Re: My post-fast plan... feedback please!
Hi Lilacsophia,
If you are comfortable listing your starting weight and amount of weight lost so far, i would be happy to give you my opinion/best estimate. Meanwhile, you are certainly right that bananas are high in potassium, and there are also several excellent "digestively simple" choices including Carrot juice, Orange Juice and Tomato Juice. I suspect beet juice and spinach juice are good sources as well.
Foods High in Potassium : Potassium Rich Foods
Foods which are rich in potassium include apricot, banana, baked potato, sweet potato, beet greens, yogurt, tomato puree, prune juice, carrot juice, tomato juice, spinach, lentils, beans, milk, etc. The potassium content in some foods in a serving size are given in the following table/chart. The values above 500mg are considered high in potassium and lower than 500 mg as low potassium foods.
List of Potassium Content of Foods
Foods with
Potassium Serving Size Potassium
(mg)
Almond 2 oz (57 g) 412
Apricots, dried 10 halves 407
Artichoke 1 cup 595 *
Avocados, raw 1 ounce 180
Bananas, raw 1 cup 594 *
Beans, baked 1 cup 752 *
Beans, Kidney 1 cup 713 *
Beans, Lima 1 cup 955 *
Beans, Pinto 1 cup 800 *
Beets, cooked 1 cup 519 *
Black-eyed peas(lobia) 1 cup 690 *
Brazil nuts 2 oz (57 g) 340
Brussel sprouts, cooked 1 cup 504 *
Cantaloupe 1 cup 494
Carrot Juice 1 cup 689 *
Chickpeas 1 cup 477
Dates, dry 5 dates 271
Figs, dry 2 figs 271
Kiwi fruit, raw 1 medium 252
Lentils 1 cup 731 *
Melons, honeydew 1 cup 461
Milk, fat free or skim 1 cup 407
Nectarine 1 nectarine 288
Orange juice 1 cup 496
Orange 1 orange 237
Pears(fresh) 1 pear 208
Peanuts dry roasted, unsalted 2 oz (57 g) 374
Potatoe, baked, 1 potato 1081 *
Prune juice 1 cup 707
Prune, dried 1 cup 828 *
Raisin 1 cup 1089 *
Spinach, cooked 1 cup 839 *
Tomato canned sauce 1 cup 909 *
Tomato Juice 1 cup 535 *
Winter squash 1 cup 896 *
Yogurt plain, skim milk 8 ounces 579 *
Source: USDA Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Release 15
Out of curiousity, what is your history with fasting? :)