FRUITS high in potassium.
The following show the list of fruits with potassium content in them:
1. Papaya-781 mg.

2. A cup of cubed cantaloupe-494 mg .

3. Diced honeydew melon-461 mg.

4. A small banana has 467 mg potassium.

5. One-third cup of raisins-363 mg.

6. A medium mango-323 mg.

7. Kiwi has 252 mg potassium.

8. A small orange-237 mg.

9. A medium pear-208 mg.

10. 10 dried apricots-814mg.

11. 3 oz avocados-540 mg.

12. 10 dates-542 mg.

13. 4 dried Figs-542 mg.

14.1 cup watermelon-176 mg.

VEGETABLES high in potassium.
The following vegetables show the potassium content in them:

15. Chopped or sliced tomato-400 mg.

16. One baked sweet potato with skin-508 mg.

17. Half of a medium potato with skin-422 mg.

18. One cup of fresh or cooked asparagus-288 mg.

19. Half cup of cooked pumpkin-282 mg.

20. Half cup of cooked mushrooms-277 mg.

21. Half cup of fresh Brussels sprouts-247 mg.

22. One cup spinach-839 mg.

23. One cup broccoli-456 mg.

24. One cup carrots-354 mg.

PROTEIN sources that contain potassium:
25. Half cup of cooked pinto beans contain 400 mg potassium,

26. Lentils-365 mg

27. Dried peas-355 mg.

28. One cup of soy milk has 345mg potassium.

29. Three ounces of baked or broiled salmon has 319 mg potassium.

30. Three ounces of roasted turkey, dark meat  has 259 mg potassium.

31. One-fourth cup of sunflower seeds contain 241 mg.

32. Three ounces of cooked lean beef has 224 mg.

33. Two tablespoons of peanut butter contain 214 mg potassium.

DAIRY PRODUCTS high in potassium
34. Six ounces of yogurt contain 398 mg potassium.

35. Potassium content in white milk is 377 mg.

36. One cup of low-fat cottage cheese contains 217 mg potassium.

NUTS high in potassium:
37. 2 oz almonds contain 412 mg.

38. 2 oz brazil nuts contain 340 mg.

39. 2 oz peanuts contain 374 mg.

MEAT DAIRY high in potassium:
40.  Beef, round-262 mg.

41. Chicken-220 mg.

42. Pork-358 mg.

JUICES high in potassium:
43. Carrot juice-689 mg.

44. Orange juice-496 mg.

45. Prune juice-707 mg.

46.Tomato juice-535 mg.

FISH with high potassium contents are:
47. Mollusk-534 mg.

48. Cod -439 mg.

49. Halibut-490 mg.

50. Salmon-319 mg.

51. Trout-375 mg.

52. Tuna-484 mg.

Compiled by Ruby Agarwal
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