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Hello and welcome to Dishing Up Nutrition's midweek segment

called Ask a Nutritionist. My name is Leah Kleintrod. I'm a registered and licensed

dietitian with nutritional weight and wellness. And on today's show, I will be answering one

question that we received from our Dishing Up Nutrition listeners. So this listener asked about potassium levels.

She says, potassium levels are low.

What are some real foods that will up potassium?

Sweet potatoes, bananas, what do you recommend?

So thank you, listener, for that great question.

And the short answer is, yes, there are lots of wonderful, real whole food options that are high in potassium.

So we will get into those.

Let me just give a quick little background about potassium in and of itself and why we care about potassium and then we'll get into the foods

that can raise potassium. So potassium is one of our minerals. It's an essential mineral for life.

Now, you'll see potassium. If you've ever had lab work done, you'll see this if you've ever had

a comprehensive

metabolic panel done or a CMP.

And this is where they also check some of your other electrolyte numbers and your other kidney

function labs.

So this will have like your sodium, chloride, magnesium, again, some of those kidney markers

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