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Meowmee

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37. It is hard to get the recommended levels in diet

Fri Nov 22, 2024, 10:15 PM

Nov 22

Most can get by with 1000 mg a day. But recommendations are 2-3000 mg daily. A banana is only 9% daily, a medium potato is 15% daily. Depending on your health issues people can supplement but should also ask a doc first if it is safe for them to do that. There are so many things that affect it, and not everyone digests/ absorbs food or supplements the same way due to health issues.

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I've actually had patients say that to me. Aristus Nov 22 #5

No Gatorade! But try to design a menu that meets potassium requirements rainin Nov 22 #14

Bananas, cantaloupe, apricots, lentils, kidney beans, Aristus Nov 22 #23

Getting a list of "high" potassium foods is elementary. Creating a menu that actually provides enough rainin Nov 22 #30

Well, I don't know what to tell you. Aristus Nov 22 #32

See reply 33. highplainsdem Nov 22 #34

It is hard to get the recommended levels in diet Meowmee Nov 22 #37

Except for bananas, those aren't foods Americans are likely to eat almost daily. A baked potato with skin, highplainsdem Nov 22 #33

So: easily accessible and palatable potassium. Aristus Nov 22 #35

Yes. Most people, I've found, automatically think of bananas for potassium and stop there, and never highplainsdem Nov 22 #36

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Except that these are my patients and I love them. Aristus Nov 22 #29

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