FOR A LOWER-POTASSIUMEYEBROW LIFESTYLE TEXT My foods to choose The foods you choose are important to help you feel your best. Use this list of 100+ great food choices as a quick reference guide and shopping list. Depending on your dialysis treatment and overall health, your potassium needs will vary. It’s important to talk to your dietitian to learn more about good food choices and how you can eat the foods you love. Protein: Bread, Cereal Fruits: Serving size: ½ cup or & Grains: Serving size: 1 small piece 3-5 ounces, cooked or ½ cup Serving size: 1 slice, Beans 1 piece or ½ cup Apple Beef Blueberries Bagel (half) Chicken Cherries Bread loaf Edamame Dried fruits (apples, Cereal Eggs (whole or egg whites) blueberries, cherries, Corn tortilla Fish coconut, cranberries) Couscous Lamb Grapes English muffin (half) Lentils Lychee Old-fashioned or Pork Pear steel-cut oatmeal Tofu Persimmon Pasta Turkey Pineapple Pita (half) Veal Plum Quinoa Wild game Raspberries Rice Strawberries All-natural, fresh meat is best. Rice cakes Tangerine Low-sodium, frozen or canned Slow-cook cream of wheat Watermelon meats (rinsed) are also Slow-cook grits acceptable. Limit cured & deli Choose fresh, canned or frozen meats. Beans, edamame & fruits. If dried, only ¼ cup. lentils are higher in potassium. Foods listed are based on USDA nutrient database averages. For additional details, talk with your dietitian. FOR A LOWER-POTASSIUM LIFESTYLE Vegetables: Fluids: Dairy: Serving size: ½ cup fresh or Serving size: 4 ounces Serving size: 1 slice or ½ cup cooked or 1 cup raw leafy 100% fruit juice (apple, Cheese (natural—brick, brie, Asparagus cranberry, grape, pineapple) caraway, cheddar, chesire, Bean sprouts Fresh-brewed coffee colby, gjetost, goat, monterey, Broccoli Fresh-brewed tea mozzarella, muenster, Cabbage (black, herbal) Neufchatel, ricotta, swiss) Carrots Fresh-squeezed lemonade Cottage cheese Cauliflower Nectars (apricot, guava, Greek yogurt Celery mango, papaya, peach, pear) Milk & milk substitutes Cherry tomatoes Soda (club, lemon-lime) (unenriched almond, rice, soy) Corn Water (sparkling, tap) Cucumber Eggplant Condiments, Greens or wax beans Desserts Greens (collard, Fats & Seasonings: mustard, turnip) & Snacks: Serving size: varies 1 Jicama Serving size: 1 piece, ⁄8 pie Black pepper Kale or ½ cup Cream Leeks All-natural fruit leather Cream cheese Lettuce Animal crackers Dried and fresh herbs Mushrooms Apple sauce Garlic Okra Frozen fruit bars Homemade gravy Onion Fruit cocktail Honey Peas (green, sugar snap, snow) Homemade desserts Hot sauce Peppers (green, red, (such as fruit pie, cobbler) Jam/jelly yellow, jalapeño) Italian ice Ketchup Radish Nuts, seeds & natural nut Lemon & lime juice or zest Rutabaga butters (2 tablespoons) Mayonnaise/sandwich spread Spinach (raw) Rice Krispies treats Mustard Squash (spaghetti, yellow) Sherbet Oils (canola, olive, Turnips Unsalted snacks (crackers, safflower, vegetable) Water chestnuts pita chips, popcorn, pretzels, Onion tortilla chips) Pico de gallo Salsa Sour cream Sweet & sour sauce Sweet pickles Unsalted butter/margarine Vinegar KCNS000263-01 | © 2017, Fresenius Medical Care, All Rights Reserved. FOR A FLEXIBLE-POTASSIUMEYEBROW LIFESTYLE TEXT My foods to choose The foods you choose are important to help you feel your best. Use this list of 100+ great food choices as a quick reference guide and shopping list. Depending on your dialysis treatment and overall health, your potassium needs will vary. It’s important to talk to your dietitian to learn more about good food choices and how you can eat the foods you love. Blueberries Protein: Bread, Cereal Breadfruit Serving size: ½ cup or & Grains: Cantaloupe 3-5 ounces, cooked Serving size: 1 slice, Cherries Beans 1 piece or ½ cup Dried fruits (apples, Beef Bagel (half) blueberries, cherries, Chicken Bread loaf coconut, cranberries) Edamame Cereal Grapes Eggs (whole or egg whites) Corn tortilla Guava Fish Couscous Honeydew Lamb English muffin (half) Jackfruit Lentils Old-fashioned or Kiwi Pork steel-cut oatmeal Lychee Tofu Pasta Mango Turkey Pita (half) Nectarine Veal Quinoa Orange Wild game Rice Papaya Passion fruit All-natural, fresh meat is best. Rice cakes Peach Low-sodium, frozen or canned Slow-cook cream of wheat Pear meats (rinsed) are also Slow-cook grits Persimmon acceptable. Limit cured & deli Pineapple meats. Beans, edamame & Fruits: Plantain/platano lentils are higher in potassium. Serving size: 1 small piece Plum or ½ cup Pomegranate Apple Raspberries Apricot Sapodilla Avocado Strawberries Banana Tangerine Watermelon Foods listed are based on USDA nutrient database averages. Choose fresh, canned or frozen For additional details, talk with your dietitian. fruits. If dried, only ¼ cup. FOR A FLEXIBLE-POTASSIUM LIFESTYLE Water chestnuts Vegetables: Yams Dairy: Serving size: ½ cup fresh or Yucca/cassava Serving size: 1 slice or ½ cup cooked or 1 cup raw leafy Zucchini Cheese (natural—brick, brie, Artichoke caraway, cheddar, chesire, Asparagus colby, gjetost, goat, monterey, Bean sprouts Fluids: mozzarella, muenster, Beets Serving size: 4 ounces neufchatel, ricotta, swiss) Broccoli 100% fruit juice (all types) Cottage cheese Brussels sprouts Fresh-brewed coffee Greek yogurt Cabbage Fresh-brewed tea Milk & milk substitutes Carrots (black, herbal) (unenriched almond, rice, soy) Cauliflower Fresh-squeezed lemonade Celery Nectars (apricot, guava, Chard mango, papaya, peach, pear) Condiments, Chinese cabbage Soda (club, lemon-lime) Corn Water (sparkling, tap) Fats & Seasonings: Cucumber Serving size: varies Eggplant Black pepper Green or wax beans Desserts Cream Greens Cream cheese Jicama & Snacks: Dried and fresh herbs 1 Kale Serving size: 1 piece, ⁄8 pie Garlic Kohlrabi or ½ cup Homemade gravy Leeks All-natural fruit leather Honey Lettuce Animal crackers Hot sauce Mushrooms Apple sauce Jam/jelly Okra Frozen fruit bars Ketchup Onion Fruit cocktail Lemon & lime juice or zest Parsnips Homemade desserts Mayonnaise/sandwich spread Peas (such as fruit pie, cobbler) Mustard Peppers Italian ice Oils (canola, olive, safflower, Potatoes Nuts, seeds & natural nut vegetable) Pumpkin butters (2 tablespoons) Onion Radish Rice Krispies treats Pico de gallo Rutabaga Sherbet Salsa Spinach Unsalted snacks (crackers, Sour cream Squash (all types) pita chips, popcorn, pretzels, Sweet & sour sauce Tomato tortilla chips) Sweet pickles Tomato products (low-sodium Unsalted butter/margarine juice, paste, puree, sauce) Vinegar Turnips KCNS000264-01 | © 2017, Fresenius Medical Care, All Rights Reserved..