High-Potassium Low-Carb Foods

Someone forward you this email? No sweat! Sign up here to get your own If you're having trouble viewing this email, click here. Follow Us     High-Potassium Low-Carb Foods  Have you heard that if you are following a low-carb diet you might need extra potassium?  This can be true in the first weeks of the diet, so it's important to find low-carb sources of potassium, especially at first.  It turns out that the Easter ham many of us ate yesterday can be a great start!  Also, check out About.com's new Diabetes Center with lots of information gathered together in one helpful place.  Have a healthy week!  Laura Laura Dolson Low Carb Diets Expert Do Low-Carbers Need More Potassium?  Do people eating a low-carb diet need extra potassium?  Maybe, especially in the first few weeks, because we are losing glycogen. Often when people think of potassium, they think "oranges" and "bananas", but there are lots of low-carb options to get your daily potassium needs filled.  Take this quick quiz about potassium in foods and find out some low-carb foods which have lots of potassium. READ NOW » Share   Have Leftover Ham? Make this Deviled Ham Salad!  Did you know that pork has high levels of potassium?  A serving of this ham salad has 520 mg of potassium.  If you have leftover ham from Easter, this is a great way to use it up, and with a food processor you can make it in five minutes flat. READ NOW » Share   How to Be a Low-Carb Vegetarian  I often hear from people that think it's not possible to follow a low-carb way of eating as a vegetarian.  Not true at all!  I have lots of resources on my site to help you eat a healthy low-carb vegetarian diet. READ NOW » Share   New Diabetes Center from About.com The health editors at About.com have gathered information from all around the network to present this new comprehensive information resource about Type 2 diabetes.  Check it out!  You might also be interested in what the American Diabetes Association says about Low-Carb Diets and diabetes. READ NOW » Share   MORE FROM ABOUT.COM • Embrace Fats in Your Diet • Low-Carb Lunch Ideas • How to Cut Down on Sugar • All About Atkins • Low-Carb Diets Home Page • All Laura's Low-Carb Recipes Advertisement About Health | Follow Us:     You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About Low Carb Diets newsletter. If you wish to unsubscribe, please click here. If you would like to unsubscribe from all newsletters sent from About.com, please send an email to optout@about.com with "Unsubscribe" as the subject line. 1500 Broadway, 6th Floor, New York, NY, 10036 © 2014 About.com - All rights reserved - Privacy Policy