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How much potassium is too much in your diet?

Started by MichaelaLJ1972, December 05, 2015, 11:40:48 AM

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MichaelaLJ1972

This might just be another of my "stressing out too much over nothing" things, but I was wondering how closely potassium in your food needs to be monitored  while on spiro? I do eat a lot of high potassium foods like bananas especially, so I am just worried that I will have to make a lot of adjustments to my diet once I begin HRT. I've heard that it's actually supplements that you need to be more worried about. If that's the case then I am ok since I don't take any.

I get my lab results on Tuesday the 7th, so I am obviously very anxious. I'm hopeful that everything will come out just fine and I'll be starting HRT next week. So I just want to be as prepared as possible. I've been reading so many different topics here on the forums and watching a ton of videos on YouTube.
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KayXo

Keep diuretics like caffeine to a minimum, limit bananas, fruit juice and energy drinks. Drink as much salt as you want. Salt is VERY important and water.
I am not a medical doctor, nor a scientist - opinions expressed by me on the subject of HRT are merely based on my own review of some of the scientific literature over the last decade or so, on anecdotal evidence from women in various discussion forums that I have come across, and my personal experience

On HRT since early 2004
Post-op since late 2005
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