yesterday I found out my potassium is a little high which is making my arms and legs weak .
What can I eat to make the potassium go back down?
2007-07-20 09:34:37 · 5 answers · asked by Koter Boters misses Rufus! 6 in Health ➔ Other - Health
would eating foods with low potassium help?
2007-07-20 09:44:13 · update #1
try to avoid these
* Apricots
o Raw – 2 medium
o Dry – 5 halves
* Avocado – ¼ whole
* Banana – ½ whole
* Cantaloupe – ½ cup
* Dates – 5 whole
* Dried fruits – ½ cup
* Figs, dried – ½ cup
* Grapefruit juice – ½ cup
* Honeydew – ½ cup
* Kiwi – 1 medium
* Mango – 1 medium
* Nectarine – 1 medium
* Orange – 1 medium
* Orange juice – ½ cup
* Papaya – ½ whole
* Pomegranate – 1 whole
* Pomegranate juice – ½ cup
* Prunes – ½ cup
* Prune juice – ½ cup
* Raisins – ½ cup
* Acorn squash
* Artichoke
* Bamboo shoots
* Baked beans
* Butternut squash
* Beets, fresh then boiled
* Black beans
* Brussels sprouts
* Chinese cabbage
* Carrots, raw
* Dried beans and peas
* Greens, except Kale
* Hubbard squash
* Kohlrabi
* Lentils
* Legumes
* Mushrooms, canned
* Parsnips
* Potatoes, white and sweet
* Pumpkin
* Refried beans
* Rutabagas
* Spinach, cooked
* Tomatoes, tomato products
* Vegetable juice
* Bran/Bran Products – ½ cup
* Chocolate – 1.5-2 ounces
* Granola – ½ cup
* Milk, all types – 1 cup
* Molasses – 1 tablespoon
* Nutritional supplements
* Nuts and seeds – 1 ounce
* Peanut butter – 2 tablespoons
* Salt substitutes – ½ cup
* Salt free broth – ½ cup
* Yogurt – ½ cup
* Snuff/chewing tobacco
maybe insted try some
* Apple – 1 medium
* Apple juice
* Apple sauce
* Apricots, canned in juice
* Blackberries
* Blueberries
* Cherries
* Cranberries
* Fruit cocktail
* Grapes
* Grape juice
* Grapefruit, ½ whole
* Mandarin oranges
* Peaches
* Fresh – 1 small
* Canned – ½ cup
* Pears
* Fresh – 1 small
* Canned – ½ cup
* Pineapple
* Pineapple juice
* Plums – 1 whole
* Raspberries
* Strawberries
* Tangerine – 1 whole
* Watermelon – limit to 1 cup
Vegetables
* Alfalfa sprouts
* Asparagus – 6 spears
* Beans, wax or green
* Cabbage, green and red
* Carrots, cooked
* Cauliflower
* Celery – 1 stalk
* Corn
o Fresh – ½ ear
o Frozen – ½ cup
* Cucumber
* Eggplant
* Kale
* Leached potatoes*
* Lettuce
* Mixed vegetables
* Mushrooms, fresh
* Okra
* Onions
* Parsley
* Peas, green
* Peppers
* Radish
* Rhubarb
* Water
* Chestnuts, canned
* Watercress
* Rice
* Noodles
* Pasta
* Bread and bread products (*not whole grains)
* Cake – angel, yellow
* Coffee – limit to 8 ounces
* Pies without chocolate or high-potassium foods
* Cookies without nuts or chocolate
* Tea – limit to 16 ounces
2007-07-20 09:44:29 · answer #1 · answered by lilchacha712 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The normal range for potassium is 3.5 - 4.5, how high was your reading? If your physician told you it was too high, he should have ordered Kayexalate right then. High and low potassium levels are bad for you. It can cause muscles aches, and can also lead to a heart attack..........sorry to be so blunt but it is true. Call your local pharmacist and ask them what you can take over the counter. I am not sure there is anything without a prescription.
2007-07-20 12:08:18 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Be sure to check your vitamin pills if you take them they have potassium.
2007-07-20 10:14:11 · answer #3 · answered by Riverrat 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try doing some cardio and stay away from potassiam. You should drop it out of your system pretty quickly.
2007-07-20 09:45:19 · answer #4 · answered by jcrichton33 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, stay away from bananas! They are the highest.
2007-07-20 09:36:51 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋