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Low Potassium Diet What does potassium do? High Potassium Fruits (over 250 mg) Potassium is found in your muscles. Your • Avocado biggest muscle is your heart. Too much or • Banana too little potassium in your blood can stop • Cantaloupe your heartbeat. • Dried fruits: apricots, dates, figs, prunes, raisins What foods contain potassium? • Guava Milk and milk products contain high • Honeydew melon amounts of potassium. This includes foods • Kiwi fruit like yogurt, milk-based puddings and • Mango custards. Avoid chocolate milk products, as • Nectarine chocolate is high in potassium. • Tangelo • Prune juice Some whole grain and bran cereals contain a lot of potassium. Switch to more refined High Potassium Vegetables (over 270 mg) cereals that are lower in potassium. • Artichoke • Beet and beet greens Legumes, nuts, peanut butter and dried fruits such as raisins, apricots, prunes, and dates • Kohlrabi are rich sources of potassium. • Legumes: lima/navy/pinto/kidney beans and peas Meat, fish, poultry and eggs are moderate to • Potato: baked/boiled/fried high sources of potassium. These foods are • Pumpkin also good sources of high-quality protein, • Rutabaga which you need for normal body functions. • Spinach, cooked Follow the guidelines for protein needed in • Sweet potato or yams your diet. • Tomato • Tomato and V8 juice Some fruits and vegetables can also add a lot • Winter squash: acorn, butternut, of potassium to your diet. hubbard • Avoid fruits and vegetables high in potassium unless approved by your Medium Potassium Fruits (150-250 mg) dietitian. • Cherries • Limit fruits and vegetables with a • Figs, 2 medium amount of potassium. • Grapefruit • You can eat fruits and vegetables • Orange that contain low amounts of • Fresh peach potassium (less than 150mg). • Fresh pear • A serving size is one half cup cooked • Watermelon or one cup raw. • Juice: grape (canned/bottled), • Check with your dietitian to find out grapefruit, orange, pineapple how much potassium your diet will allow. Medium Potassium Vegetables (150-270 Low Potassium Vegetables (150 mg or mg) less): • Asparagus • Broccoli • Brussel sprouts • Bean sprouts • Cauliflower • Green, wax beans • Carrots • Cabbage • Corn • Celery • Garbanzo beans • Corn, frozen, boiled • Greens, frozen, cooked: collards, • Cucumber kale, turnip • Eggplant • Mixed vegetables • Green peas • Potatoes, double cooked* • Greens, raw: dandelion, mustard, • Zucchini boiled spinach, turnip • Lettuce: cos, endive, iceberg, leaf, *See double cooking instructions below romaine, watercress • Mushrooms Low Potassium Fruits (150 mg or less) • Onions • Apple • Peppers, sweet or hot • Applesauce • Radishes • Blackberries • Summer squash • Blueberries • Turnips • Boysenberries • Water chestnuts canned • Canned peaches, pears, fruit cocktail • Canned mandarin oranges How to double cook potatoes (to lower the • Gooseberries potassium). Wash and peel the potato. Slice • Grapes into thin slices. Place the sliced potato in • Lemon room temperature water. Use two times the • Lime amount of water to the amount of potato. • Pineapple (fresh or canned) Bring to a boil. Drain the water and add two • Rhubarb times the amount of water to the amount of • Strawberries potatoes of fresh room temperature water. • Tangerines Boil again. • Juice: apple, cranberry, grape (frozen concentrate) • Nectars: peach, pear Salt Substitutes Teach Back: Many salt substitutes are made with What is the most important thing you potassium chloride so you should not use learned from this handout? them (i.e. Lite Salt, No Salt, Nu Salt). Below are some seasonings that you can use What changes will you make in your freely. diet/lifestyle, based on what you learned • Vegit - at Copp’s and Sentry food today? stores in Madison. • Pleasoning Mini Salt – at If you are a UW Health patient and have Woodman’s stores in Madison area, more questions please contact UW Health at or www.pleasoning.com or call one of the phone numbers listed below. You 800.279.1614 for a catalog. can also visit our website at • Mrs. Dash – all types. www.uwhealth.org/nutrition. • Non-sodium spices and herbs, such as garlic, basil, oregano, pepper, etc. Nutrition clinics for UW Hospital and Clinics (UWHC) and American Family To be safe, always read the labels of any Children’s Hospital (AFCH) can be reached prepared foods you buy. Avoid those that at: (608) 890-5500. list potassium. Nutrition clinics for UW Medical Foundation (UWMF) can be reached at: (608) 287-2770. Your health care team may have given you this information as part of your care. If so, please use it and call if you have any questions. If this information was not given to you as part of your care, please check with your doctor. This is not medical advice. This is not to be used for diagnosis or treatment of any medical condition. Because each person’s health needs are different, you should talk with your doctor or others on your health care team when using this information. If you have an emergency, please call 911. Copyright © 6/2019 University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority. All rights reserved. Produced by the Department of Nursing. HF#222
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