Sunday, June 22, 2014

98% OF AMERICANS fail to get enough Potassium on a daily basis in diets. Recommended 4.7 grams/day for adults. (Baked potato with skin ~22% of that.) Low potassium puts us at risk of high blood pressure, heart disease, stroke, arthritis, cancer, digestive disorders, infertility and more. Best sources: swiss chard, spinach, bok choy. Then fruits and vegs. Broccoli, tomatoes, cantaloupe, cabbage, carrots, kale, romaine lettuce, bell peppers. Those are the most potassium with low calories. Then baked potatoes with skin, lima beans, sweet potato with skin, white beans, other beans, lentils, dried peas, salmon, tuna and the ole venerable banana. Let's get our potassium, pards. And sodium goes with it by 1/5th. Also dried apricots, raisins, baked acorn squash, chocolate yogurt, mushrooms, tomato paste, beets. Here's to good nutrition. And better health. Onward and upward. Happy trails. Gates/Clooney in '16.

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