[tomcam]

No one never explains how to get 3000 mg of potassium a day and potassium is usually a very small part of multivitamin supplements. It makes me slightly skeptical of that number.

[slashdev]

I used to supplement with potassium salt powder. A teaspoon was like 5000-10000mg if I’m remembering right. I was very uncomfortable having it in the house, I think a couple tablespoons would likely stop the heart of an adult. I think it’d be very unpleasant to consume that much, but I didn’t test the theory.

I left a 1/8 tsp permanently in the bottle so there can be no mistake about what does to use.

[ska]

You are supposed to get it through eating a varied diet including potassium rich foods every day, typically.

This is part of the "5 servings per day" idea for fresh fruits and vegetables.

For example a banana and a cup of cooked spinach get you nearly 1/2 way there in 2 servings.

[tomcam]

OK I clearly need to repeat my research. This gives me hope, thanks!

[pkaye]

Potassium is in a lot of foods. I know this very well because I spend many years on dialysis due to kidney failure and had to do a lot of diet tracking so I didn't consume too much potassium or phosphorus because the kidneys are important in removing excess amounts. Most meats, vegetables and fruits, nuts legumes all have potassium of a varying amount.

Also the USDA maintains a database of complete nutrition of many common foods.

https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/

[DesertVarnish]

It depends on what you eat. A person eating a lot of tomatoes, legumes, potatoes, and squash would hit it pretty easily, which is common for a lot of traditional diets (south asia, some parts of latin america, etc).

[tomcam]

Thank you. I wasn’t able to come up with the right mix but other posts along with yours are telling me I should re-double my research.

[kylecazar]

It's in a surprising amount of foods, people usually think bananas but it's in many fruits/vegetables, chicken, fish, in pretty high quantities

[hinkley]

Bananas are for carbs and electrolytes. If you just want electrolytes, kiwis have a much higher ratio.

[tomcam]

I’ll be darned. I missed that.

[tomcam]

Now try getting the full daily amount in

[vixen99]

I wouldn't be. A lot of people have worked hard on these numbers over the years.

I'm guessing the limitation on supplements assumes a good diet (no shortage of advice from USDA on 'good' and potassium sources) which typically provides the recommended intake. However there can of course be days that's not possible.

[francisofascii]

For fun, I asked Chat GPT to come up with a daily diet to hit the DRV number. It had a banana, potatoes, chicken, salmon, black beans, spinach, broccoli, an avacado, and a few other things. So it is "doable".

[modeless]

Does it satisfy all other dietary recommendations though? I saw some people saying that it's actually impossible to satisfy the potassium value simultaneously with all the other dietary recommendations, using natural food.