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It’s weird how bananas got the rap for having a lot of potassium. Kind of a meme I guess. It’s like the first thing you think about bananas and nutrition. A l
by Mistletoe 4y ago
It’s weird how bananas got the rap for having a lot of potassium. Kind of a meme I guess. It’s like the first thing you think about bananas and nutrition. A lot of stuff has a lot more though. I guess Swiss Chard equivalent dose didn’t have the same ring to it.
Swiss chard, 1 cup cooked (960 mg)
Spinach, 1 cup cooked (840 mg)
Avocado, 1 cup (708 mg)
Sweet potato, medium (700 mg)
Bok choy, 1 cup cooked (630 mg)
Potato, medium (610 mg)
White beans, 1/2 cup (600 mg)
Beets, 1 cup (520 mg)
Brussels sprouts, 1 cup cooked (500 mg)
Broccoli, 1 cup cooked (460 mg)
Cantaloupe, 1 cup (430 mg)
Banana, 1 medium (420 mg)
- dagw 4y agoThat is some weird and unhelpful mixing of units. There is no way to look at that data and work out which food has the most potassium pr. gram. At a guess a "medium" banana is possibly 1/3 - 1/2 cup raw, maybe less if cooked down? If that's the case it jumps to the top of your list again. And the "1 cup" of cooked chard, is that 1 cup pre or post cooking, packed or loose or perhaps pureed. The difference in weight between 1 cup loose raw chard and 1 cup cooked pureed chard is probably a factor of 10 if not more.
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- Mistletoe 4y agohttps://www.dietaryguidelines.gov/food-sources-potassium https://www.dietaryguidelines.gov/food-sources-potassium This is a better list and everything is per serving. Spinach and potato are rocking banana's world at about double the potassium per serving.