Wart Therapies [role of K / bananas?]

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Kath wrote:

 

> ... i don't know how potassium would get rid of warts.

 

I do not know either, but I doubt it.

 

> however if bananna peels are curative for warts, it seems logical that

> it is due to the high potassium content, since that is the usual

> chemical that is responcible for any curative properties of bananas.

 

Kath, with respect, I disagree with your logic that K is responsible

for the curative properties of bananas, except in patients marginally

deficient in K.

 

Several foods have higher K levels than banana. For example,

http://www.pamf.org/patients/pdf/potassium_count.pdf says

 

Potassium Content [mg/serving (½ cup raw unless stated otherwise)] in

Fruits & Vegetables:

 

K (mg/serving) Fruit / Veg

895 Apricots, dried

549 Avocado, California, ½ medium

742 Avocado, Florida, ½ medium

451 Banana, medium

581 Dates, chopped

666 Figs, dried, five

875 Honeydew melon, ¼ medium

797 Peaches,dried, uncooked

491 Peanuts, oil roasted, unsalted

844 Potato, baked, 1 large with skin

610 Potato, baked, 1 large, no skin

256 Potato, boiled, no skin

545 Raisins, seedless

486 Soybeans, cooked

483 Swiss chard, cooked from raw

 

Of the fruit & veg listed in the article, the highest K levels per

serving were from dried apricots, honeydew melon, baked potato (w

skin), dried peaches, Florida avocado & dried figs. Dried apricots

provided almost twice the K input of banana per serving.

 

Note that K is concentrated in potato SKIN and that boiling potatoes

and removing the skin reduces greatly the K level per serving.

 

Also, K is present in ALL plants. However, K is only one of huindreds

of plant components that could have physiological / therapeutic

effects.

 

Best regards,