6 Healthy Foods That Are High in Potassium

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Published 2018-04-13
Potassium is essential for bone and heart health.

It is especially important for people with high blood pressure and may decrease heart disease and stroke risk.

Since the body canít produce potassium, it has to come from food.

So in this video, I'm looking at 6 of the best food sources of potassium.

Further reading: www.healthline.com/nutrition/high-potassium-foods

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Studies mentioned:

STUDY 1: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21371638

All Comments (21)
  • 1 c white beans 10 oz white potatoes 10 oz sweet potatoes 1 c red beet root 1 c spinach 1 c swiss chard 1 cup parsnip
  • @annjean8709
    Great and very informative video! Thank you for sharing.
  • @strawberryme08
    As a mineral analysis practitioner most people are too low in potassium but there’s Got to be a balance with some other minerals. If you eat potassium and get muscle twitching add calcium and you still twitch add magnesium (magnesium lowers sodium potassium) magnesium is one reason we twitch. But potassium and calcium use each other so for me when I increase potassium I need calcium and we also need magnesium and potassium to utilize calcium!! A great way to get all three is nettle infusions but they’re high in magnesium low in sodium (Remember magnesium lower sodium and potassium) So just make sure you’re getting your sodium from pink Himalayan sea salt or you can add in oatstraw to the infusions for the raised sodium
  • Smoothie with kale,avocado,lemon juice and what ever else you think good for you (add nutrition yest , flaxseeds some salt) or make salad.
  • @LukeA1223
    bananas= 12%daily intake of potassium and 1,000,000% of sugar intake (double that for potatoes) = a big marker that this wasn't intended for people with diabetic issues.
  • @lorib5398
    People have no idea how important potassium is and how to get it. First thoughts are potatoes, and bananas.
  • Thanks for the informative show, is cassava roots safe for ckd patients
  • @bdmenne
    Zero mention of beef liver: the highest potassium level on the planet
  • @HK-qj4im
    IF you are skinny...yes eat potatoes. Salmon is a good potassium source. Idk how to eat avocados.. but they are great source too
  • @robotnikkkk001
    *KRIS GET THE BANANA *KR...KRIS ISN'T GOING TO DO WHAT YOU SAY! *FOOLS I WANTED YOU TO AVOID IT. NOW YOU WILL BECOME POTASSIUM DEFICIENT =HEHEHEHEHEHE
  • Some doctors don't recommend potatoes and bananas because of hight carbs
  • @danielm.4346
    At 2:09 , " bananas are kind of famous as being a good source of protein." Really? This made me: Isn't it possible to make a video, and then reviewing before uploading it to YouTube?
  • @blue_cameron
    Fyi you'd need to eat 12 bananas to get your recommend daily intake of potassium. Lol.