As a segues to my previous post on how increasing potassium intake may help ward off cardiovascular disease, here are the top 10 sources of potassium, according to the USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference (pdf file):

Tomato products, canned, paste, without salt added
Orange juice, frozen concentrate, unsweetened, undiluted
Beet greens, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt
Beans, white, mature seeds, canned
Dates, deglet noor
Milk, canned, condensed, sweetened
Tomato products, canned, puree, without salt added
Raisins, seedless
Potato, baked, flesh and skin, without salt
Grapefruit juice, white, frozen concentrate, unsweetened, undiluted

My favorite among these? Dates and raisins! Add nuts and you have trail mix, which comes #11! To …read more