A Guide to Good Nutrition - Potassium- Sample diet

The following sample menu uses some high-, medium-, and low-potassium foods. By balancing serving sizes, this menu could meet your potassium needs. Notice that the potassium foods are in capital letters.
MORNING	POTASSIUM SERVINGS (HIGH/MEDIUM/LOW)
Coffee GRAPEFRUIT JUICE (1/s c) Fried eggs Toast with margarine Cornflakes Milk Water for pills	Medium
NOON
LEMONADE (1 c) Tuna and cheese sandwich CARROT STICKS Oatmeal cookies Apple	Low Medium
EVENING
Coffee Baked chicken WHIPPED POTATO (1/2 cup) GREEN BEANS (1/2 cup) Lemon meringue pie Roll with margarine APPLESAUCE (1/2 cup)	High Low Low
This menu uses 1 high-, 1 medium-, and 3 low-potassium foods.
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