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potassium 200 mg
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Dr. Alok Agrawal answered
34 years experience Nephrology and Dialysis
Depends: If your kidney function is ok and you are not on medications that increase potassium it is ok.
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Dr. Dan Fisher answered
27 years experience Internal Medicine
Yes.: It wouldn't be served if it hurt people. Certainly would not recommend this for patients with stage 4 or worse renal function, but normal kidneys can ... Read More
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Dr. Kevin Griffiths answered
Specializes in Nephrology and Dialysis
Tomatoes: Avoid foods like potatoes, orange juice, carrot and prune juice, bananas and beans. These foods all have large amounts of potassium.
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Potassium foods: High potassium foods include citrus, banana, melons, peaches, tomato, potato, pomegranate, meats, and apricots. See AAKP.com, Nutrition Counter.
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Dr. Lonna Larsh answered
30 years experience Family Medicine
Not enough info here: Your potassium could be high because of a problem taking your blood. If there was difficulty taking your blood, the red blood cells can "lyse" or ope ... Read More
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Dr. John Weeks answered
45 years experience Family Medicine
Drugs, diet, kidneys: Some blood pressure medications can cause elevation of the potassium level (ace inhibitors), problems with kidney function, certain hormonal problems, ... Read More
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A 49-year-old female asked:
Dr. Payam Mehranpour answered
23 years experience Cardiology
Yes: High potassium can lead to numerous problems and could be very dangerous and life threatening. Potassium level in the body is very tightly regulated. ... Read More
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ENSURE: Ensure is not low in potassium. It can overload one with potassium if one has kidney impairment.
A 19-year-old female asked:
Dr. Heidi Fowler answered
25 years experience Psychiatry
Yup: The average hot dog has 79 mg of potassium.
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Dr. George Klauber answered
Specializes in Pediatric Urology
Foods or salt subst: There are plenty of high potassium containing fruits & vegetables like bananas or spinach. Potassium salt substitute is another way to raise level.
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Hi potassium food: Hi potassium intake is the way to go. Eat citrus, tomato, banana, melon, peach, apricot, potato, meats, and similar juices. Figure out why potassium i ... Read More
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Dr. Ralph Morgan Lewis answered
38 years experience Family Medicine
See below: Potassium has many critical functions throughout the body. The following 2 websites give details as well as good sources in diet: http://www.Umm.Edu/a ... Read More
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Dr. W. james Chon answered
25 years experience Nephrology and Dialysis
Align: Align contains Bifantis (Bifidobacterium infantis 35624) which is a probiotic. The list of ingredients on its website includes cellulose, hypromellos ... Read More
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