Many people wonder why potassium is so important. The fact is that your body would suffer terribly if you were to ever have a deficiency. The first to suffer would be your heart, it simply cannot function without it. A lack of potassium would damage your cellular process and make you feel really weak. Try not to ever get to the point of a potassium shortage.
With the importance of potassium out of the way, lets get down to how best to increase your intake.
1. Nuts and seeds have very high concentration of potassium so eat as much nuts as you can, that should give you a good dose to last you for the day.
2. If eating nuts is an issue then your next best bet would be to eat a bowl of cereal which is high in potassium such as bran flakes. While it might not seem palatable it does work.
3. Eat some muesli and you won't have to eat the nuts or seeds and you can definitely avoid the bran flakes.
4. Between breakfast and/or lunch, have a handful of dried fruits. They are very high in potassium.
5. You can also mix dried fruits into a food of your choice such as a salad where something sweet wont be noticed too much.
6. Do you like raisins? If you do that's great news as they are very high in potassium content and could be another source.
7. Do you like baked potatoes? Then you're in luck, they are very high in potassium content and a single baked potato will go a long way in terms of your daily intake. This does not mean that you should be mixing it with anything else like sour cream or cheese etc. Just the baked potato.
8. This might taste a bit unusual but the Cuban delicacy of boiled plantains is a great source of potassium.
9. Whole wheat pasta and tomatoes are another great source of potassium.
10. If you like sardines then that's yet another option.
Feeling motivated to increase your potassium intake? Considering that twenty percent of Americans have acute potassium deficiency and we all know where that can lead to. Make the change today and get healthy.
What do you eat to get your daily intake of potassium? Is there something you'd recommend to the other readers?
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Comments (10)
BANANAS!!
Bananas and nutsss =D
I eat tomatos, nuts and raisins almost every single day. Sweet potatoes are better than just plain potatoes for potassium.
i think i eat too much bananas. haha but i also eat prunes and raisins sometimes. and whole wheat everything..
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Chickpeas are an excellent source of potassium as well as lots of other good stuff.
Plantains it is! That should be fun...
coconut water is amazing in terms of potassium, as well as other electrolytes, i drink it a lot
bananas!!!!!!!!