beef
    Strawberries Cauliflower Chicken
    Bell pepper Chard Veal
    Squash Eggplant Red Snapper
    Papayas Crimini Mushrooms Pollock
    Pears Brussels Sprouts Sardines
    Prune Turmeric Salmon
    Dates Parsley Milk
    Raisins Spinach Lamb
    Cantaloupe Broccoli Turkey
  • missprincessjenny
    missprincessjenny Posts: 104 Member
    Having too much potassium can through your cardiac rhythm out of whack. Have you spoke to your dr about this? That being said my potassium levels are on the low side when I track them and I did buy dried apricots and banana chips. I also googled foods high in potassium.
  • chris1816
    chris1816 Posts: 715 Member
    Talk to a Doctor, not the internet.

    Also, strawberries.

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