Bananas aren't high in potassium. That's a myth. A banana has 450mg and a potato has 650mg.
The only myth is that bananas are a unique source of potassium. A lot of foods have similar or more amounts of potassium per serving or by weight.
A potato’s a meal. A banana’s a lightish snack.
No carbs, no sugars, no fiber induced bloating, could easily get more than 100g into a meal
My understanding is potassium also competes with salt in the body
the oil gets 'dirty' from extended use in frying. Why is it dirty? It's not dirt, and it's not oil breakdown (in most cases).
The oil is drawing components from the food into itself.
Forget the frying for a second; most fries are parboiled or blanched -- this also leeches material away from the vegetable, this time it leaves with the water used for blanching.
A french fry is delicious, but it's different than a potato -- even if it's made from one.
Elements can’t get lost in a chemical reaction. You can only change the molecule they’re part of, so it might not be processable by the human body, but the potassium isn’t going to disappear.
The fact that the element cannot physically vanish into thin air is not really relevant here
> Why would something being an element mean that heating it as part of a food wouldn’t act as a catalyst for some chemical interaction?
It sounds like the person thinks that chemical reactions can make elements change/disappear, which is not the case. And I specifically mentioned the Oil removing the potassium as an option.
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