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Researching and discovering a worthy list of foods high in potassium these days, has almost become a insult. Much of the information currently spread across the Internet is regurgitated rhetoric, juxtaposed, repackaged and ultimately redone to be presented as new. Giving a reader 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.

My hope is that my humble attempt to help you, make the truth known and ultimately transform my experience into words you can use that have led to my healthy lifestyle, free from disease, or discomfort. Before detailing the high potassium foods and their specificities, let us first discuss how vital potassium is in the human body, blood, and the reasons why it could be a dangerous result if not properly maintained.

Experiencing High Potassium Or Low Potassium?

It is unjust to just assume high potassium or low potassium in the body should be countered by radical, opposite actions to regulate potassium levels. This is a predictable 'cure-all' on 'health sites' online. As obvious as poorly researched information usually is, a correct solution or not, is to just do the exact opposite that ultimately caused either having high potassium or low potassium.

Another way of saying it, logic states a human body depleted in a mineral can be solved by increasing or decreasing the intake of said mineral, or nutrient, potassium in this case until one's ailment lessens or disappears completely.

Which is exactly the reason so many run to online in order to diagnose and get more 'research' previously warned about from often completely bogus online sites (the 'reporting' found on Wikipedia represented as medical fact could kill you) that twist facts, misinterpret medical definitions, and blatantly lie in a shameful display of manipulation to seduce you to buy into a hidden agenda, often the result of you departing with your cash.

The food that boasts high potassium include, but are not limited to: bananas, dates, apricots, brewer's yeast (not to be confused with the yeast you bake with - brewer's yeast is an over the counter supplement that can be found in most health stores, or online), potatoes, dulse (a type of sea weed, 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, yams and herbs such as: hops, horsetail, nettle, plantain, red clover, skullcap and sage.

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

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

If any of your symptoms or health conditions have anything to do with kidneys, participate in any activity that encourages diarrhea, or you smoke, or you consume caffeine regularly, each and / or in combination will effect your potassium levels adversely.

For a continual health site dedicated to potassium levels and foods with potassium go to the potassium health site focused on just that.