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health advisory Diet Diet 2007-11-11 21:04:28

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According to Wikipedia: "

Foods with high sources of potassium include orange juice, potatoes, bananas, avocados, apricots, parsnips and turnips, although many other fruits, vegetables, and meats contain potassium."

I'd say avoiding the foods mentioned above, and red meats, would help lower your potassium.

However, you ought to check with a doctor to make sure you really need to lower your potassium. If you have kidney problems, then it makes sense to lower your potassium. Otherwise, not having enough potassium in your system can make your nerves poor at receiving and sending information, hinder your muscle contractions, and in rare cases, can result in death. But as I said, that's rare, and probably wouldn't happen unless you discovered a way to nearly completely eliminate the seventh most common chemical in the earth from your diet.

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Why do you want to lower your potassium?

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Here's a good article about hypo, and hyperkalemia

http://nutrition.about.com/od/foodfun/p/...

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