Potassium is an essential mineral to our bodies that works as a balancing act with sodium to regulate blood pressure and fluid transfer in/out of cells, along many other things. 👩🏻‍🔬 • Unfortunately, so many people have been told that bananas are the best food source of potassium (which is NOT true) 🍌🚫🤦🏼‍♂️ • • I can't tell you how many people I've worked with that, during our initial consultation, express that they have a 'healthy breakfast' consisting of a banana (or 2) and a cup of coffee 🍌🍌☕🤦🏼‍♂️ • • Consuming solely a banana for breakfast is an excellent way to jack up your blood sugar, while not supplying your body with any of the healthy fatty acids and essential amino acids it really needs. 🍌☹️ • Additionally, store bought bananas have been hybridized to be bigger and sweeter (aka more sugar) than the heirloom varieties we rarely see. They are almost always pre-maturely picked from the vine before the fruit has a chance to receive all the valuable nutrients from the...