Sources of Potassium

Here is a short list of foods that actually contain more potassium than bananas.
Sweet potato, potatoes, plain yogurt, prune juice, yellow fin tuna, clams, winter squash and cod. My favorite though is black strap molasses which actually contains quite a bit more potassium than bananas. If you are a calorie counter, this will help you see. 1 Tablespoon of black strap molasses is 47 calories and contains 498mg of Potassium. 1 medium banana is 105 calories and 419mg of Potassium. A sweet potato is 131 calories and contains 694mg of Potassium.

So there are other sources of potassium and most vegetables contain potassium. So eat your vegetables and be a little wary about eating bananas.

Bananas

I was speaking with a diabetic recently who was telling me that the only fruit she eats is bananas. Of course her next comment was because they are high in potassium. What most people don't realize is that there are better sources of potassium than bananas.

The thing to understand about bananas is that they are a starch. Starch gets converted in your body directly to glucose (sugar). The process in the body is one that the sugar is not easily broken down and causes the blood sugar to stay elevated in diabetics for several hours. So I usually advise my diabetics to pick other fruits than bananas.