Researching and discovering a worthy list of foods high in potassium these days, has nearly become a insult. The majority of the information spreading across the web is regurgitated rhetoric, juxtaposed, reworded and ultimately redone to be displayed as brand, spankin' 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 effort to help people, set the record straight and ultimately transform my experience into words you can use that have resulted in 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 contradicting force if not properly maintained.

Showing High Potassium Or Low Potassium?

It is unfair to just assume 'excess potassium' in your body must be countered by extreme, opposite actions to bring potassium levels back inline. This is the common thinking on so called 'health' web sites online. Silly as it seems, the right 'fix' or not, is to just do the opposite that ultimately resulted in either having high potassium or low potassium.

In other words, although it might be logical at least in theory a human body depleted in a mineral can be remedied by adding or subtracting the consumption of said mineral, or nutrient, potassium in this situation until one's deficiency or excessive potassium levels lessens or disappears entirely.

Which is exactly why so many race to online in order to 'self-medicate' and get more 'research' previously warned about via often completely fictional web sites (the information found on Wikipedia represented as medical fact could kill you) that misrepresent factual statements, misinterpret medical definitions, and blatantly lie in a shameful display of manipulation to seduce you to buy into a hidden agenda, often resulting in you parting with your money.

Foods the boast more concentrated sources of 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 on the internet), brown rice, potatoes, dulse (a type of seaweed, often sold dried, in a package and in the ethnic sections at even conventional grocery stores - picture what sushi is wrapped in), garlic, dried fruit, winter squash, wheat bran, nuts, figs, yams and herbs such as: hops, horsetail, nettle, plantain, red clover, skullcap and sage.

This list of foods high in potassium is just the starting point. I'll be adding more to the list in future weeks, detailing the low in potassium foods list and expanding upon it as time permits.

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

If any of your symptoms or health conditions have anything to do with kidney function, you experience frequent bouts of diarrhea, or you smoke, or you consume caffeine regularly, each and / or in combination will directly effect your potassium levels negatively.