Sometimes the amount of potassium your child gets in his diet needs to be watched. Please increase/decrease the potassium your child eats by encouraging/avoiding these foods.
The following are foods with a high level of potassium. Eat ____ servings of these foods each day.
| Food |
Potassium (mg) |
|---|---|
| Apricots, dried | 895 |
| Avocado | 645 |
| Banana | 451 |
| Bitter chocolate | 290 |
| Bran cereal | 261 |
| Buttermilk | 371 |
| Cantaloupe | 413 |
| Chard | 483 |
| Cooked dried peas, beans, lentils | 755 |
| Dates | 581 |
| Figs | 666 |
| Honeydew melon | 875 |
| Milk, 8 oz | 390 |
| Molasses | 498 |
| Nectarine | 288 |
| Orange | 237 |
| Orange juice | 248 |
| Papaya | 390 |
| Potato | 844 |
| Prune juice | 707 |
| Prunes | 365 |
| Pumpkin | 253 |
| Raisins | 545 |
| Spinach | 154 |
| Sunflower seeds | 200 |
| Sweet potato | 397 |
| Tofu | 299 |
| Tomato | 273 |
| Tomato juice | 400 |
| Tomato sauce | 453 |
| Vegetable juice | 351 |
| Watermelon | 186 |
| Wheat bran/germ | 355 |
| Winter squash | 448 |
| Yogurt | 350 |
The following are foods with a medium level of potassium. Eat ____ servings of these foods each day.
| Food |
Potassium (mg) |
|---|---|
| Apple juice, 4 oz | 148 |
| Asparagus | 196 |
| Beets | 126 |
| Broccoli | 127 |
| Carrots | 177 |
| Cauliflower | 178 |
| Celery | 171 |
| Cocoa powder, 2 Tbsp | 202 |
| Corn | 204 |
| Eggplant | 119 |
| Grape juice, 4 oz | 53 |
| Grapefruit, 1/2 medium | 165 |
| Grapefruit juice, 4 oz | 140 |
| Ice cream, 1/2 cup | 131 |
| Kiwi fruit, 1 medium | 252 |
| Milk, 4 oz | 195 |
| Mushrooms | 130 |
| Nuts, 1 oz | 150 |
| Okra | 257 |
| Peach, 1 medium | 165 |
| Peanut butter, 2 Tbsp | 119 |
| Peanuts, 25 small | 187 |
| Pear, 1 medium | 208 |
| Pineapple juice, 4 oz | 170 |
| Raw cabbage | 154 |
| Ricotta cheese, 1/2 cup | 155 |
| Turnip/mustard greens | 165 |
| Zucchini squash | 173 |
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