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Check Pinned Before the Lights Go Out @Krazinsky11/9/2023, 11:19 AM

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Carter McKendry @cmckendry11/9/2023, 8:01 AM

Ten Foods That Contain More Potassium per Standard Serving Than a Banana Does

Salmon
Avocado
Potato (sweet or unsweet)
Spinach
Watermelon (yes, really)
Literally every type of bean, including peanuts
Lentils
Butternut squash
Pomegranate
Beets

#someone in an ad council somehow convinced everyone that potassium equal banana #and it's a fucking lie

The Pnictogen Wing @pnictogen-wing11/9/2023, 9:05 AM

the infamous United Fruit Company, later rebranding itself "Chiquita", did a lot of high-pressure marketing of bananas like they were a health food—there are some samples of advertising on this old blog post about Chiquita's marketing in 1957, though potassium is not specifically mentioned in these ads. if anyone created the "bananas = potassium" myth, it was probably the United Fruit Company.

btw 1954, three years before that ad campaign I just cited, the UFC helped orchestrate a fascıst coup in Guatemala. ~Chara

#bananas #united fruit company

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signal eleven @widr11/9/2023, 10:33 AM

fuckin. yeah

i looked this up a while ago when giving someone advice of "eat banana for muscle cramps" and i realized it was probably either nothing or "rush of sugar"