Low Potassium Recipes Archives - The Kidney Dietitian (2024)

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What is a good dinner for low-potassium? ›

Leaching method: Peel and dice potatoes. Place in a large pot of warm tap water and soak for 2 to 4 hours. Drain and set aside.

Avoid black-eyed peas, dried beans, cooked greens, spinach, yams, and sweet potato pie. All are high in potassium. Best choices? Fried chicken (no skin), corn, string beans or okra, wilted lettuce, corn bread or dinner rolls.

Oat/rice milk, cream, crème fraiche, cheese is low in potassium. Drinks Coffee, malted drinks e.g. Ovaltine/Horlicks, drinking chocolate, cocoa, fruit and vegetable juices, smoothies, wine, beer, cider and stout. Tea, herbal tea, squash/cordial, flavoured water, fizzy drinks, spirits.

Vegetables: 2-3 servings of low-potassium vegetables like carrots or corn. Dairy/calcium-rich foods: 1-2 servings of low-potassium choices like cottage cheese. Meat/plant-based meat: 3-7 servings of low-potassium choices like turkey or shrimp. Grains: 4-7 servings of low-potassium grains like rice or noodles.

When following a low potassium diet, the dietitian will explain that pasta, rice and noodles are useful alternatives to potatoes as they are lower in potassium.

If you do, in fact, have to be on a potassium restricted diet, then there are ways to reduce your potassium and still enjoy mashed potatoes. Two ways to do this is by double boiling them to remove potassium from the potatoes and to choose a dairy free milk to reduce potassium in the recipe.

Results: Mean potassium content was highest in the purple Viking potato (448.1 6 60.5 mg [11.5 6 1.6 mEq]/100 g [values are mean 6 SD unless otherwise noted]), and lowest in the Idaho potato (295 6 15.7 mg [7.6 6 0.4 mEq]/100 g). All raw potatoes had a mean potassium content of about 300 mg (7.7 mEq)/100 g or greater.

Control of phosphorus often is difficult for kidney failure patients. High-phosphorus foods to eliminate include: Beans (red, black, and white) Black-eyed peas.

The DASH Diet is rich in fruits, vegetables, low-fat dairy products, whole grains, fish, poultry, beans, seeds, and nuts. It is low in salt and sodium, added sugars and sweets, fat and red meats.

What cancels out potassium? ›

Water pills (diuretics) help rid your body of extra potassium. They work by making your kidney create more urine. Potassium is normally removed through urine.

Some of the best sources of potassium are dark, leafy greens such as spinach, which when cooked has an astounding 839 mg potassium per cup, per USDA data. Swiss chard has even more, with 961 mg of potassium per cooked cup, and even bok choy has around 631 mg per cup shredded.

But if you have too much potassium in your body, your kidneys may not be able to remove all of it, and it can build up in your blood. Too much potassium in your blood can damage your heart, make you feel palpitations and even cause a heart attack. You can't always tell when your potassium levels are high.

Provides potassium to the body

Lemons are an excellent source of potassium, they contain 138 mg of potassium per 100 grams of lemon. Your body needs about 3,500 mg of potassium a day, so adding lemon water to your diet will help you achieve your daily intake of this metal.

If you need to boost the amount in your diet, you can choose healthy foods including: Bananas, oranges, cantaloupes, honeydew, apricots, grapefruit (some dried fruits, such as prunes, raisins, and dates, are also high in potassium) Cooked spinach. Cooked broccoli.

Eggs are a good source of animal protein and phosphorus, which you may need to limit in CKD. Ask your kidney dietitian how many eggs are safe to eat. Eggs are low in sodium and potassium which may be helpful.