Diet and Controling Potassium Level

Potassium is an essential electrolyte that our body needs to function normally. This element is essential to help our muscles, nerves, and heart, do what it needs to keep our body safe and working.  Low potassium level otherwise known as Hypokalemia, is usually caused by excessive loss of body fluids due to vomiting, diarrhea, excessive alcohol use, and diabetic ketoacidosis (a complication of diabetes, when your body produces a high level of blood acids).  Some symptoms of Low Potassium levels are fatigue, heart palpitation, muscle cramps, numbness, and mental fatigue or mood swings.

Depending on body needs in order to keep the potassium level right, doctors and dieticians may recommend potassium supplements. Keeping our diets and meals in check is also highly valued. Below are some of the foods that you must consume to help maintain a good level of potassium;

Bananas, Honeydew and Orange;

Aside from vitamin C, B6, antioxidants, and fiber, fruits like bananas, honeydew, and orange are rich in potassium.
Consuming them as shakes, juices, or added ingredients to your favorite foods like pancakes, cakes, or salads makes eating these fruits more enjoyable and satisfying.

Root crops:

Root crops like potatoes, sweet potatoes, turnips, and carrots are great sources of potassium. These vegetables help your body get its much-needed amount of nutrients to help your muscles, nerves, and heart function well. Baked sweet potatoes and carrot fries and creamy mush potatoes are good ways of consuming these vegetables. 

Fishes:

Tuna, salmon, cod, tilapia, dory fish. halibut and other fish and seafood are also rich in potassium. Cooking it as baked or fried or even as sushi or sashimi, can satisfy not only your weight goals but also your body's need for potassium. 

Tomato and Tomato juice:

Aside from improving your skin and preventing cancer. Tomatoes are high in vitamin C. folate, Vitamin K1, it's also high in potassium which makes them a superfood.

A glass of tomato juice or a serving of tomato-based meals can provide the right amount of potassium to ensure you get what your body needs.

These are just some of the foods that you can easily consume to ensure that your body gets its needed supply of potassium and nutrients. A lot more potassium-rich foods are available on the market that you can try and cook with. 

The ideal daily amount of potassium that an adult needs is 3400mg. For kids, it's 3000mg for boys, and 2300mg for girls. Also, toddlers, require 2000mg of potassium daily potassium intake. However, we highly recommend always check and consult your doctors, pediatrician, or dietician for a more accurate dose that your body may need.