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For more information, speak to your health care provider about a referral to a dietitian. |
POTASSIUM INTAKE |
Potassium is a mineral that has many important roles within your body, including regulating your heartbeat and blood pressure. Maintaining a normal potassium balance is important, as high, or low potassium levels in your blood can affect your heartbeat. |
Most foods and beverages contain potassium but in different amounts. If your potassium level is too high and you have been advised by your cardiologist to lower it, changes in your diet can help. |
Some medications can also increase your potassium level. If this is the case, your health care team may need to change or adjust a medication accordingly. |
POTASSIUM AND POTATOES |
Potatoes are very high in potassium. However, the way a potato is prepared can reduce its potassium, allowing them be part of a potassium-restricted diet. |
LOW POTASSIUM FOOD GUIDE |
To help you avoid foods that are high in potassium, follow examples suggested in our guide below. Please note that organizations may use different cut-off levels to decide which foods are high or low in potassium. Therefore, you may find some variations among resources. |
Note that ½ cup is 1 serving unless otherwise stated. |
Our examples below are a guide and not to replace the advice of your health care provider. |
Speak to your dietitian about the number of servings that is right for you or to identify low-potassium foods that are not captured on this list, including foods from various cultures. |
FRUITS |
Limit to 3 servings per day, or as recommended by your registered dietitian. |
Choose (example of 1 serving): |
1 apple |
Applesauce |
10 cherries |
½ mango |
1 Peach |
1 Pear, medium |
1 Plum |
Raspberries |
Strawberries |
Blueberries |
Blackberries |
Pineapple |
Apple juice |
Pineapple juice |
Cranberry juice or cocktail |
Nectars from guavas, peaches, and pears |
Avoid: |
Apricots |
Avocados |
Bananas |
Coconut, dried and raw |
Cantaloupes |
Nectarines |
Oranges |
Honeydew melons |
Kiwis |
Papayas |
Coconut, orange, and prune juices |
Coconut water |
Do not eat starfruit (also known as carambala, bilimbi, belimbing, Chinese starfruit, star apple) if you have kidney problems. |
VEGETABLES |
Limit 3 servings per day, or as recommended by your registered dietitian. |
Choose (example of 1 serving): |
Onion |
Broccoli, chopped, raw, or frozen |
Beans, green or wax |
Mushrooms, raw |
Carrots, raw (16cm long or 8 baby carrots) |
Carrots, boiled and drained |
Okra, raw or boiled and drained |
Peppers |
1 cup green peas, frozen, boiled, or canned and drained |
Raw peas |
Asparagus (5 spears) |
1 celery stalk, raw |
1 cup of lettuce |
Cauliflower, raw or cooked |
1 cup cucumber, sliced |
Corn kernels, frozen, canned, or boiled and drained |
Snow peas, raw (10 pods) |
Avoid: |
Tomato sauce |
Mushrooms cooked |
Rapini (cooked) |
Bok choy, cooked |
Brussel sprouts, cooked |
Juice- vegetable, clamato, V8 or tomato |
Potatoes, sweet potatoes (unless prepared according to the cooking instructions listed above or below-place this info where you feel it fits best). |
GRAINS |
Choose (example of 1 serving): |
Bread, bagels, and rolls made with 60% whole wheat, light rye, or white flour |
Corn or rice-based cereals (Corn Flakes, Rice Krispies, cream of rice, cream of wheat, non-bran cereals |
White pasta |
White pita |
Crackers (cream, graham, matzo, water, soda) |
White melba toast |
White rice, wild rice |
White rice cakes |
Tortilla chips |
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