How much potasium is in one banana

One medium size banana has about 422 mg of potassium, which is about 12% of your recommended daily value. Bananas are low in fat but high in fiber, magnesium, Vitamin C, and Vitamin B6 – So eat up!

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There is about 450mg of potassium in one banana.

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422 mg

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Can eating one banana every day raise your cholesterol?

Q: My last blood test showed a cholestrol reading of 237. The only thing I changed in my diet is that I starting eating one banana every day to keep my potasium up. I never had a reading above 185 before.

A: Actually bananas are cholesterol free; so it must be something else in your diet. Are you eating any new foods besides bananas?

is the potassium in bananas anything like the potassium in potasium in salt peter? sorry spelling?

Q: bottom line potassium in bananas dont you know.

A: Potassium is potassium. Sodium is sodium. The potassium in bananas is perfectly edible, and humans need a certain amount of potassium to work properly. Potassium in saltpeter is actually a compound, and sometimes a compound is edible while the element itself is not (such as salt, which is sodium chloride), and sometimes an element is edible while the compound is not.Bananas are a good, wholesome food. One banana equals two fruit exchanges, in a diabetic diet.Some institutions were rumored to put saltpeter in their food, in order to suppress sexual urges. These rumors were (and are) false. Potassium nitrate (saltpeter) is good for lowering high blood pressure, but I think that I’d rather take Accupril for that.

What foods have alot of Potasium?

Q: Besides Bananas, what else has alot of Potasium?

A: Food Amount of Potassium in Milligrams Fruit Dried apricot halves, ½ cup 896 Prune juice, 1 cup 707 Orange juice, 1 cup 496 Banana, medium 467 Kiwi, medium 252 Peach, fresh, medium 193 Vegetables Winter squash, baked, 1 cup, cubed 896 Potato, baked, with skin 844 Potato, baked, without skin 610 Beet greens, boiled, ½ cup 654 Avocado, ½ cup, sliced 437 Spinach, boiled, ½ cup 419 Tomatoes, 1 cup, chopped 400 Protein Sources Lentils, boiled, 1 cup 731 Kidney beans, boiled, 1 cup 713 Peanuts, dry-roasted, without salt, ½ cup 480 Rainbow trout, farmed, dry-heat cooked, 3 oz. 375 Pork chop, lean, braised 346 Atlantic salmon, farmed, dry-heat cooked, 3 oz. 326 Catfish, farmed, dry-heat cooked, 3 oz. 273 Ground beef, lean, broiled, 3 oz. 256 Veal loin, lean, braised, 3 oz. 252 Dairy Yogurt, plain, low fat, 1 cup 573 Milk, nonfat, 1 cup 407 Grains Wheat germ, ½ cup 535 Bran cereal, ready to eat, ½ cup 342 to 412 Whole-wheat hot cereal, cooked with water, without salt, 1 cup 172 Whole-wheat bread, 2 slices 141 Oatmeal, cooked with water, without salt, 1 cup 131 Almonds, dry-roasted, without salt, ½ cup 197 Cashews, dry-roasted, without salt, ½ cup 178 Soybeans, boiled, 1 cup 148 Bran cereal, ready to eat, ½ cup, low-salt brand 129 Brown rice, medium grain, cooked, without salt,1 cup 86 Spinach, boiled, without salt, ½ cup 78 Whole-wheat bread, 2 slices 48 Banana, medium 34 Dried apricot halves, ½ cup 31