Potassium
Recommended Daily Allowance (RDA)
Rich Food Sources

Written by Sky Taylor, Diet Bites

Natural Food Sources Containing Potassium

Bananas, potatoes, prunes, almonds, molasses, brewer's yeast, chick peas, butter beans.

General - Supports cell and tissue function; balances blood pressure levels.

Therapeutic Uses for Potassium: Aids in fluid retention.

Low blood pressure; fatigue; feeling of unwellness. May be fatal if potassium levels are not treated.

Food Selection, Preparation Mode	Serving Size	Potassium Milligrams
Tomato products, canned, paste, without salt added	1 cup	2657
Orange juice, frozen concentrate, unsweetened, undiluted	6-fl-oz can	1436
Beet greens, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt	1 cup	1309
Beans, white, mature seeds, canned	1 cup	1189
Dates, deglet noor	1 cup	1168
Milk, canned, condensed, sweetened	1 cup	1135
Tomato products, canned, puree, without salt added	1 cup	1098
Raisins, seedless	1 cup	1086
Potato, baked, flesh and skin, without salt	1 potato	1081
Grapefruit juice, white, frozen concentrate, unsweetened	6-fl-oz can	1002
Snacks, trail mix, tropical	1 cup	993
Soybeans, green, cooked, boiled, drained	1 cup	970
Potatoes, au gratin, home-prepared using butter	1 cup	970
Lima beans, large, mature seeds, cooked, boiled	1 cup	955
Fast foods, potato, French fried in vegetable oil	1 large	930
Potatoes, scalloped, home-prepared with butter	1 cup	926
Potatoes, scalloped, home-prepared with butter	1 cup	899
Plantains, raw	1 medium	893
Soybeans, mature cooked, boiled, without salt	1 cup	886
Nuts, chestnuts, European, roasted	1 cup	847
Bananas, raw	1 cup	537

Infants & Children:

0 to 6 months old - 0.4

7 to 12 months old - 0.7

1 to 3 years old - 3.0

4 to 8 years old - 3.8

Males & Females:

9 to 13 years old - 4.5

14 years and older - 4.7

Pregnancy:

All ages - 4.7

Lactation:

All ages- 5.1

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