Food for disease resistance

Kidney Disease: High- and Low-Potassium Foods

Just like sodium, potassium must stay balanced in your body. If your kidneys are not working well, potassium levels in your blood can rise. High potassium levels affect your heart rhythm, so your diet for managing kidney disease may include a potassium limit. Your doctor or registered dietitian nutritionist will let you know if you need to avoid foods high in potassium, and your RDN can explain how to stay within your limit.

Potassium is found in many fruits and vegetables, beans, nuts and dairy foods.

High-Potassium Foods

Apricots Artichokes Avocados Bananas Beets Brussels sprouts Chard Dates Greens (beet, collard) Cantaloupe Nectarines

Okra Oranges/orange juice Parsnips Potatoes Prunes/prune juice Pumpkin Sweet potatoes Spinach Tomatoes/tomato juice Vegetable juice

Low-Potassium Foods

Apples/apple juice Applesauce Blackberries Blueberries Cabbage Carrots (½ cup) Cauliflower Corn Cranberries/cranberry juice cocktail Cucumber (½ cup)

Eggplant Fruit cocktail Grapes/grape juice Green beans Lemon Lettuce (1 cup) Lime Mushrooms (fresh, white) Onions (fresh)

Peach (canned) Pear (canned) Pineapple Plums Radishes Raspberries Strawberries Tangerines Water chestnuts Watermelon (1 cup)