13 Low-Potassium Foods Kidney Patients Can Enjoy

Potassium is a nutrient many people with kidney disease must pay attention to and track, because having too much potassium in the body can have serious health consequences. Discover 13 low-potassium foods you can enjoy!

[@sixfoursoul2538]

Omg all these videos are driving me crazy , you cant eat anything anymore.. I say just do you best and enjoy life!

[@timcain946]

I was told to eat a low potassium diet. I've read all the lists and watched videos. I came to the conclusion that I'll eat any food I want as long as I measure the amount I eat and determine the amount of potassium in that amount of potassium food. When I looked at all the "what to eat" , what not to eat" and thought about how to plan a menu I gave up. I decided that if I really needed to lower my serum potassium and had to "eat this, don't eat this" I'd rather die. I know people do follow a low and very low potassium diet, but when I have to eat a low carb diet and a low potassium diet on "eat this, not this" I feel like I'm really limiting my diet and can not believe that's health.
I'm not even sure my potassium levels made the definitions of hyperkalemia I found. But, restricting my intake did lower my potassium somewhat. BUT-- If I'm told that I need to lower it any more, or it creeps back up, I'll either die or they will have to give me a potassium binder because I'm not fighting it with a more stringent diet. I'm already getting tired of weighing all my foods and entering them in a food tracking/nutrient calculating app I found. ( I looked and looked an looked for a program/app to use for meal/menu planning and couldn't find one. ( I might have found them made for dieticians. They only cost $ 400 to $ 500 .) The best app/program I found has nutrient data for tens of thousands of foods (including packaged, and restaurant foods). That I can/have been using, but like I said, If I'm told I need to lower my intake even more, some dietician and doctor will have to come and cook for me. --------- I REALLY hate to hear these dieticians talk about food. I'd like to hear them and see them delete "choose" and "enjoy" "these foods" from their vocabulary. As soon I read or hear that jargon, I stop reading and listening. Oh and the food prep and cooking methods like "soaking" and "par boiling" are for the birds. Literally.

[@kogiegounden7567]

I'm stage 3 ckd I'm so fed up with all the foods I cannot eat I just gave up

[@swolfe9668]

Pretty sad that you'd rather give up than been healthy and living life to the fullest, care more about yourself than the foods that you have to give up

[@anaika.a]

Sorry this might be a pretty delayed response but please do try to just read the potassium serving on the back of the items of food. And just limit how much of potassium you eat. I also was fed up until I got to end stage kidney disease (stage 5) and have no other option but to start dialysis

[@Rikki-lh2mw]

Thanks for the video. Great info

[@theintun5754]

Thanks.

[@thecommonsensediet8619]

Wonderful video, informative content. thanks for sharing! Stay healthy and safe! 👍😊🍓

[@emmasimmons1491]

Thank you for this video, I am a dialysis patient who just had a High-Potassium episode, couldn't walk, had go to the ER but a dialysis treatment & meds brought it down I will ask my nutrisnist a binder that will help with my potassium levels

[@swolfe9668]

Binders are for phosphorus, during your dialysis run is when the potassium is taken out

[@bigbangsang1049]

What is most meats and fish? It would help to list them.

[@drjtk76]

Please remember that nurse practitioners and physician assistants also treat patients with CKD, not just doctors. Thanks

[@sinisadimitrijevic1211]

What is left ???

[@ambikabiswas6444]

I donote my kidney
B+
31+

[@margaretrowe4261]

How splendid to read a list of low potassium foods & not someone droning on about it , most presenters are much too long winded

[@robotnikkkk001]

*KRIS GET THE BANANA
*POTASSIUM
=HEHEHEHEHEHE

[@robiness5344]

White rice and bread? I’m surprised as these are loaded with sugar…I’m confused 🫤

[@larryc1616]

CKD patients have problems filtering potassium and sodium not sugar like diabetics. Different diseases needs different diets.

[@jameskariuki3409]

What if you are both diabetic and need to cut down on potassium? Where does bread leave you?

[@lindat6707]

How much potassium a day ?

[@hostiles1]

4700mg

[@mickeybanks7822]

I’m allowed 1500 mags a day. I add as I eat during the day.

[@larryc1616]

Depends on the stage of CKD