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I had a turkey sandwich with lettuce& cheese, 12 oz home made lemomade. how much potassium was this? can i still have an orange juice or should i not?

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Potassium : Turkey reasonable source lemonade excellent source. You shared kidney function earlier. Orange juice upto you will not hurt.

Answered 12/10/2012

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Dr. Su Fairchild answered

Specializes in Integrative Medicine

Depends: Oral potassium is very safe unless one has kidney disease. Someone with normal kidneys need not worry about normal dietary potassium at all. Eat what you want.

Dr Rao and 2 doctors agreed

Answered 9/10/2013

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