Doing the research and finding a worthwhile list of foods high in potassium these days, has almost become a insult. The majority of the information currently spread across the web is recycled rhetoric, juxtaposed, reworded and ultimately redone to be displayed as brand, spankin’ new. Giving a reader a list of foods high in potassium, without first presenting the bigger picture, is anything, but ideal, or best for your health, in fact.
My hope is that my genuine attempt to help those seeking potassium help, make the truth known and hopefully transform my experience into words you can use that have resulted in my healthy lifestyle, free from disease, or pain. Before detailing the potassium rich foods and their components, let us first discuss the importance of potassium in your human body, blood, and the reasons why it could be a contradicting force if it is not properly maintained.
Experiencing High Potassium Or Low Potassium?
It is often completely wrong to simply assume ‘potassium deficiency’ in the body must be dealt with, by radical, opposite measures to bring potassium levels back inline. This is a predictable ‘cure-all’ on so called ‘health’ web sites online. As obvious as poorly researched information usually is, whether all natural or not, is to simply do the opposite that ultimately resulted in either having high potassium or low potassium.
In other words, although it might be logical at least in theory a human body depleted in a mineral can be remedied by increasing or decreasing the intake of said mineral, or nutrient, potassium for this example until one’s deficiency or excessive potassium levels lessens or disappears completely.
And that is exactly why so many scurry to the internet to diagnose and get information previously warned about via often absolutely dangerous online sites (the ‘reporting’ found on Wikipedia represented as medical fact yes, actually could harm you more than help) that twist facts, misinterpret medical definitions, and blatantly lie in a distasteful display of manipulation to persuade you to buy into a hidden agenda, often resulting in you departing with your money.
Foods the boast high potassium include, but are not limited to: bananas, dates, apricots, brewer’s yeast (not to be confused with baking yeast – brewer’s yeast is an over the counter supplement that you can find in most health stores, or online), brown rice, dulse (a type of sea weed, often sold dried, in a package and in the ethnic sections at grocery stores – think sushi), garlic, dried fruits, winter squash, wheat bran, nuts, figs, yams and herbs such as: hops, horsetail, nettle, plantain, red clover, skullcap and sage.
And that list of foods high in potassium is only a starting point. I will be adding more to this 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 in to your high potassium or low potassium diet; keep this in mind.
If you have any issues with your kidneys, participate in any activity that encourages vomiting, or you smoke, or you consume caffeine regularly, each and / or in combination will effect your potassium levels negatively.
For a continual guide about potassium levels and foods that contain potassium visit the potassium site focused on just that.
- Jackie Black