Guest guest Posted February 1, 2002 Report Share Posted February 1, 2002 I got this from healthsmart on the internet. Preparations: Absolutely the best sources of potassium are fresh natural foods. Supplements may have side effects and large doses must be taken to approach the levels of potassium that can be obtained from food; the average tablet contains about 90 mg, for example, and a medium banana contains 500 mg. Vegetables containing the highest levels of potassium are generally those containing the lowest levels of starch. Seaweed has an amazingly high potassium content, containing roughly ten times as much as leafy vegetables, but also contains a large amount of mineral salt. Green coconut milk is another source of potassium. Plentiful sources of potassium: There is a great variety of natural foods that are an excellent source of potassium. These include avocados; bananas; chard; citrus fruits; juices such as grapefruit, tomato, and orange; dried lentils; green leafy vegetables; milk; molasses; nuts such as almonds, brazils, cashews, peanuts, pecans and walnuts; parsnips; dried peaches; potatoes; raisins; sardines; spinach; and whole-grain cereals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 2, 2002 Report Share Posted February 2, 2002 In a message dated 1/2/02 23:27:07 GMT Standard Time, danehere writes: Thanks for the info, I did not have my banana yesterday and last night had a mild cramp attack so I do know that it is the bananas keeping the cramp at bay. Marianne. > There is a great variety of natural foods that are an excellent > source of potassium. These include avocados; bananas; chard; citrus > fruits; juices such as grapefruit, tomato, and orange; dried lentils; > green leafy vegetables; milk; molasses; nuts such as almonds, > brazils, cashews, peanuts, pecans and walnuts; parsnips; dried > peaches; potatoes; raisins; sardines; spinach; and whole-grain > cereals. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 2, 2002 Report Share Posted February 2, 2002 Dear Danehere, Most of the foods you mentioned are pretty good sources of potassium on up to very good. An exception is whole grain cerial. If you ate nothing but whole grains or some nuts and were a young healthy adult exercising moderately and with no perspiration, emotional stress, diarrhea or other unusual losses you would get just barely enough potassium to maintain your potassium level. Don't be fooled by foods which have no moisture content or have lots of fat. It is per calorie amounts which count. You can see such values in this table; http://members.tripod.com/~charles_W/table.html Sincerely, Charles Weber Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 2, 2002 Report Share Posted February 2, 2002 You can't get potassium pills larger than 99 mg due to corrupt FDA overregulation. They claim (with some reason) that too much is dangerous and needs to be Rx only. However, if you want to get your hands on about 80 GRAMS (not milligrams) of potassium, go buy one of those cute little dark blue salt substitute canisters. They contain potassium chloride. A lot more than any banana! If you think that stuff doesn't taste salt-like enough, the light blue containers are usually a 50-50 mixture of potassium chloride and sodium chloride (regular salt). There are many other mixtures on the market, all you have to do is go to the supermarket and read the ingredients on the salt substitutes. Just because I am in a bad mood I will make you all suffer by pointing out the scientific fact that potassium is naturally radioactive. About 1% of it is the naturally occurring isotope potassium 40. If you do not eat any potassium, you die. It turns out that nature has arranged it so you must eat a radioactive material to live. :-) Wasn't that mean of her? Andy Gettingwell, " danehere " <danehere@h...> wrote: > I got this from Healthsmart on the internt: > > Preparations > Absolutely the best sources of potassium are fresh natural foods. > Supplements may have side effects and large doses must be taken to > approach the levels of potassium that can be obtained from food; the > average tablet contains about 90 mg, for example, and a medium banana > contains 500 mg. Vegetables containing the highest levels of > potassium are generally those containing the lowest levels of starch. > Seaweed has an amazingly high potassium content, containing roughly > ten times as much as leafy vegetables, but also contains a large > amount of mineral salt. Green coconut milk is another source of > potassium. > > Plentiful sources of potassium > There is a great variety of natural foods that are an excellent > source of potassium. These include avocados; bananas; chard; citrus > fruits; juices such as grapefruit, tomato, and orange; dried lentils; > green leafy vegetables; milk; molasses; nuts such as almonds, > brazils, cashews, peanuts, pecans and walnuts; parsnips; dried > peaches; potatoes; raisins; sardines; spinach; and whole- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 2, 2002 Report Share Posted February 2, 2002 In a message dated 2/2/02 20:45:28 GMT Standard Time, wayne writes: Wayne, I have trouble eating one a day, I am not that keen on them but know that I need to have them - 5 a day would kill me. I have made smoothies for the last 2 mornings trying to get extra goodness, adding banana each time, today I could not drink it because the banana was very ripe and I just can't stand very ripe bananas no matter what. Thank goodness for husbands who can and will eat and drink almost everything. Marianne > Have you seen the new labels on some bananas that suggest " 5 per day " . > > I like the critters and often eat 2 per day. However when I add a whole > one to my protein drink it seems harder to digest and will cause light > stomach pains. Without the banana I never have any problems from the > drink. It goes down easy and is so good, I often think of making another > one right then. I use it for a mean substitute anyway. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 2, 2002 Report Share Posted February 2, 2002 Evening Marianne, Thanks for the info, I did not have my banana yesterday and last night had a >mild cramp attack so I do know that it is the bananas keeping the cramp at >bay. Have you seen the new labels on some bananas that suggest " 5 per day " . I like the critters and often eat 2 per day. However when I add a whole one to my protein drink it seems harder to digest and will cause light stomach pains. Without the banana I never have any problems from the drink. It goes down easy and is so good, I often think of making another one right then. I use it for a mean substitute anyway. Wayne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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