Researching and discovering a worthy list of foods high in potassium these days, has almost become a insult. Much of the information spreading across the web is regurgitated rhetoric, juxtaposed, reworded and ultimately redone to be presented as brand, spankin' new. Sharing a list of foods high in potassium, without properly putting such information into real world context, is anything, but ideal, or healthy.

It is my desire that my humble effort 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 detailing the potassium rich foods and their specificities, let us first discuss the importance of potassium in your human body, blood, and the reasons why it could be a contradicting force if not properly maintained.

Experiencing High Potassium Or Low Potassium?

It is unjust to simply assume high potassium or low potassium in your body should be countered by radical, opposite actions to regulate potassium levels. This is the common thinking on so called 'health' web sites on the Internet. As obvious as poorly researched information usually is, a correct solution or not, is to simply do the exact opposite that ultimately caused either having high potassium or low potassium.

Another way of saying it, although it might be logical at least in theory when the human body is depleted by a mineral can be remedied by adding or subtracting the intake of said mineral, or nutrient, potassium in this case until your deficiency or excessive potassium levels lessens or disappears completely.

Which is exactly the reason so many scurry to the internet to diagnose and get information previously warned about via often completely preposterous sites (the advice from just anybody with a computer and an internet connection found on Wikipedia represented as medical fact yes, actually could harm you more than help) that skew facts, misinterpret medical meanings, and blatantly lie in a shameful display of manipulation to coax you to buy into an agenda, often resulting in you departing with your funds.

Foods the boast higher concentrations of potassium include, but aren't limited to: bananas, dates, black strap molasses, brewer's yeast (not to be confused with baking yeast - brewer's yeast is an natural supplement that you can find in most health stores, or online), brown rice, potatoes, dulse (a type of seaweed, usually sold dried, in a package and in the ethnic sections at grocery stores - picture what sushi is wrapped in), garlic, dried fruits, winter squash, wheat bran, nuts, figs, yams and herbs such as: hops, horsetail, nettle, plantain, red clover, skullcap and sage.

That list of foods high in potassium is only a starting point. I will be adding more to this list in the next couple weeks, detailing the low in potassium foods list and expanding upon it as time permits.

A couple last notes before diving into your high potassium or low potassium diet; keep this in mind.

If you have any issues with your kidney function, participate in any activity that encourages vomiting, or you smoke, or you drink coffee regularly, each and / or in together will directly effect your potassium levels adversely.