09/09/2025
In today’s episode of things to care about more than food dyes: POTASSIUM. 🥔
Potassium is a big player in helping maintain healthy blood pressure levels (high blood pressure is called “the silent killer”, and a leading risk factor for all-cause mortality).
Most people don’t even eat CLOSE to their recommended potassium levels, why? Because most don’t eat enough vegetables, fruits, and low-fat dairy - ALL sources of potassium.
➡️ What to do: Eat more plants.
Particularly white potatoes (YES. White potatoes!! Sweet potatoes get so much attention, but white potatoes are still a nutrient powerhouse. However, be sure you’re roasting or baking them, NOT boiling them). White beans are also a high source of potassium. Others are bananas, prunes, dried apricots, watermelon, lentils… you get the idea.
If you want to avoid food dye, be my guest. But this hyperfixation on it in the media is honestly harmful when it leads to us ignoring the things that evidence shows will reeeeally hurt our health in the long run.
