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Patient Advisory
Potassium Restricted Diet
Potassium is found in most foods. If you have a medical condition that cause high blood level of potassium, it
is important to limit potassium rich foods in your diet. A high blood level of potassium can lead to muscle
weakness and irregular heartbeat. Limiting dietary potassium will help keep your blood potassium levels
within normal.
Vegetables: Total 2 servings per day.
Low Potassium Vegetables
egetables more often (limit to ¾ cup per serving):
Select these v
Bamboo shoot, canned, drained Kangkung
Bangkuang, turnip Lady’s finger
Beansprouts, tau-geh Leek
Bittergourd Lettuce, sang-coy
Brinjal Long beans
Cabbage, kobis Snake gourd
Cucumber Winter melon
Kachang botol, four-angled bean
Moderate Potassium Vegetables
Limit these vegetables to ½ cup per serving
Asparagus Mixed vegetables, frozen
Cauliflower Peas, frozen
Cucumber, hairy Pepper, sweet, Capsicum – 1 small
Gourd, bottle Lettuce, iceberg
Gourd, angled, Loofah Sweet corn, canned & drained
Polyclinics
Kai-lan-coy (kale) Tomato, fresh (2 medium)
Long beans Zucchini
High Potassium Vegetables
um vegetables:
oid these high potassi
Av
Broccoli Por-coy
Brussels sprouts Potato
Burdock, root Potato, sweet
Cabbage, Chinese Pumpkin
Carrot Spinach
Celery Sweet corn, fresh or frozen
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Chilli, red/g en/padi (limit 1 big or 2 chilli padi / day) Sweet potato leaves
Coy-sum Tapioca
Juices, vegetables Tomato – paste, sauce and juice
ch bean
Fren s Tung-ho
Lotus root Water chestnut (ma tai)
Mushrooms Yam, keladi
Mustard leaves, Indian (Kai-coy) Wolfberry leaves (Kau-kei-coy)
Petai
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Potassium in food varies from region to region and different methods of food preparation. You should have received verbal instructions with
this diet plan. This diet plan is designed to guide you on your diet. They are not exhaustive instructions. You may receive different additional
instructions from your healthcare team. Please seek clarifications when in doubt.
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Patient Advisory
Potassium Restricted Diet
Fruits: Total 2 servings per day.
Lower Potassium Fruits
vings per day:
Limit these fruits to 2 ser
Fruits Serving Fruits Serving
1 medium Mangostee
Apple n 5 small
Blueberries ½ cup Papaya Malayan (not Exotica) 1 small slice
Cherries, fresh 8 numbers Peach 1 small
Ciku 1 medium Pear, green 1 small
Dragonfruit ½ medium Pear, Asian 1 small
Duku 10 number Persimmon ½ medium
Durian, mid range 2 seeds Pineapple 1 small slice
Grapes 10 numbers Plum 1 medium
Guava 1 small Pulasan 5 number
Jambu Air 2 number Rambutan 5 number
Langsat 10 number Starfruit 1 small
Longan 10 medium Strawberry, medium 5 whole
Mandarin oranges 1 small Watermelon ½ cup
High Potassium Fruits and Juices
Avoid the following:
Apricots Jackfruit, nangka
Avocado Pear Kiwi
Banana Mango
Cantaloupe Nectarines
Custard apple Orange
Polyclinics
Dates Papaya, Exotica
Fruits, dried Pomegranate
Honeydew melon Prunes
Juices, fruit Soursop
High Potassium Foods and Drinks
Avoid the following:
Nuts – all types e.g.
Bottled sauces e.g. chilli, tomato
Bran - peanut butter
Chocolates - cashew
Cocoa - chestnuts (kao-lak)
Coconut, flesh - ginkgo nuts
Coconut, water Oats
Ice cream Seeds – all types e.g.
Lentils (dhal), beans - melon seeds
Liquorices - pumpkin seeds
Meat extracts - lotus seeds
Milk (limit to ½ a glass per day) and milk products Salt substitutes
Milk, malted beverages Tempeh
Nuts – all types e.g. Vegetable Extracts
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- peanuts Wholegrain products
Potassium in food varies from region to region and different methods of food preparation. You should have received verbal instructions with
this diet plan. This diet plan is designed to guide you on your diet. They are not exhaustive instructions. You may receive different additional
instructions from your healthcare team. Please seek clarifications when in doubt.
Copyright © SHP/Dietetics n Nutrition/GEN/LK-21Nov2011 Page 2 of 12
Patient Advisory
Potassium Restricted Diet
Low Potassium Vegetables
Select these vegetables more often (limit to ¾ cup per serving):
Canned Bamboo shoots Brinjal Kang Kong
Snake Gourd Bangkuang (Turnip) Cabbage
Polyclinics
Lady’s Finger
Winter Melon Bean Sprouts
Cucumber Leek Bitter Gourd
Kachang botol Lettuce
SingHealth
Potassium in food varies from region to region and different methods of food preparation. You should have received verbal instructions with
this diet plan. This diet plan is designed to guide you on your diet. They are not exhaustive instructions. You may receive different additional
instructions from your healthcare team. Please seek clarifications when in doubt.
Copyright © SHP/Dietetics n Nutrition/GEN/LK-21Nov2011 Page 3 of 12
Patient Advisory
Potassium Restricted Diet
Moderate Potassium Vegetables
Limit these vegetables to ½ cup per serving
Asparagus Cauliflower Hairy Cucumber
Zucchini Bottle Gourd Angled Gourd (loofah)
Polyclinics
Kai Lan Frozen Mixed Vegetables
Long Beans
Frozen Peas Capsicum Iceberg Lettuce
Canned Sweet Corn Tomato
SingHealth
Potassium in food varies from region to region and different methods of food preparation. You should have received verbal instructions with
this diet plan. This diet plan is designed to guide you on your diet. They are not exhaustive instructions. You may receive different additional
instructions from your healthcare team. Please seek clarifications when in doubt.
Copyright © SHP/Dietetics n Nutrition/GEN/LK-21Nov2011 Page 4 of 12
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