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If you've had a stroke before, switching to a special salt that has less sodium and more potassium might help keep you from having another stroke or dying from one — and it doesn’t seem to cause dangerous potassium buildup in your blood.

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Salt Substitution and Recurrent Stroke and Death: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

Randomized Controlled Trial
Human
2025 Apr 1

This study gave people who had a stroke a special salt with less sodium and more potassium instead of regular salt, and found they had fewer strokes and were less likely to die — exactly as the claim says.

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Salt Substitution and Recurrent Stroke and Death: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

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DOI: 10.1001/jamacardio.2024.5417

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If you're over 60 and have had a stroke or high blood pressure, switching to a special salt that has less sodium and more potassium might help you have fewer strokes.

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If you're over 60 and have had a stroke or high blood pressure, switching to a special salt that has less sodium and more potassium might help you live longer — it could lower your chance of dying from any cause by about 12%.

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If you're over 60 and have had a stroke or high blood pressure, switching to a special salt that has less sodium and more potassium might help lower your chances of having another heart attack or stroke.

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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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If you're 65 or older and have had a stroke or high blood pressure, switching to a special salt that has less sodium and more potassium might help lower your chances of having another stroke.

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