Please provide some do's and don'ts on dealing with low potassium.

Ignore: Eat potassium rich foods like bananas, plantains, kiwi fruit, avocado, dried apricots/ figs/peaches.

Ignore: Eats lots of bananas (they provide 1 meq/inch of potassium) , tomatoes and potatoes.

Ignore: If you are not taking diuretics, potassium may be lost in the stool ( diarrhea).

Ignore: Low K is often due to loss from the GI tract (not dietary reasons) or can be due to other medication.

Ignore: How am I losing potassium? How much diet potassium? How can I increase diet potassium?

Ignore: Eat plenty of bananas to raise your potassium.If too low you will need more than bananas.Get checked.

Ignore: Have also magnesium checked, remember to take your supplements, do ask for a cause if known.

Ignore: Low potassium can lead to dangerous heart rhythms.

Ignore: Don't forget to keep up with your magnesium intake. As low magnesium levels can cause low potassium.

Ignore: Take a potassium supplement and eat foods rich in potassium (bananas, carrots, potatoes, tomatoes).

Ingestion: Ingestion of bananas, Gatorade or Powerade, or pickle juice will help replace lost potassium.

Ignore: Low potassium can leave you feeling weaker. Eat some bananas.

Ignore: Ask your doctor if your medications can raise or lower your potassium levels.

Ignore: Bananas have a lot of potassium; if ur kidneys are healthy, there's no limit to how many u can eat.

Eat: Eat high potassium foods like bananas, cantaloupes, and other melons.

Ignore: First, find out why. Then Ur doc can treat accordingly.Diuretic typically do this.

Ignore: Avoid high heat and heavy sweating which increases potassium losses.

Ignore: Conn's hyperaldosteronism still gets overlooked as a cause.