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Originally Posted by StrappingYoungLad
I have kept a running list of the best sources of potassium in food:
Beet greens, chopped, cooked --1 cup 1300 mg
Avocado --- 6 ounces 1080 mg
Beans (legumes), cooked --- 1 cup 500 -1200 mg
Potato, baked, with skin --- 6 ounces 710 mg
Clams, cooked --- 3 ounces 535 mg
Yogurt, plain, low-fat --- 1 cup 550 mg
Fish, most varieties, cooked --- 4 ounces 350-700 mg
Orange juice --- 1 cup 500 mg
Banana --- 1 medium 470 mg
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As you can see,fish and avocados are good.As are beans.But potassium is very important for energy production,among other things,so whether you get it from food or supplementation ,just get it.