Doing the research and discovering a worthy list of foods high in potassium these days, has nearly become a insult. The majority of the information currently spread across the web is regurgitated rhetoric, juxtaposed, reworded and ultimately redone to be showcased as brand, spankin’ new. Handing over a list of foods high in potassium, without properly putting such information into real world context, is anything, but helpful, or healthy.
It is my desire that my humble attempt to help people, set the record straight and ultimately put words to my experiences that have led to my optimal health, free from disease, or pain. Before detailing the potassium rich foods and their components, let us first discuss how vital potassium is in your human body, blood, and how it could be a contradicting result if it is not properly handled.
Do You Suffer From High Potassium Or Low Potassium?
It is unfair to just assume high potassium or low potassium in one’s body must be dealt with, by radical, opposite actions to regulate potassium levels. This is a predictable ‘cure-all’ on ‘health sites’ on the Internet. Often the prescribed remedy, a correct solution or not, is to just do the opposite that ultimately resulted in either having too much potassium in your body or not enough.
In other words, logic states a human body depleted in a mineral can be resolved by adding or subtracting the intake of said mineral, or nutrient, potassium in this situation until one’s ailment lessens or disappears completely.
And that is exactly the reason so many run to online to ‘self-medicate’ and get more ‘research’ previously warned about via often completely bogus web sites (the advice from just anybody with a computer and an internet connection found on Wikipedia presented as medical fact could kill you) that skew facts, misinterpret medical definitions, and blatantly lie in a shameful display of manipulation to coax you to buy into a hidden agenda, often resulting in you parting with your money.
Foods the boast higher concentrations of potassium include, but aren’t limited to: bananas, dates, apricots, brewer’s yeast (not the same as the yeast you bake with – brewer’s yeast is an natural supplement that you can find in most health stores, or online), brown rice, dulse (a type of sea weed, usually sold dried, in a package and in the ethnic sections at natural grocers – picture what sushi is wrapped in), garlic, dried fruits, winter squash, wheat bran, nuts, figs, herbs.
And that list of foods high in potassium is only a starting point. I will be adding more to the list in the next couple weeks, addressing the low in potassium foods list and growing it as time permits.
Also of note before you go diving into your high potassium or low potassium diet; keep this in mind.
If you have any issues with your kidney function, you experience frequent bouts of diarrhea, or you smoke, or you consume caffeine regularly, each and / or in together will directly effect your potassium levels adversely.
For a continual guide dedicated to potassium levels and a list of foods rich in potassium go to the potassium health site dedicated to exactly that.
- Jackie Black