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Foods to Avoid With High Potassium Levels

Published Jul,08 2011 | By Leigh A. Zaykoski

Hyperkalemia is the medical term for high levels of potassium in the blood. This condition can occur as the result of chronic kidney failure, hormone deficiencies, alcoholism or the destruction of red blood cells.