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Potassium and your kidney diet BASIC What is potassium? Preparation method can change • Potassium is a mineral found in your potassium content of foods. body. It helps your nerves, muscles • Example: ½ cup cooked spinach and heart work properly. is high in potassium. ½ cup raw spinach is medium in potassium. Why do I need to limit potassium in This is because ½ cup cooked my diet? spinach contains more spinach than • Healthy kidneys remove potassium ½ cup of raw spinach. from your body. • Microwave-cooked food tends to be higher in potassium. • Potassium can build up in your body if your kidneys are not working properly. If this happens you may Ask your dietitian about foods you feel tingling in your toes and fingers. enjoy that are not on this list. You may also have weak muscles, irregular heartbeats and your heart may even stop. • The potassium level in your blood To lower potassium, will be checked regularly. Your renal drain canned vegetables dietitian will review this with you. and fruits and throw away the liquid. How can I control my potassium? • Most foods contain some potassium but certain foods, especially some fruits and vegetables contain a lot of When buying potassium. canned vegetables • Limiting these foods will help control be sure to choose the amount of potassium in your “no salt added”. blood. BC Provincial Renal Agency • Phone: 604-875-7340 • Email: bcpra@bcpra.ca • Web: BCRenalAgency.ca February 2016 Created by the Renal Registered Dietitians Group Lower Potassium Vegetables One portion is 1/2 cup unless otherwise stated. Choose portions a day • alfalfa sprouts • green beans, cooked/canned/raw • arugula • jicama • asparagus, raw/cooked • kale, raw/cooked from fresh • bamboo shoots, canned • leeks, raw/cooked • bean sprouts • lettuce • broccoli, raw/frozen • white mushrooms, raw/canned • cabbage, raw/cooked • mushrooms, shitake, cooked • carrots, cooked • mustard greens • cauliflower • nopales, cooked • celeriac, cooked • okra, cooked • celery, raw • onion, raw/cooked • celtuce • parsley • chayote • peas, green, canned/frozen • cherry tomato • peppers, raw/cooked • chicory greens • radicchio • choy sum (yao choy) • radish • cilantro • seaweed • corn, yellow, cooked • shallots, raw/cooked • cucumber • snow peas, raw/cooked • daikon (oriental radish) • spinach, raw • dandelion greens • squash, summer, cooked (e.g. • eggplant, cooked spaghetti, pattypan, crookneck) • endive • tomatillo • fennel bulb • turnip, raw/cooked • gai choy (mustard greens) • turnip greens, cooked • gai lan (chinese broccoli) • water chestnuts, canned • garlic, raw/cooked • watercress • grape leaf, canned • yardlong beans, cooked • zucchini, raw BC Provincial Renal Agency • Phone: 604-875-7340 • Email: bcpra@bcpra.ca • Web: BCRenalAgency.ca February 2016 Created by the Renal Registered Dietitians Group high Potassium Vegetables One portion is 1/2 cup unless otherwise stated. Choose portions a day • artichoke • mushrooms, white, cooked/ dried • asparagus, canned • mushroom, shitake • beet greens • mushroom, portabello • bamboo shoots, raw/cooked • parsnips, cooked • bitter melon pods, cooked • peas, green (cooked from fresh) • bok choy, cooked • peppers, sun dried • broccoli, cooked from fresh • potatoes • brussel sprouts • pumpkin • burdock root, cooked • rutabaga • carrot, raw • spinach, cooked • cassava • squash, winter, cooked • celeriac, raw (e.g.butternut, acorn, hubbard) • chard, swiss • sweet potato • coconut, unsweetened • taro • corn, white • tomato (raw, sauce, juice, crushed, • daikon radish, cooked paste) • dock (sorrel) • yam • garden cress, cooked • water chestnuts, fresh • kale, frozen, cooked • zucchini, cooked • kohlrabi • lotus root Double boil potatoes to lower potassium content by about half. Ask your dietitian for instructions if you want to include potatoes in your diet. BC Provincial Renal Agency • Phone: 604-875-7340 • Email: bcpra@bcpra.ca • Web: BCRenalAgency.ca February 2016 Created by the Renal Registered Dietitians Group Lower Potassium FRUITS One portion is 1/2 cup unless otherwise stated. Choose portions a day • apple • prickly pear JUICES • applesauce • prune, • apple juice • Asian pear canned (5) • grapefruit juice* • blackberries • quince • lemonade • blueberries • rambutan, • pineapple juice • boysenberries canned • cranberry juice • casaba melon • raspberries • cherries (10) • rhubarb *Grapefruit and grapefruit juice • crabapple • strawberries affects the way some medications • cranberries • tangerine work. Ask your doctor or • currants, fresh • watermelon pharmacist if these are safe for you • figs, fresh to eat. • gooseberries • grapefruit, ½ medium* • grapes, 16 • kumquat, 5 • lemon/lime • loganberries • longans, 15 • lychee • mandarin orange • mango • nectarine • orange, ½ small • papaya • peach • pear Do not eat Starfruit (also known • pineapple as carambola). It is toxic to • plum people with kidney disease. BC Provincial Renal Agency • Phone: 604-875-7340 • Email: bcpra@bcpra.ca • Web: BCRenalAgency.ca February 2016 Created by the Renal Registered Dietitians Group
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