high fat was not necessary - high exercise was not necessary

[forge]

WOW http://hkpp.org/patients/potassium-health

I just did bananas as directed and did not look up potassium on the net until now.

But WOW it looks like weightloss dieters know not what they are doing if they are ignoring potassium .

I wonder how much "we are all different" is actually a potassium problem.

 

[Brunneria]

There's no need to eat bananas to make sure your potassium intake is OK

Here are 9 foods that contain higher levels than the humble banana - and most of them are lower carb!

http://www.healthaliciousness.com/articles/food-sources-of-potassium.php

 

[zand]

Well my leg cramps were due to a lack of magnesium which is also important because magnesium helps maintain the potassium in the cells.

 

[zand]

There's no need to eat bananas to make sure your potassium intake is OK

Here are 9 foods that contain higher levels than the humble banana - and most of them are lower carb!

http://www.healthaliciousness.com/articles/food-sources-of-potassium.php

And that's why I've started eating mushrooms and avocadoes

 

[Indy51]

I only got diagnosed with diabetes because of a hypertensive crisis - I also had hypokalemia, presumably because I was peeing out litres due to high BG.

 

[forge]

Err my GP is suspecting too much potassium increasing electrical nerve function and sensitizing my leg cramps.

But what I read on it the potassium levels and their effects are a complex issue but you can read it for yourself.

 

[Bluetit1802]

From the NHS Choices website http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/vitamins-minerals/Pages/vitamins-minerals.aspx


Good sources of potassium
Potassium is found in most types of food. Good sources of potassium include:

• fruit, such as bananas
• vegetables
• pulses
• nuts and seeds
• milk
• fish
• shellfish
• beef
• chicken
• turkey
• bread

• 
  

Good sources of magnesium
Magnesium is found in a wide variety of foods, such as:

• green leafy vegetables, such as spinach
• nuts
• brown rice
• bread (especially wholegrain)
• fish
• meat
• dairy foods

 

[forge]

Thanks for posting the list @Bluetit1802 I have seen similar lists tho..

We live in the subtropics bananas are plentiful cheap quick and easy and have been part of my controlled diet for about 9 months and my total diet has worked out fine except for the cramps over the last few months have become regular nightly events.

No leg cramps last night so instead of everynight being woken several times and having to walk around to get rid of them no night leg cramps for a week.

Not sure what is causing the cramps but now on 3 bananas per week instead of previously 1 per day

Hopefully my Cardio will tell me Potassium results from blood test last Friday. then 3 weeks to my Endo appointment and my next GP will be when flu vaccine becomes availablle for 2015.