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Doing the research and finding a worthy list of foods high in potassium these days, has almost become a joke. Much of the information currently spread across the Internet is regurgitated rhetoric, rearranged, repackaged and ultimately redone to be showcased as new. Sharing a list of foods high in potassium, without properly putting such information into real world context, is anything, but ideal, or best for your health, in fact.

It is my desire that my genuine attempt to help you, make the truth known and ultimately transform my experience into words you can use that have resulted in my healthy lifestyle, without disease, or pain. Before we detail the potassium rich foods and their components, let us first discuss the importance of potassium in the human body, cells, and the reasons why it could be a dangerous result if it is not properly handled.

Showing High Potassium Or Low Potassium?

It is unjust to just assume high potassium or low potassium in the body should be dealt with, by radical, opposite measures to regulate potassium levels. This is a predictable 'cure-all' on 'health sites' online. As obvious as poorly researched information usually is, the right 'fix' or not, is to just do the reverse that ultimately caused either having high potassium or low potassium.

Another way of saying it, although it might be logical at least in theory when the human body is depleted by a mineral can be solved by increasing or decreasing the consumption of said mineral, or nutrient, potassium for this example until your ailment lessens or disappears completely.

And that is exactly the reason so many run to online in order to diagnose and get information previously warned about from often absolutely fictional web sites (the 'reporting' found on Wikipedia presented as medical fact yes, actually could harm you more than help) that twist facts, misinterpret medical definitions, and blatantly lie in a shameful display of manipulation to persuade you to buy into an agenda, often the result of you departing with your cash.

The food that boasts more concentrated sources of potassium include, but aren't limited to: bananas, dates, apricots, brewer's yeast (not the same as the yeast you bake with - brewer's yeast is an natural supplement that you can find in most health stores, or on the internet), brown rice, potatoes, dulse (a type of seaweed, usually sold in flat sheets dried and in the ethnic sections at natural grocers - think sushi), garlic, dried fruit, winter squash, wheat bran, nuts, figs, herbs.

That list of foods high in potassium is only a starting point. I'll be adding more to this list in future weeks, detailing the low in potassium foods list and growing it as time permits.

A couple last notes before diving in to your high potassium or low potassium diet; keep this in mind.

If you have any issues with your kidneys, participate in any activity that encourages diarrhea, or you regularly smoke cigarettes, or you drink coffee regularly, each and / or in combination will directly effect your potassium levels negatively.