Hypokalemia patients can eat ribs. Hypokalemia is usually manifested as a decrease in serum potassium concentration (<3.5mmol/L). Clinically, patients are usually treated with potassium supplementation according to the degree of potassium deficiency, usually using oral medication or intravenous potassium supplementation, and are encouraged to eat more potassium-rich foods, such as meat, milk, bananas, fresh vegetables and so on. As one of the meat food, ribs are rich in iron, zinc, potassium and other trace elements, which can supplement serum potassium to a certain extent and improve the serum potassium concentration of patients, so patients with hypokalemia can eat ribs. Pork ribs are rich in sarcosine, which can enhance the physical strength of patients and make them energetic. This can, to a certain extent, assist in relieving the symptoms of muscle weakness caused by hypokalemia and increase the patient's activity endurance. Therefore, patients with hyperkalemia can eat pork ribs, but it is still recommended that patients with hyperkalemia go to the hospital in time for the measurement of serum potassium concentration, so as to clarify the cause of hyperkalemia as well as its severity, and then carry out the corresponding potassium supplementation treatment under the guidance of the attending doctor.