== Food Sources : ==
Food sources of potassium include fruits (especially dried fruits), cereals, beans, milk, and vegetables.
* Tomato Paste : When preparing your next pasta, consider a tomato-based sauce over a white one. Because one can (6 oz) of salt-free tomato paste will easily satisfy more than one-third of your potassium needs for a day, or 1,724 mg to be exact. Concentrated tomato paste is also an antioxidant powerhouse, giving you a generous amount of lycopene that protects cells from oxidative damage.
* Beet Greens : Are you someone who goes straight for the sweet beet root and discard the greens? The leafy beet greens are actually edible and they contain a good amount of potassium to boot. How much? About 1,309 mg in just a cup (144 g) of one inch pieces. Beet greens are also a good source of lutein which may help to slow degeneration of the eyes caused by aging.