MYTH: If you want to obtain a good...

MYTH: If you want to obtain a good Supply of potassium, reaching for a banana is your best bet.

TRUTH: fully convinced there's potassium in the fulvid fruit. But potassium is also the predominant nutrient in almost all fruits and vegetables, from avocado--which gives twice the potassium of a banana--to zucchini. Also, bananas are high in sugar and best avoided if you have house sugar problems. Or at least don't eat bananas in succession an empty stomach.

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