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Doing the research and discovering a worthwhile list of foods high in potassium these days, has almost become a joke. The majority of the information spreading across the Internet is regurgitated rhetoric, rearranged, reworded and ultimately redone to be presented as brand, spankin' new. Sharing a list of foods high in potassium, without first presenting the bigger picture, is anything, but helpful, or healthy.

It is my desire that my humble attempt to help you, set the record straight and hopefully put words to my experiences that have led to my healthy lifestyle, free from disease, or pain. Before we detail the high potassium foods and their components, let us first discuss the importance of potassium in the human body, blood and cells, and the reasons why it could be a dangerous force if not properly handled.

Experiencing High Potassium Or Low Potassium?

It is often completely wrong to simply assume high potassium or low potassium in one's body must be dealt with, by radical, opposite measures to regulate potassium levels. This is a predictable 'cure-all' on 'health sites' online. Silly as it seems, whether all natural or not, is to simply do the reverse that ultimately resulted in either having high potassium or low potassium.

In other words, although it might be logical at least in theory a human body depleted in a mineral can be solved by adding or subtracting the intake of said mineral, or nutrient, potassium for this example until your deficiency or excessive potassium levels lessens or disappears entirely.

And that is exactly the reason so many clamor to the internet in order to 'self-medicate' and get more 'research' previously warned about via often absolutely dangerous sites (the information found on Wikipedia represented as medical fact could kill you) that misrepresent factual statements, misinterpret medical meanings, and overtly lie in a distasteful display of manipulation to seduce you to buy into an agenda, often the result of you parting with your funds.

The food that boasts high potassium include, but are not limited to: bananas, dates, apricots, brewer's yeast (not the same as baking yeast - brewer's yeast is an over the counter supplement that you can find in most health stores, or on the internet), brown rice, potatoes, dulse (which is a form of seaweed, often sold in flat sheets dried and in the ethnic aisle at even conventional grocery stores - picture what sushi is wrapped in), garlic, dried fruit, winter squash, wheat bran, nuts, figs, yams and herbs such as: hops, horsetail, nettle, plantain, red clover, skullcap and sage.

This list of foods high in potassium is only a starting point. I'll be adding more to the list in future weeks, addressing the low in potassium foods list and growing it as time permits.

Also of note before diving in to your high potassium or low potassium diet; keep this in mind.

If you have any issues with your kidneys, participate in any activity that encourages vomiting, or you regularly smoke cigarettes, or you consume caffeine regularly, each and / or in combination will directly effect your potassium levels adversely.