The nurse is providing dietary teaching to a client receiving a potassium-sparing diuretic about foods that are low in potassium. The nurse should include which of the following on a list of foods that have low potassium content?
1. Apple
2. Carrots
3. Spinach
4. Avocado
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Rationale: One medium apple with skin provides approximately 159 mg of potassium per serv-ing, so it has the lowest potassium content of these choices. Raw spinach (oz) provides 470 mg of potassium. One large carrot has 341 mg of potassium. One medium avocado provides the highest potassium content, 1097 mg.
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