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Best Sources Of Potassium

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27 Aug 2012
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by Monica-Abal
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What can high-potassium foods do for you?
    •    Help your muscles and nerves function properly
    •    Maintain the proper electrolyte and acid-base balance in your body
    •    Help lower your risk of high blood pressure
What events can indicate a need for more high-potassium foods?
    •    Muscle weakness
    •    Confusion
    •    Irritability
    •    Fatigue
    •    Heart problems
    •    Chronic diarrhea
    •    Regular, intense exercise
    •    Use of certain diuretics

 

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  1. duze August 17, 2012 at 3:30 am
    Left out Mangos, an excellent source of fiber, vitamin E, A and C. Protects your skin and taste better than most other super fruits.
  2. goodmandown August 17, 2012 at 2:19 am
    Yes, I'm very grateful to have no pathologies there.;) I understand (though not certain) some low GI fruits are okay for diabetics and hypoglycemics. It's not the all-or-nothing game once thought to be.
  3. Benjo333 August 16, 2012 at 10:44 pm
    Who does love fruit...the green leafy veggies trump much of these easily. Many fruits are high (fast) gylcemic...watch the blood sugar and have some broccoli kale or cabbage instead...
  4. Benjo333 August 16, 2012 at 10:41 pm
    And a blood sugar monitor...
  5. GrandmaDuckee August 16, 2012 at 5:04 pm
    I LOVE AVOCADOS! Great list, glad to see cantaloupes on there. The only one I haven't tried is the dragon fruit. It looks similar to a fruit I had in Lima, Peru earlier this year. Great stuff!
  6. Lynn686 August 16, 2012 at 3:37 pm
    I love love love fruit and this list! I'm not a huge veggie eater so I like to make green smoothies so I can sneak some veggies in my diet and add lots of delicious fruits to it also.
  7. Stephanie Longus August 16, 2012 at 10:21 am
    Yeah, I hear ya. Luckily I live in an area with has an abundance of farms and oodles of little roadside produce stands and farmer's markets. Sometimes, if you're not too busy, you can take a walk at a local park and pick blackberries and Paw Paw fruits wild (they're delicious!) But when we finally do purchase our own home, my first order of duty is to plant a garden. It's both fun and rewarding and will keep our food costs down (in the summer, anyway).
  8. Stephanie Longus August 16, 2012 at 10:14 am
    What's that?
  9. Stephanie Longus August 16, 2012 at 10:12 am
    I've never seen or heard of a Dragon Fruit before. Interesting... I'd like to try one.
  10. FirstBiteBooks August 16, 2012 at 6:07 am
    Despite all this research, sometimes it seems that the best superfruit is grapes and whatever vino one can make out of them.
  11. hbhawaii August 16, 2012 at 1:29 am
    All the time. Whenever I'm in Singapore I head over to Geylang for some late night outdoor Durian. It is, indeed, an acquired taste, but once you acquire it you're hooked. We're growing it now on the Big Island, but the trees aren't yet producing well. In fact, pretty well every fruit on this list, plus several more, are grown here on the Hilo side.
  12. giftoflife898 August 16, 2012 at 12:21 am
    Does that work? Unless you have ever had gout, you can never imagine the pain. A feather will make you shout. Good luck!
  13. giftoflife898 August 16, 2012 at 12:18 am
    If you live in the country, you can usually find fruit trees and berries. I had several types of apples, pears and grapes growing up in the country. Plus all the blackberries you could pick. I have made alot of Blackberry pies in my lifetime. Yummmmmmmmm.
  14. giftoflife898 August 16, 2012 at 12:16 am
    I have never eaten it and I know I NEVER will. Have you?
  15. giftoflife898 August 16, 2012 at 12:15 am
    Just be careful with grapefruit and prescription medication. Many cholesterol lowering medications should come with a warning, some pharmacies forget. Always double check.
  16. thinkingwomanmillstone August 15, 2012 at 3:05 pm
    After my husband had surgery a few years ago, the surgeon told him to eat lots of grapefruit. He said it promotes healing. He didn't say why...but he did say that grapefruit juice was not as effective as the fruit, itself. Since, I don't have two husband who had surgery at the same time so I could time their healing, I can't verify the results but it certainly didn't hurt him and was delicious in the process.
  17. goodmandown August 15, 2012 at 2:18 pm
    I send kid's into Jamba Juice to cop now.  Oh the shame.;)
  18. hbhawaii August 15, 2012 at 2:14 pm
    Another fruit I was surprised not to see here is Soursup, which has great health-promoting properties.
  19. hbhawaii August 15, 2012 at 2:12 pm
    Yup -- you can even make tea from the young leaves of papaya -- it's a great tonic.
  20. CommanderChe August 15, 2012 at 1:44 pm
    I want to try that dragon fruit! I also heard about a fruit that tastes like a mix between kiwi and strawberry, and it's good for you. I forgot what it was called though, I think it was a little red berry.
  21. dkmatter August 15, 2012 at 1:43 pm
    I'm with you my fellow fruita. Smoothie methadone can help but you may have a relapse.
  22. SteveC 1979 August 15, 2012 at 1:33 pm
    Man thank you for articulating what I have been feeling for months. The "slide shows" suck so bad and are such a pain!!! Just give me a d@m list!!
  23. SteveC 1979 August 15, 2012 at 1:32 pm
    Great list - but one thing struck me as I was going through it. This is pretty much every fruit out there, with I guess a few exceptions.
  24. odra August 15, 2012 at 1:01 pm
    That list includes all fruits!

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