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Originally Posted by retiredguy123
The Government recently revised the daily recommendation for potassium up to 4,700 mg. I was eating a banana every day, which has 420 mg, but I quickly got tired of eating them. Most of the supplement pills in the drug stores have only 99 mg, which is only 2 percent of the Government recommendation. Why? I did find some pills on Amazon that have more than 99 mg, but I don't know if they are safe.
Taking more potassium and magnesium seems to help to prevent leg cramps. But, can someone please explain how a person is supposed to get 4,700 mg of potassium?
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Interesting.
The article linked above questioning the evidence behind Potassium recommendations was written in 2018 and questions whether 4,700mg is truly required.
NIH has a
page from 2021 which recommends 3,400mg. This page also acknowledges that normal diets for most Americans don't include the recommended level.
Then there is a
2022 FDA page on Daily Values that increases the recommendation from 3,400 to 4,700.
2018 paper: 4,700: Little evidence and most people not getting that much
2021 NIH: 3,400: Most people not getting that much
2022 FDA: 4,700:
Various lists of items containing potassium: I don't eat a cup of beans, I don't often eat a large baked potato with skin, a cup of mashed avocado would require a lot of chips and tequila, a cup of yogurt is a lot, and I don't remember the last time I had beets. If I ate ALL OF THAT EVERY DAY it still wouldn't meet the 4,700 recommendation unless I washed it down with a cup of orange juice.
I am going to have to accept that I'm not getting the recommended level of potassium.