[neverdem]

IIRC, cantaloupe and honeydew melons have the highest concentrations of potassium.

[neverdem]

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[jocon307]

Bananas are good too, no?

Here is my #1 rule for healthy eating, only one processed dish per family dinner. I am no health food nut, but you've got to know that any pre-made or 1/2 pre-made food is filled with salt.

[martin_fierro]

Foods high in potassium:

HIGH potassium (more than 225 milligrams per 1/2 c. serving)

These foods would be beneficial to athletes or to others who incur heavy fluid loss. Patients on potassium-restricted diets should avoid them, or eat them sparingly, as advised by their nutritionist.

• All meats, poultry and fish are high in potassium.
• Apricots (fresh more so than canned)
• Avocado
• Banana
• Cantaloupe
• Honeydew
• Kiwi
• Lima beans
• Milk
• Oranges and orange juice
• Potatoes (can be reduced to moderate by soaking peeled, sliced potatoes overnight before cooking)
• Prunes
• Spinach
• Tomatoes
• Vegetable juice
• Winter squash

[LurkedLongEnough]

And the atomic symbol for potassium is "K".

[gargoyle]

...Sounds like humans need a combinatin of some alkali metals, some alkaline metals, some non metals. The periodic table, balanced with essential elements are yer best bet...

[Lael]

IIRC, cantaloupe and honeydew melons have the highest concentrations of potassium.

And, Potassium 40 is a mildly RADIOACTIVE isotope, occuring in Nature.

Potassium is VERY important...and Sodium is overloaded in processed foods!

[PGalt]

Thanks for the post/ping.

[oldcomputerguy]

This sodium/potassium balance is not trival nor is it easily explained or controlled.

I take both a diuretic and an ACE receptor blocker. I do lose potassium and supplement it periodically. I find it easy to tell when my potassium level is low, my resting pulse rate increases too high.

Interestingly my normal pulse my entire life was 80. As I got older, it dropped and my blood pressure went up commensurately. After I started on diretics, my pulse rate gradually increased, presumably as I lost excess?? potassium, not sure but it is my thought. Now as it tends to get near 90, I take some potassium and down it comes.

BTW potassaium chloride is what is commonly referred to as salt substitute, it is also what is used to stop the heart in lethal injections if memory serves.

[MarMema]

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