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Study shows salt substitutes help to maintain healthy blood pressure in older adults
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Study shows salt substitutes help to maintain healthy blood pressure in older adults

by American College of Cardiology Credit: CC0 Public DomainThe replacement of regular salt with a salt substitute can reduce incidences of hypertension, or high blood pressure, in older adults without increasing their risk of low blood pressure episodes, according to a recent study in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. People who used a...

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First direct evidence to show cost-effectiveness of salt substitutes on cardiovascular outcomes

GEORGE INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL HEALTH Replacing table salt with a reduced-sodium, added-potassium ‘salt substitute’ is cost-saving and prevents death and disease in people at high risk of having a stroke, according to new research. Salt substitution has been shown to reduce stroke risk by 14 percent and the number of strokes and heart attacks combined...