Potassium rich foods?

cabin111
on 9/11/07 6:23 am
That issue comes up every so often.  I work at a clinic and saw this list.  Thought some would like to see it.  Brian apricot, asparagus, banana, broccoli, milk products, beans and dry peas, prunes, fresh pears, grapefruit, melon, orange, peanut butter, peach, peas, elaborated coffee (whatever that means), potatoes, pumpkin, salt substitute, spinach, strawberries, tomatoes.
NotDave (Howyadoin?)
on 9/11/07 6:39 am - Japan

Wonder if that's "evaporated coffee"? (instant). It it is I'll never suffer from hyponatro.

Funny how people always think bananas are the prime source of potassium. Maybe because the potassium and sugar hit you faster. A doc once told me that anything that was once alive contains potassium. That meat, for example is loaded. The question is whether it is a source of quick potassium.

I suppose with the pouch might be a double edged sword, we can both access potassium more easily and wa**** away more easily.

Dave

Rob S.
on 9/11/07 8:36 am - DE
Hey Dave, I think the reason bananas get such high praise for potassium is that they are easliy consumable when running or cycling.  It would be a little more difficult to down a filet half-way through a long ride. Rob
cabin111
on 9/11/07 7:26 am
No it is elaborated coffee.  I tried Googleing (do you drop the "e"),  I read somethings but it is still confusing.  Anyone know?  I'm going to ask the question on the main board and see what I get.  Some sites are proud that their coffee is elaborated.  Still don't know what that means...Brian
Dx E
on 9/11/07 3:18 pm - Northern, MS

"Elaborated" probably comes from the verb form of elaborate- as in- To develop, produce, render, even schematize. In French Classic Cooking, when one "Elaborates a Dough," It means the full process- combining ingredients, kneading, letting rise, Developing the Glutin, re-kneading, etc… It is a way of referring "all inclusively" to/of a series of steps Needed to produce something. For Coffee, it would likely refer to The Drying, Roasting, the Grinding, as well as Any number of methods of either extracting the essence, or infusing or combining the oils, or even powdered coffee into water. Although it sounds like a "Hoity-Toity" way of saying it, It’s really a way of expressing a whole litany of possible steps Into one "catch-all" term. The same is used in explaining or talking about How one "learns" a thing in cognitive psychology. All of the various ways of retaining information- rote, rehearsal, practice, comparison referral, etc… Can all be "chunked together" with the term- "Elaborated." That’s my best guess….. Best Wishes- Dx

NotDave (Howyadoin?)
on 9/12/07 4:34 am - Japan

Now that's an elaboration!

Dave

sjbob
on 9/11/07 11:56 pm - Willingboro, NJ
When my blood tests showed a low potassium level, I told my primary doctor that I eat bananas for potassium.  He said that's not enough and he prescribed a potassium supplement.
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