Estimated Amounts Needed
- Estimated Minimum Requirements 2000 mg/day for adults and adolescents.
Benefits/Deficiency Symptoms
- Potassium is essential for the body’s growth and maintenance. It is necessary to keep a normal water balance between the cells and body fluids.
- Potassium plays an essential role in proper heart function.
- Deficiency may cause muscular cramps, twitching and weakness, irregular heartbeat, insomnia, kidney and lung failure.
Fruit Sources
- Avocado
- Bananas
- Grapefruit
- Guava
- Kiwi
- Lychee
- Papaya
- Pomegranate
- Watermelon
Vegetable Sources
- Amaranth leaves
- Butternut squash
- French Beans
- Lima Beans
- Potatoes
- Pumpkin
- Sweet Potatoes
Nut/Seed/Grain Sources
- Almonds
- Buckwheat
- Chestnuts
- Coconut
- Oats
- Rye
- Sunflower Seeds
- Wheat - Durum
- Wheat - Hard Red
- Wheat - Hard White