15 Low Potassium Foods That Are Good For Your Kidneys!

15 Low Potassium Foods You Should Include in Your Diet

Today we are talking about low potassium foods. First, I am going to tell you why I chose these foods, the data behind them and then we will cover the 15 foods that I recommend that are low in potassium.

Make sure to comment and let me know what your favorite low potassium foods are or how you manage your potassium restrictions.

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Working as a kidney doctor, I found that my patients were often unaware of just how important diet and lifestyle were and how often they felt unsupported by generic advice to “eat healthy”. The home cook in me hated hearing this, so I set out to find a better way.

I began to combine my medical training and love of food, making videos of simple recipes that were based on science and packed with flavor. Instead of just saying “eat healthy” to my patients, I could give them the resources they needed to make a real difference in their health.

Kidney doctor, passionate home cook, and YouTube sensation Dr Blake Shusterman empowers people to proactively manage their health by stepping into the kitchen. The author of several cookbooks with over 100,000 YouTube subscribers, The Cooking Doc® believes anyone, at any age can transform their health with small changes that make a big difference. Based on science and packed with flavor, Dr. Blake’s simple recipes have inspired home cooks everywhere to change their diet, retrain their taste buds, and transform their health.

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Content Chapters:
00:00 - Low Potassium Foods
00:40 - Let's Talk Potassium
01:50 - Why Do We Care About Potassium?
02:40 - Low Potassium Fruits
03:28 - Low Potassium Vegetables
04:45 - Low Potassium Proteins
05:40 - Low Potassium Nuts
06:26 - Low Potassium Drinks
07:14 - Conclusion

[HALEYBROWN]

My husband suffers from Membranous Nephropathy and your videos are the only resource we have found helpful and super informative!! We are having a hard time finding a doctor familiar with his specific kidney disease. They put him on a Rebuatuxin infusion therapy and he has completely lost his appetite and lost 40lbs in a few months! Any way you can give some good pointers on foods he can eat with his specific type of Kidney Disease, we are struggling to get the right answers. He is very young, 27 and I feel like most of this can be managed with the proper meal plan!

[alexandergarcia]

Thanks for being the first person to get right to the point without a preceding seminar.

[richardayres]

Another interesting video. If you haven’t already done a video on it, it would be interesting to hear about fresh fish, particularly oily fish and its benefits and how that could fit with a kidney friendly diet. Keep up the great work.

[cheesecakepie]

Can I eat egg yolks with CKD & not just egg whites?

[angelapolly]

Helpful, thank you. My husband has acute renal failure most likely from a strep throat infection in mid-March. His BP has been too high for.a biopsy. His BUN and Creatinine have been improving enough that they let him start Torsemide - he's very swollen from fluid retention. They sent him home yesterday (had been in hospital since Sunday) on 2 BP meds and his BP has been better at home. Doing a crash course on your channel since they gave NO instruction on diet. Kidney doc still wants biopsy but if his labs keep improving and BP keeps going down, we don't want to put him through a biopsy.

[lucysocha]

I enjoyed this video and learned a lot. The information was very helpful. Thank you.

[malcytull]

Thank you Doc for another great video.

[Fred-yw]

I’ve been on the carnivore diet 4 months blood work in limits no meds just had it checked again and now my ldl is 520 non-Hdl 544 total cholesterol 598 glucose 69 triglycerides 120 the last 2 months I’ve been eating a lot more beef fat, eggs and coffee with cream and butter should I be worried ? What direction or stay the same course, I’ve been feeling great no issues…I’m 66 and lost 30 pounds on this diet .

[nnonotnow]

Here is a list of 15 low potassium foods that Dr. Blake Schusterman recommends in the video:
Fruits:
* Blueberries
* Pears
* Apples
Vegetables:
* Peas
* Kale
* Cabbage
Protein:
* Tofu
* Canned tuna
* Eggs
Nuts:
* Walnuts
* Cashews
* Peanuts
Drinks:
* Coffee
* Brewed tea
* Plain water
Dr. Schusterman also discusses the nutritional benefits of these foods, as well as how to prepare and cook them. He also provides information on the recommended serving size for each food.
Overall, the video is a helpful resource for anyone who is interested in learning more about low potassium foods.

[StevenBreeden-dy]

Dr. Blake, Thanks for what you do it is definitely appreciated. Dr. David Unwin is stating that low carb and higher fats and protein can help your kidney function. He has some small studies in the UK. Any info you can share would be appreciated, I am not sure I think this is the correct thing to do. Again, thank you for what you do sir!!

[DetroitHomeInspector]

I think one of your vids said that a high protein/keto diet would not affect your GFR much. That was not my experience. I was keto and lifting weights and my GFR kept dropping, about 20 points total. I was doing this because my A1C was 6.1. I stopped keto, kept lifting weights, and started eating a more normal diet, more carbs but watched over-all calories and lost a few pounds and GFR went up 15 points and A1C dropped to 5.6 (normal). This was just my experience, not a doctor but, I did sleep at a Holiday Inn last night!!! If you are in my boat, elevated A1C, Watch Dr. Roy Taylor videos. Dr. Nicola Guess and a YT channel called Nutrition Made Simple which is hosted by an MD/PhD. Good luck in good health!

[Coco-]

My head is spinning but at least he admitted the confusion between yay or nay regarding potassium is a real thing

[lavellnutrition]

I suggest you lower your monitor. It looks like you're talking to the ceiling.

[Dr.Jas-AyurvedaExpert-semi]

Nice information… I have seen good results of Chandanadi Vati, Varunadi Vati and and Planet Ayurveda’s Rencure formula in kidney disease.

[peter.]

I'm a dietitian, and the first thing I do, is get all concentrated sources of protein out of a kidney patient's diet. I've seen doubling or more of GFR, when dialysis patients go on a full-tilt Kempner rice diet, and most people can be taken out of kidney failure IF (big if) their kidney malfunction was caused by too much dietary protein in the first place.

[maryjones]

I have been eating a banana for breakfast to eliminate restless leg syndrome.

[Underdeblood]

Fruits:
Blueberry
Apples
Pear

Vegetables:
Kale
Cabbage
Spinach
Peas
String beans

Proteins:
Tofu
Canned tuna in oil not brine
Eggs

Nuts :
Walnuts
Cashew
Peanut

Drinks:
Coffee
Green tea
Water

Thanks Doc

[chnaot-fn]

So confused one time ask for more potassium and now low potassium

[kimmock]

Huh....I guess "an apple a day" is true!

[marinabarela]

What is considered low potassium? What is the milligrams that you should consume for low potassium?