{"id":1344,"date":"2021-09-03T17:43:47","date_gmt":"2021-09-03T17:43:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/healthybites.weismarkets.com\/home\/?p=1344"},"modified":"2021-09-03T20:28:10","modified_gmt":"2021-09-03T20:28:10","slug":"nutrition-spotlight-potassium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/healthybites.weismarkets.com\/home\/nutrition-spotlight-potassium\/","title":{"rendered":"Nutrition Spotlight: Potassium"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ngg-singlepic ngg-none \" src=\"https:\/\/healthybites.weismarkets.com\/home\/wp-content\/gallery\/articles\/NutritionSpotlightPotassium.jpg\" alt=\"Nutrition Spotlight: Potassium\" \/><br \/>\n<span class=\"artTitle\">Nutrition Spotlight: Potassium<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Potassium is an important mineral that helps maintain normal blood pressure levels, helps muscles contract, and helps maintain a balance of fluid in the body that supports muscle, nerve, kidney and heart function. <\/p>\n<p>Incorporate a variety of these potassium-rich foods into your everyday meals to help you feel your best. <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"art\"><span>\u2022 Bananas:<\/span> Bananas are the best-known source of potassium. Also filled with fiber, vitamins A, B6 and C, magnesium and gut-nourishing prebiotics, bananas are an excellent addition to a balanced eating style. Slice a banana over cereal, oatmeal or whole-grain toast or eat it alone as a snack. You can also check out plantains \u2013 banana\u2019s cousin \u2013 for another potassium-packed option.<br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"art\"><span>\u2022 Salmon:<\/span> Four ounces of salmon provides 15% of your daily potassium needs. Salmon is also rich in heart-smart omega-3 fats, protein and B vitamins. Eating fatty fish like salmon at least twice a week may help reduce the risk of chronic health conditions. Sear, poach, bake or grill salmon and serve it with veggies or in salads, wraps or tacos.<br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"art\"><span>\u2022 Potatoes:<\/span> One of the most concentrated and affordable sources of potassium, skin-on potatoes also contain fiber and vitamin C. They\u2019re easy to prepare and can be used in a variety of ways. Use them to make baked potatoes, homemade gnocchi, potato soup or baked potato skins.<br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"art\"><span>\u2022 Dark Leafy Greens:<\/span> Dark leafy greens, including spinach, bok choy and Swiss chard, are potassium-rich. Enjoy a variety of leafy greens on pizza or in salads, soups, smoothies, sauces or pasta.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nutrition Spotlight: Potassium Potassium is an important mineral that helps maintain normal blood pressure levels, helps muscles contract, and helps maintain a balance of fluid in the body that supports muscle, nerve, kidney and heart function. Incorporate a variety of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/healthybites.weismarkets.com\/home\/nutrition-spotlight-potassium\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-magazine-features"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthybites.weismarkets.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthybites.weismarkets.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthybites.weismarkets.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthybites.weismarkets.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthybites.weismarkets.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1344"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/healthybites.weismarkets.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1344\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1345,"href":"https:\/\/healthybites.weismarkets.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1344\/revisions\/1345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthybites.weismarkets.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthybites.weismarkets.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthybites.weismarkets.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}