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Yes, but you'd need 10 bananas to get to the RDA for potassium.
Bananas have good PR when it comes to potassium.
A medium banana has 450 mg of potassium
A 4 oz serving of turkey breast has 465 mg
Half an avocado has 602 mg
A cup of cooked spinach has 1,166 mg
and the RDA is 4,700 mg (which some feel is too low).
Wow, had no idea. I also take a multi-vitamin so need to check the potassium in that. Thanks!
My blood pressure averaged about 150/100 two years ago. My new doctor decided to put me on a low dosage of BP medicine. A year later, my blood pressure was about the same so he increased my dosage. Just got back from the doctor again and despite the increased dosage, the BP is still about the same! Hasn't improved any since taking it. The only thing the meds have done for me is to give me a chronic dry cough. Very frustrating. When I asked him this time what I could do differently his reply was to "lose weight". Was hoping there was an easier option than that! I am skeptical that will have much of an impact. I have weight 30-40 lbs less than what I do know in the not so distance past and my blood pressure was about the same.
(I am a beer drinker)
Skyvue,
I was having an internet chat with a guy some time ago who appeared to be quite an authority vitamins and various health issues. When I told him I was on a BP med, he asked if I had a cough to which I said no, but wanted to know why he asked that. He indicated that if I did, he would recommend taking CoQ10 as it supposedly eliminates the cough. Of course you can't believe everything you hear of the internet, so maybe best to check with your Dr, but even there, I'm not sure they have all the answers either.