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Eating more potassium-rich foods like bananas and spinach can help lower your blood pressure and make it less likely you'll have a stroke or heart problem—especially if you're eating a lot of salty foods.

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Effect of Salt Substitution on Cardiovascular Events and Death.

Randomized Controlled Trial
Human
2021 Sep 16

This study gave people a special salt that has less sodium and more potassium, and found they had fewer strokes and heart problems than those using regular salt — showing that more potassium can help protect the heart, especially when you eat a lot of salt.

This study found that people who ate more potassium-rich foods were less likely to die early, especially if they didn’t already have heart problems — which supports the idea that more potassium helps protect the heart, even when eating salty food.

This study found that eating more potassium-rich foods lowers blood pressure, especially in people who already have high blood pressure—which is often caused by eating too much salt. Lower blood pressure means less risk of stroke and heart problems, so this supports the claim.

Eating more potassium-rich foods like bananas and spinach lowers blood pressure and reduces the chance of having a stroke, especially for people with high blood pressure — and this study proves it.

The study used a special salt with more potassium and less sodium, and found that the extra potassium was the main reason people’s blood pressure went down — even more than cutting back on salt. This supports the idea that eating more potassium helps protect your heart, especially if you eat a lot of salt.

The study says eating more fruits, veggies, and beans (which have lots of potassium) helps protect your heart, especially when you eat some salt. It agrees that potassium is good for lowering blood pressure and stroke risk, even if it’s not sure how little salt you should eat.

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