{"id":569680,"date":"2026-08-15T09:12:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T09:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/569680\/"},"modified":"2026-08-15T09:12:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T09:12:11","slug":"hypertension-why-boosting-potassium-may-be-key-for-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/569680\/","title":{"rendered":"Hypertension: Why boosting potassium may be key for control"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hernandez said fruits, vegetables, and legumes were foods high in potassium that can support lowering blood pressure.<\/p>\n

Pianko said bananas are often the go-to choice for increasing potassium.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut cantaloupe<\/a> is also a fruit that is rich in potassium. There are other sources, including white beans<\/a>, lentils, plain yogurt, salmon, baked potato with skin, spinach, and edamame<\/a> \u2014 some of which are higher in potassium than the banana,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The American Heart Association currently recommends aiming for 3,500 to 5,000 mg<\/a> of potassium daily to help manage blood pressure.<\/p>\n

Hernandez listed some high-potassium foods<\/a> to include in one\u2019s diet:<\/p>\n

potato (with skin), 919 mg potassium for one medium baked potato salmon (fresh, baked), 763 mg potassium for a small filet spinach (cooked from fresh), 591 mg potassium in just 1\/2 cup cantaloupe (raw), 417 mg potassium per 1 cup milk (cow\u2019s, 1%), 388 mg potassium per 8 ounces pinto beans (cooked), 373mg potassium per 1\/2 cup.<\/p>\n

The best way to support blood pressure and heart health is to focus on reducing sodium and actively increasing potassium through whole foods, the experts agreed.<\/p>\n

On the topics of whole foods versus supplements, Pianko\u2019s stance was clear:<\/p>\n

\u201cI always recommend potassium-rich foods over supplements to my patients who need to responsibly increase their potassium. I use the term responsibly because it should be based on a cardiologist recommendation rather than on an Instagram post.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hernandez said fruits, vegetables, and legumes were foods high in potassium that can support lowering blood pressure. Pianko…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":231980,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[134,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-569680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-health","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/569680","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=569680"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/569680\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/231980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=569680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=569680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=569680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}