Researching and finding a worthwhile list of foods high in potassium these days, has almost become a insult. The majority of the information currently spread across the Internet is recycled rhetoric, juxtaposed, repackaged and ultimately redone to be showcased as brand, spankin' new. Sharing a list of foods high in potassium, without properly putting such information into real world context, is anything, but helpful, or best for your health, in fact.

It is my desire that my genuine attempt to help those seeking potassium help, make the truth known and ultimately put words to my experiences that have led to my optimal health, free from disease, or discomfort. Before detailing the potassium rich foods and their components, let us first discuss how vital potassium is in your human body, blood and cells, and the reasons why it could be a dangerous force if not properly handled.

Is It High Potassium Or Low Potassium?

It is unfair to just assume a deficiency or excess of potassium in your body should be dealt with, by radical, opposite actions to bring potassium levels back inline. This is a predictable 'cure-all' 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 opposite that ultimately resulted in either having too much potassium in your body or not enough.

In other words, logic states when the human body is depleted by a mineral can be remedied by adding or subtracting the intake of said mineral, or nutrient, potassium in this situation until your deficiency or excessive potassium levels lessens or disappears entirely.

And that is exactly why so many run to online in order to diagnose and get more 'research' previously warned about via often completely dangerous web sites (the 'reporting' found on Wikipedia represented as medical fact could kill you) that twist facts, misinterpret medical definitions, and blatantly lie in a distasteful display of manipulation to seduce you to buy into an agenda, often resulting in you parting with your money.

Foods the boast high potassium include, but are not limited to: bananas, dates, black strap molasses, brewer's yeast (not the same as the yeast you bake with - brewer's yeast is an natural supplement that you can find in most health stores, or online), potatoes, dulse (which is a form of seaweed, often sold in flat sheets dried and in the ethnic aisle at natural grocers - picture what sushi is wrapped in), garlic, dried fruit, winter squash, wheat bran, nuts, figs, yams.

That list of foods high in potassium is just the starting point. I will be adding more to this list in the next couple weeks, addressing the low in potassium foods list and growing it as time permits.

A couple last notes before you go diving into your high potassium or low potassium foods; keep this in mind.

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