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For older adults who’ve had a stroke or high blood pressure, switching to a special salt that has less sodium and more potassium doesn’t raise the risk of dangerous potassium levels in the blood.

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Effect of Salt Substitution on Cardiovascular Events and Death.

Randomized Controlled Trial
Human
2021 Sep 16

The study found that using a special salt with less sodium and more potassium didn’t cause more dangerous high potassium levels in older adults with high blood pressure or past strokes — just like the claim says.

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Effect of Salt Substitution on Cardiovascular Events and Death.

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DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa2105675

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For people who’ve had a stroke before, using a special salt that has less sodium and more potassium doesn’t raise their risk of having too much potassium in their blood — the numbers show it’s basically the same as regular salt.

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