Doing the research and discovering a worthwhile list of foods high in potassium these days, has nearly become a insult. Much of the information currently spread across the Internet is recycled rhetoric, rearranged, reworded and ultimately redone to be displayed as brand, spankin' new. Handing over a list of foods high in potassium, without properly putting such information into real world context, is anything, but helpful, or healthy.

My hope is that my humble attempt to help people, set the record straight and ultimately transform my experience into words you can use that have led to my optimal health, free from 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, cells, and how it could be a dangerous force if not properly handled.

Have High Potassium Or Low Potassium?

It is unfair to just assume 'excess potassium' in the body must be dealt with, by radical, opposite actions to bring potassium levels back inline. This is the common thinking on 'health sites' online. As obvious as poorly researched information usually is, the right 'fix' or not, is to just do the opposite that ultimately resulted in either having high potassium or low potassium.

Another way of saying it, 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 for this example until your ailment lessens or disappears completely.

Which is exactly why so many race to the internet in order to 'self-medicate' and get information previously warned about from often completely preposterous online sites (the information found on Wikipedia represented as medical fact could kill you) that misrepresent facts, misinterpret medical meanings, and blatantly lie in a distasteful display of manipulation to seduce you to buy into a hidden agenda, often the result of you parting with your funds.

The food that boasts high potassium include, but are not limited to: bananas, dates, black strap molasses, brewer's yeast (not to be confused with the yeast you bake with - brewer's yeast is an natural supplement that can be found in most health stores, or on the internet), potatoes, dulse (which is a form of sea weed, usually sold in flat sheets dried and in the ethnic sections at even conventional grocery stores - think sushi), garlic, dried fruits, winter squash, wheat bran, nuts, figs, yams and herbs such as: hops, horsetail, nettle, plantain, red clover, skullcap and sage.

And that list of foods high in potassium is only a starting point. I will 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 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 kidneys, you experience frequent bouts of 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 a list of foods rich in potassium go to the potassium health site dedicated to just that.