High Potassium,
Low Potassium Findings

While somebody may have low potassium, they might first instinctually convince himself or herself to find high potassium foods and devour them like there was no tomorrow, the often-missed ingredient in that equation is the sodium.

If you have found foods with a high potassium count, only part of your problem is solved. If your body on other the hand has low potassium, odds are seriously great that you are also high in sodium. Perhaps, even dangerously so.

With modern advances in medicine, there has to be a predetermined suggestion of just how much potassium and salt (sodium) one should consume for living at their healthy best. But, a diet rich in living, or raw foods, while minimizing processed foods with artificial flavors and ingredients, accommodates most, active and normal individuals.

Examples of high potassium foods that might be welcome in your diet are fish: halibut, trout, salmon, tuna and clams. Fruits, of course, are all natural, and depending on how mineral rich the soil was it grew in, good for you. Watermelon is known for its low potassium content, while dried apricots are on the high potassium side. Meat does have potassium in it too, but I'll refrain from listing it, simply because of my own personal health beliefs about such foods. Legumes, or more commonly known, beans, always tend to be potassium rich, and even something as surprising as, molasses.

Finding low potassium foods is as easy as staying away from, perhaps not entirely, but minimizing the obvious: what I just mentioned. High potassium and low potassium both have their quirks, but get a professional opinion rather than coming to a conclusion based on your best educated guess; it could do more harm than good.

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