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Potassium People, Potassium!
Potassium is so much more than bananas. Many delicious foods contain potassium, so to find out which ones and see why this mineral is important to our health, take this little quiz.
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Got High Blood Pressure? Could Be Potassium Deficiency
When you go to the doctor and the nurse shakes her head at your high blood pressure (also called hypertension), you may not be able to blame it on your salt bagel cravings or your old Aunt Thelma. New research shows it could be caused by your lack of potassium. Of the over 3,000 women who were tested, the ones with high blood pressure had low levels of potassium in their urine.
How to Eat For Your Daily Dose of Potassium
Bananas are great sources of potassium, but eating one of these yellow fruits won't be enough to supply your body with the recommended daily intake (RDI) of this important mineral. Every day, you need to make sure to get 4,200 mg of potassium for digestion, to maintain healthy blood pressure, to carry out muscle contractions, and also for proper nerve, kidney, and heart functions. Since potassium is found in so many nutritious foods, you shouldn't have any problems getting your RDI.
Healthy Cooking Tip: Boil Potatoes Whole
Potatoes, reviled during the low-carb days of yore, are once again showing up on many American plates.
Labor Day means potato salad, and potato salad means boiling potatoes. I just read in the Berkeley Wellness Letter that you should boil your potatoes unpeeled and whole, which is easy to do if you buy the small red-skinned variety.
What Does Your RDI Look Like: Potassium
I'm sure when you hear the word potassium, you automatically think of bananas. While it's true that they're great sources of this valuable mineral, many other foods contain potassium too.
Before I get into that you should know how much you need everyday and why you need it.
Misconceptions About Mushrooms
I know there are many people out there who go out of their way to avoid eating mushrooms. They feel they are not missing anything, nutritionally speaking, by picking out the edible fungus from their meals. Things couldn't be farther from the truth, so I thought I should clear up some misconceptions concerning mushrooms.
Swiss Chard Fills the Holes in Your Diet
I crave greens, no matter the season. When it is cold outside, I often choose a cooked green over salads. I just want to eat warm food.
Puzzled About Potassium?
I don't know about you, but when I think of potassium, I think of bananas. That's all that really comes to mind.
Do you know what it does for our bodies or how much we're supposed to get?
You Asked: Potassium and Sodium, What Is the Connection?
Dear FitSugar,
Since you have been covering a lot of ground on sodium and potassium, I heard that sodium and potassium levels compete with each other, so if the presence of one mineral rises, the amount of the other drops. Is that true?
I thought this was an interesting question, but a little out of my league, so I asked my friend, nutritionist Rania Batayneh, MPH of Essential Nutrition For You.
Food for Thought: 20 somethings
The folks at Fitness, the magazine that is, are savvy to our changing nutritional needs. As we age our bodies and our lifestyles change. Curious if you are meeting the nutritional challenges of your generation?
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