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Potasio en la dieta - Food Sources

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Dieta y potasio

Fuentes alimenticias:

Muchos alimentos contienen potasio. Todas las carnes (carnes rojas y el pollo) y el pescado, como el salmón, el bacalao, la platija y las sardinas son buenas fuentes de potasio. Los productos de soya y las hamburguesas de verduras también son buenas fuentes de potasio.

Las hortalizas como el brócoli, las arvejas, las habas, los tomates, las papas o patatas (en especial la cáscara), las batatas (camote) y el zapallo cidrayote son todas buenas fuentes de potasio.

Las frutas que contienen fuentes significativas de potasio abarcan los cítricos, el melón cantalupo, los bananos, el kiwi, las ciruelas y los albaricoques. Los albaricoques (chabacanos o damascos) secos contienen más potasio que los frescos.

La leche y el yogur, al igual que las nueces, son igualmente excelentes fuentes de potasio.

Las personas sometidas a diálisis por insuficiencia renal deben evitar el consumo excesivo de estos alimentos ricos en potasio. Estas personas requieren dietas especializadas para evitar el exceso de potasio en la sangre.

Reviewed last on: 5/26/2010
David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc, and avid C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine.

Referencias

Panel on Dietary Reference Intakes for Electrolytes and Water, Standing Committee on the Scientific Evaluation of Dietary Reference Intakes. Dietary Reference Intakes for Water, Potassium, Sodium, Chloride, and Sulfate. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press; 2004.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2005: Chapter 8 -- Sodium and Potassium. Accessed May 25, 2010.

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