High Potassium Foods
If your potassium level is high, avoid these foods. If your potassium level is low, choose these foods.
Fruits
Apricots Avocados Bananas
Dates
Figs
Kiwi
Mangos
Melons Nectarines Oranges Papayas Peaches, fresh Pears, fresh Prunes
*Any fruit juices made from these.
Vegetables
Artichokes
Beans (dried): black kidney, lima, pinto
red, white, refried, etc. Greens: beet, chard, collard, kale, mustard, spinach, turnip
Parsnips
Potatoes: sweet, white, French fries, chips, etc. Pumpkins
Tomatoes: fresh, canned, paste, sauce, soup, juice Winter squash
Yams
Zucchini
Other
Chocolate
Cocoa
Custard
Lentils
Milk
Milk drinks
Milkshakes
Nut butters
Nuts
Peanut butter
Peanuts
Pudding
Salt Substitutes
Yogurt
Low Potassium Foods
If your potassium level is high, choose these foods more often.
Fruits
Apples
Apple juice
Applesauce
Blackberries
Blueberries
Cranberries
Cranberry juice
Grapes
Grape juice
Peaches, canned
Peach nectar
Pears, canned
Pear nectar
Pineapple
Pineapple juice
Raspberries
Strawberries
Strawberry nectar
Vegetables
Beans: green, wax
Cabbage
Celery
Corn
Crookneck squash Cucumber
Eggplant
Lettuce
Onions
Peas, green
Peppers
Radish
Summer squash
Other
Bread product
Non-dairy creamer
Pasta
Rice
Tortillas