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Low Potassium Diet for Diabetes: Foods to Avoid & Include


Question
have type 2 diabetes on no salt loe potassuim dite would like to know about a no salt low potassuim dite

Answer
HIGH POTASSIUM FOODS TO AVOID:

Fish, especially salmon, cod, flounder and sardines
Meats
Broccoli
Tomatoes
Potato skins
Spinach
Lettuce
Parsley

Fruits should be taken in moderation due to diabetes but you can have lemons, half of a tart green apple, or a quarter of a grapefruit

LOW POTASSIUM FOODS

Alfalfa sprouts
Apple (1 medium can be considered "low potassium")
Asparagus
Apricots
Blackberries
Beans
Blueberries
White cabbage
Carrots, cooked
Cauliflower
Celery (1 stalk)
Corn, fresh (0.5 ear can be considered "low potassium")
Cucumber
Cherries
Cranberries
Fruit Cocktail
Grapes
Grape Juice
Grapefruit (0.5 whole can be considered "low potassium")
Eggplant
Kale
Lettuce
Mushrooms
Noodles
Okra
Onions
Parsley
Pasta
Peas, green
Peppers
Radish
Rhubarb
Rice
Mandarin Oranges
Peaches, fresh (1 small can be considered "low potassium")
Pears, fresh (1 small can be considered "low potassium")
Pineapple
Pineapple Juice
Plums (1 whole)
Raspberries, Strawberries
Tangerine (1 whole can be considered "low potassium")
Watermelon (1 cup can be considered "low potassium")
Water Chestnuts
Water cress
Yellow Squash
Zucchini Squash