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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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Electrolytes. I get them from Dr. Berg (on-line) and they have 1000 mgs of potassium per serving (a small scoop.) His products are high quality. Foods that have potassium are leafy greens, beans, nuts, dairy, winter squash, broccoli, beet greens, avocado, mushrooms, peas, cucumbers, carrot juice and bananas.