Potassium Regulation

Diet & Nutrition

Following a Renal Diet should only be indicated if ordered by your doctor.

Potassium is a mineral mainly found in many foods. Potassium helps your nerves talk to your muscles, including your heart muscle. Too much or too little potassium can cause irregular heart beat or suddenly stop without warning.

All foods contain some potassium. It is important to know serving sizes to be able to determine if a food is low, moderate, or high in potassium.

Serving Size: 1/2 cup unless otherwise indicated

Fruits-Low Potassium

Applesauce
Blueberries
Cranberries (1cup)
Grape Juice, from frozen conc. (1 cup)
Pears, canned Fruit ice Sorbet
Fruit ice
Frozen fruit juice bar (3 oz.)

Fruits-Medium Potassium

Apple (1 medium)
Apple Juice
Apricot canned (4 halves)
Blackberries
Cherries
Figs, raw (1 medium)
Fruit cocktail
Grapefruit juice
Grapefruit (1/2 small)
Grapes (15 small)
Mandarin oranges, canned
Mango (1/2 medium)
Papaya (1/4 medium)
Peaches, canned
Plums, fresh (1)
Plums, canned (3)
Pineapple, fresh (1 cup)
Pineapple, canned
Raspberries, frozen
Raspberries, raw (1 cup)
Raisins (2 tbsp.)
Rhubarb
Strawberries
Tangerine (1 medium)
Watermelon (1 cup)

Fruits-High Potassium

Apricots, fresh (3 medium)
Apricots, dried (6 halves)
Pear, fresh (1 medium)
Pomegranate, raw (1/2 medium)
Banana (1/2 medium)
Cantaloupe
Figs, dried (2whole)
Prunes (5)
Prune Juice (1/3 cup)
Kiwi Fruit (1medium)
Melon Balls, frozen
Nectarine (1 medium)
Orange (1 medium)
Orange Juice

Serving Size: 1/2 cup unless otherwise indicated

Vegetables-Low Potassium

Alfalfa Sprouts (1 cup)
Bamboo Shoots, canned
Beans, green or wax (canned or frozen)
Bean Sprouts
Cabbage, raw
Chinese Cabbage, raw
Cucumber, peeled
Endive
Escarole
Lettuce, all varieties (1 cup)
Pepper, green
Radishes, raw (8)
Squash, spaghetti
Tomato (1 Slice or 1/6 medium)
Water chestnuts, canned
Watercress

Vegetables-Medium

Potassium
Broccoli
Cabbage, cooked
Carrots (1 small raw)
Carrots, cooked
Cauliflower
Celery, raw (1 stalk)
Collards
Corn (1/2 ear or ½ cup cut)
Eggplant
Green beans, fresh, boiled
Kale
Mixed veg, frozen
Mushrooms, canned, fresh, or raw
Mustard greens
Onions
Peas, green
Peppers, hot chili (1 pepper)
Snow Peas
Spinach- raw
Squash-summer
Turnip Greens
Turnips
Zucchini-raw

Vegetables-High Potassium

Artichoke ( 1 medium)
Artichoke Hearts
Asparagus
Avocado
Bamboo Shoots, fresh, boiled
Beets
Beans: kidney, pinto, northern, navy, black
Black-eyed Peas
Brussel Sprouts
Celery, cooked
Chard, Swiss, boiled (1/4 cup)
Kohlrabi
Mushrooms, fresh, cooked
Okra
Lima Beans
Potatoes
Pumpkin
Rutabagas
Spinach, canned
Spinach-raw
Squash, summer
Spinach, fresh cooked (1/4) cup
Spinach, frozen, boiled
Sweet Potato
Tomato (1 medium)
Tomato, canned, whole, peeled
Tomato Juice
Tomato Puree
Tomato Sauce
Winter Squash
Zucchini, boiled

Other Potassium Rich Foods

Salt Substitutes or “lite salt”
Chocolate
Low sodium baking powder
Milk (can only have 1 cup daily)
Tea
Molasses
Coffee
Colas and Dr. pepper
Nuts
Maple sugar or syrup
Bran Cereal
Bran Muffins
Granola Cereal or Bars
Peanut Butter
Sunflower Seeds
Licorice
Grape Nuts
Dark Breads such as pumpernickel or dark dye

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