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Nutrition Facts with Dr. Greger

Q&A with Dr. Greger 5

Nutrition Facts with Dr. Greger

Michael Greger, M.D. FACLM

Alternative Health, Health & Fitness, Nutrition

4.83.7K Ratings

🗓️ 6 January 2022

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

You have questions and I answer them with information on which foods contain potassium, whether plant-based iron is the best kind, and what to do about heartburn.

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0:00.0

Trying to stay healthy can seem like a full-time job sometimes, especially during a pandemic.

0:07.0

But I'm here to make that goal a little easier.

0:10.2

Welcome to the Nutrition Facts Podcast.

0:12.8

I'm your host, Dr. Michael Greger.

0:15.6

Today, I make my step-quoto walk in the walk on my treadmill, of course,

0:21.0

and try to improve your health simultaneously.

0:24.4

All I answer a whole host of questions, including what foods contain.

0:28.0

Potassium is a plant-based iron, the only kind that's absorbed by the human body.

0:32.0

And what to do about heartburn and a plant-based diet in joy.

0:38.0

Let's see what questions you have for me today.

0:43.0

First one is from Man Mango, who says,

0:47.0

what food contains potassium, apart from greens and bananas?

0:50.0

What substitute for salt, apart from miso, is there a maximum deli limit?

0:54.0

Oh, we got a bunch of questions from Man Mango.

0:59.0

So, potassium is found throughout the plant kingdom.

1:05.0

And the two, I actually have a kind of a human's video talking about the banana stuff.

1:11.0

Two best sources are greens and beans.

1:14.0

So I believe beet greens and I figured what kind of bean actually was number one,

1:19.0

but any kind of bean.

1:20.0

So legumes and greens are really the best sources.

1:24.0

We're really shooting for 4700 milligrams.

1:26.0

That's the recommended minimum.

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