13 Foods That Have More Potassium Than A Banana
When you think of the best sources of potassium, you probably default to bananas. In fact, most people are hard-pressed to think of any other source of potassium, the essential mineral that works to aid communication between nerves and muscles and helps move nutrients into cells. You'd think the tropical fruit has a monopoly on the stuff.
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But the truth is, bananas are really nothing to write home about in the potassium department. Each medium fruit provides 422 mg of the mineral, or about 9% of your 4,700 mg recommended daily intake. Not too shabby, but you can easily do better. Just start with these 13 foods, all of which provide more potassium than your old yellow standby.
A medium baked sweet potato has 542 mg (12% DV) of potassium. These tubers are also rich in vitamin A. They also just happen to be ridiculously tasty; we love them in this bacon-and-egg stuffed sweet potato recipe.
Surprise, surprise: A single medium baked potato has 941 mg (20% DV) of potassium. Let your potato cool before you eat it and you'll get a dose of gut-friendly resistant starch, too. Potato salad, anyone?