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Low Potassium Consumption = High Blood Pressure! (Role of Potassium Rich Foods)
Sunday, December 27, 2009
Is low Potassium consumption as potent as high Sodium consumption in raising blood pressure?
Ongoing Discussion On Role of Potassium Rich Foods / High Potassium Foods
A recent study conducted by researchers at University of Texas, Dallas, found consuming too inadequate potassium rich foods (high potassium foods) to potentially be as big a risk factor for high blood pressure as eating too much sodium. The link between high blood pressure and low potassium became more potent when age, race, and other cardiovascular risk factors, such as high cholesterol, diabetes and smoking, were factored in.
"The lower the potassium in the urine, hence the lower the potassium in the diet, the higher the blood pressure," lead study author Dr. Susan Hedayati, of the University of Texas South Western Medical Center at Dallas, said in a news release this past November. "This effect was even stronger than the effect of sodium on blood pressure."
The study also identified a gene - WNK1 that could influence potassium's effects on blood pressure. More research is being done to test how fixed levels of potassium in a diet affect blood pressure and the gene's activity. The cautionary results raised from this study were targeted primarily towards the African American community.
Meanwhile, the researchers urged people to consume more potassium rich foods / high potassium foods and less sodium. "High potassium foods include fruits such as bananas, and citrus fruits and vegetables,"Hedayati said. "Consuming a larger amount of these foods in the diet may lower blood pressure."
The study was presented at the American Society of Nephrology's annual meeting, in Philadelphia in mid November 2008.
Common High Potassium Foods / Potassium Rich Foods that are Low in Sodium
Banana 1 raw - 422mg
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| Cantaloupe 1 cup balls - 473mg
| | White grapefruit juice 1 cup - 400 mg
| | Honeydew melon 1 cup - 388 mg
| | Nectarines 1 qty - 273 mg
| | | Plaintain raw, 1 medium - 893 mg | | Raisins 1 cup - 1086 mg
| | | Potato baked 1 without salt - 1081 mg | | Artichokes 1 cup cooked without salt - 595 mg
| | Red kidney beans, 1 cup - 713mg
| | Barley pearled 1 cup raw - 560 mg
| | Papaya 1 cup - 360 mg
| | Orange juice raw 1 cup - 496 mg
Source: USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference.
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V VENKATA RAO
writes:
this article is very useful for those who are suffering with Blood pressure. till now we do not know about potassium intake will effect the BP. We only know that Sodium intake will increase blood pressure, so it is very useful article
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22 October, 2009
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