If you swap out regular table salt for a special salt that has less sodium and more potassium, it might help you have fewer strokes, heart problems, and even live longer — plus it could gently lower your blood pressure.
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Effect of Salt Substitution on Cardiovascular Events and Death.
This study gave people a special salt that has less sodium and more potassium, and found they had fewer strokes, heart problems, and deaths compared to those using regular salt — without dangerous side effects.
Salt Substitution and Recurrent Stroke and Death: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
This study gave people who had a stroke a special salt with less sodium and more potassium, and found they had fewer strokes and were less likely to die compared to those using regular salt — proving the salt swap works.
Effects of salt substitutes on clinical outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis
This study looked at replacing regular salt with a mix that has less sodium and more potassium, and found it lowered blood pressure and reduced heart attacks, strokes, and deaths — exactly what the claim says.
The contribution of sodium reduction and potassium increase to the blood pressure lowering observed in the Salt Substitute and Stroke Study
This study tested a special salt with less sodium and more potassium, and found that people who used it had fewer strokes, heart problems, and deaths — just like the claim says. It also found that the extra potassium, not just less salt, was mostly responsible for the health benefits.
The contribution of sodium reduction and potassium increase to the blood pressure lowering observed in the Salt Substitute and Stroke Study
This study tested a special salt with less sodium and more potassium, and found that people who used it had fewer strokes, heart problems, and deaths — just like the claim says. It also found that the extra potassium, not just less salt, was mostly responsible for the health benefits.
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