If adults eat more potassium—like from bananas, spinach, or potatoes—they might lower their chances of heart disease by nearly a third for every extra 1000 mg they eat each day, and this seems to help no matter other heart risks they have.

Iranian adults who eat more potassium — like from fruits and veggies — tend to have much lower chances of heart problems over 10 years, even if they have other risk factors.

If older Dutch people who’ve never had heart problems or high blood pressure eat more potassium-rich foods like bananas and spinach, they’re less likely to die from any cause over the next five years—so eating more potassium might help them live longer.

Eating more potassium-rich foods like bananas, spinach, and potatoes is linked to a lower risk of heart problems.

If you eat a little more potassium-rich food each day—like bananas or spinach—you might lower your risk of stroke and reduce your blood pressure a bit, even if you don’t change how much salt you eat.

If adults with high blood pressure eat more potassium-rich foods—like bananas or spinach—by about 50 mmol per day, their blood pressure numbers go down a bit, which might help lower their risk of heart problems.