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Top Food Choices with their potassium contents for a Kidney Diet

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Low-potassium less than 100 mg, medium-potassium 101-200 mg, high-potassium 201-300 mg, very high-potassium over 300 mg

Food (no added salt table)

Serving size

Potassium (mg)

Tortilla, flour or corn

1

50

Tea, brewed

1 cup

90

Sugar, powdered

1 tsp /1 tbsp

0

Spaghetti, no sauce

½ cup

30

Sherbet

½ cup

70

Salt

1 tsp

0

Rice (white, brown)

½ cup

50

Raspberries

½ cup

90

Radishes

1 radish

10

Popcorn

1 cup

20-25

Pineapple

1/2 cup

100

Olives

5 large

Less than 5

Soybean, sunflower)

1 tbsp

0

Macaroni

½ cup

65

Lime

juice of 1 fruit

45

Lettuce

1 cup

100

Lemon

1 fruit juice

50

Hummus

1 Tbsp

35

Pork, Hot dog and beef

1

75

Grape

9 grapes

90

Gelatin

½ cup

Less than 5

Peeled cucumber

½ cup

80

Cranberry juice

½ cup

20

Cheese

1 oz

20-30

Cereal (puffed wheat)

1 cup

Less than 5

Butter

1 Tbsp

Less than 5

Bread, whole grain

1 slice

60

Blueberries

½ cup

60

Beans, green

1/2 cup

90

Bagel, plain, enriched

10 cm

70

Applesauce

1/2 cup

90

NOTE:

Potassium: Limit your potassium intake to 2,000 milligrams per day, if you are on hemodialysis. Limit your potassium intake to 3,500 milligrams per day, if you are on short daily dialysis or peritoneal dialysis.

Phosphorus: Limit your phosphorus intake to about 1,000 milligrams per day, if you are on dialysis.

Protein: If you have kidney disease but not on dialysis, low protein diet might be beneficial. Ask your dietitian or kidney doctor for guidelines.

Sodium: Most of the recipes are low in sodium, limit your sodium intake to 1,500-2,700 milligrams per day.