Food High in Potassium

Edited by: Joe Hing kwok Chu

HIGH potassium (more than 225 milligrams per serving)

Apricots, avocado, banana, cantaloupe, fish, honeydew, kiwi, lima beans, meat, milk, oranges and orange juice, potatoes (can be reduced to moderate by soaking peeled, sliced potatoes overnight before cooking), poultry, prunes, spinach, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, vegetable juice, winter squash, yams.

MODERATE potassium (125 - 225 mg per serving)

Apple juice, asparagus, beets, blackberries, broccoli, carrots, cherries, corn, eggplant, grapefruit, green peas, loose-leaf lettuce, mushrooms, fresh onions, peach, pears, pineapple, raisins, raspberries, strawberries, summer squash, including zucchini, tangerines, watermelon

LOW potassium (less than 125 mg per serving)

Apples, bell peppers, blueberries, cabbage, cranberries, cranberry juice, young cucumber, fruit cocktail, grapes, green beans, iceberg lettuce, canned mandarin oranges, mushrooms, peaches, canned, fresh pineapple, plums

One serving is 1/2 a cup.

Warning: taking excessive amount of high potassium food is not necessary suitable for every body.

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See:

http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/Data/SR17/wtrank/sr17a306.pdf

Beware of food with high sugar content.

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