Doing the research and discovering a worthy list of foods high in potassium these days, has nearly become a insult. The majority of the information currently spread across the web is recycled rhetoric, rearranged, repackaged and ultimately redone to be displayed as new. Handing over a list of foods high in potassium, without first presenting the bigger picture, is anything, but helpful, or best for your health, in fact.

My hope is that my humble attempt to help readers, set the record straight and hopefully transform my experience into words you can use that have resulted in my optimal health, without disease, or discomfort. Before we detail 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 result if it is not properly maintained.

Have High Potassium Or Low Potassium?

It is unjust to just assume high potassium or low potassium in one's body must be countered by radical, opposite measures to regulate potassium levels. This is the common thinking on so called 'health' web sites online. As obvious as poorly researched information usually is, whether all natural or not, is to just do the reverse that ultimately caused either having too much potassium in your body or not enough.

Another way of saying it, although it might be logical at least in theory a human body depleted in a mineral can be solved by adding or subtracting the intake of said mineral, or nutrient, potassium in this situation until one's deficiency or excessive potassium levels lessens or disappears entirely.

Which is exactly the reason so many clamor to the internet in order to 'self-medicate' and get more 'research' previously warned about from often absolutely fictional web sites (the information found on Wikipedia represented as medical fact yes, actually could harm you more than help) that skew facts, misinterpret medical meanings, and overtly lie in a distasteful display of manipulation to persuade you to buy into an agenda, often the result of you parting with your funds.

The food that boasts high potassium include, but aren't limited to: bananas, dates, apricots, 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, dulse (which is a form of seaweed, usually sold dried, in a package and in the ethnic sections at grocery stores - think sushi), garlic, dried fruit, winter squash, wheat bran, nuts, figs, herbs.

And that list of foods high in potassium is only a starting point. I'll be adding more to the 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 in to your high potassium or low potassium diet; keep this in mind.

If you have any issues with your kidneys, participate in any activity that encourages vomiting, or you regularly smoke cigarettes, or you consume caffeine regularly, each and / or in together will directly effect your potassium levels adversely.