Bananas and potassium

So we are aiming for 4 - 5,000 mg a day of potassium.. I eat 3 bananas a day which works out to be around 450mg of potassium.. so that leaves me with around 2650mg needed per day (to reach the minimum of 4,000).

Should I take a supplement to make up this difference or are there other ways to get potassium?

I would look up foods on internet that are high in potassium, hope it helps. I'm also swaying blue

Potassium is actually extremely easy to get through diet. Most things have potassium in them to some extent but (at least in the US) it is not required by law to be listed in the nutritional facts, so you may be getting a lot more than you think. (I thought ONE banana had 450 mg of potassium??)

I am not a huge fan of potassium supps because too much potassium is not a good idea, and your body can tolerate/utilize potassium in food much better.

Brewer's yeast has a large amounts of potassium as do tomato products - if you mix some brewer's yeast into tomato juice you can get a big boost in potassium just from that.

Thanks Atomic. Yes sorry meant to write that each banana has 450mg sorry bad typo!

A lot of different beans have a lot of potassium in them- baked, lima, pinto have double nearly of what a banana has...V8 juice has a lot, avocado is okay I think.

Beans are ok for boy sway?

How about mushrooms I love mushrooms can be still have these? x

Potatoes are also a good source of potassium :)

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Originally Posted by TTC5

Beans are ok for boy sway?

How about mushrooms I love mushrooms can be still have these? x

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Yes, I think beans are fine for a boy sway (and if you are a vegetarian they are MANDATORY!) They boost testosterone, have sodium and protein, and are great sources of potassium.

Here's a good link that has the potassium contents in several different foods. http://www.stronghealth.com/services...assiumrich.pdf

Oh and mushrooms are fine. There is very little you NEED to avoid on the blue diet. More is usually better for blue.

Again thanks ladies.
I am must really get on your nerves with all my questions...
More is better is hard for me lol I have always been a dieter - yo yo dieting lol and trying to eat as little as possible... lol

Me too, TTC5....that's why we have a load of girls, in my opinion! I have gained some weight and am really trying to eat well....I dig the TW hypothesis, it makes total sense to me. I am enjoying reading all of your posts, though, because I have many of the same questions.