Friday, February 27, 2015

FRUITS POTASSIUM SOURCE WITH BENEFITS

Increasing your potassium intake can be helpful in lowering high blood pressure; potassium will support regulating the heart, strengthen your bones and support a healthy blood sugar balance.

The body requires 4700mg of potassium daily to function optimally. By adding a combination of these fruits to your daily meal plan you will experience higher Potassium Levels. For breakfast add your favorite fruits to a smoothie mango is sweet and delicious boasting 530mg potassium in one fruit, or you might want to combine with plain Greek yogurt with a banana which alone has 422mg of potassium. Perhaps you would like to make a salad of avocado, diced tomato, parsley and cucumber for lunch or as an appetizer for supper to increase your daily potassium requirements.

Here is a list of fruits that are rich in potassium, eat them fresh, no cooking or baking to increase your enzymes consumption. Increasing your enzymes will result in a more alkalized body environment enhancing your immune system to better health and wellness. So just enjoy…

FRUITS
Avocado Haas 4oz. 678mg
Mango (1) 530mg
Cantaloupe 1 cup 431mg
Tomato 1 cup 427mg
Banana 1 medium 422mg
Apricot dried 10 halves (soak to activate the enzymes) 407mg
Avocado Florida (large) 4oz 400mg
Honey dew 1 cup 388mg
Pear Asian (1) 275 grams; 333mg
Peaches 1 cup 323mg
Prunes (5) 307mg
Grapes green/red Thompson 1 cup 306mg
Tomato (1) 292mg
Nectarines (1) 273mg
Papaya 1 cup 255mg
Strawberries 1 cup 254mg
Raisins ¼ cup 250mg
Kiwi Fruit (1) 237mg
Orange (1) 237mg
Blackberries 1 cup 233mg
Dates Medjool (2) 200mg
Pear (1) 193mg
Peaches (1) 186mg
Raspberries 1 cup 186mg
Grapefruit white ½ cup 175mg
Watermelon raw 1 cup 170mg
Grapefruit pink ½ cup 166mg
Pear Asian (1) 122grams; 148mg
Star Fruit 1 cup 144mg
Tangerine (1) 139mg
Star Fruit (Carambola) 1 fruit 121mg
Plum (1) 104mg
Grapes green/red Thompson 10 grapes 96mg
Lemon raw (1) 80mg
Tomato sundried (1 piece) 69mg
Lemon juiced (1) 48mg
Lime Juice (1) 44mg