Potassium-Enriched Salt Substitutes: A Review of Recommendations in Clinical Management Guidelines.

ABSTRACT: Excess dietary sodium intake and insufficient dietary potassium intake are both well-established risk factors for hypertension. Despite some successful initiatives, efforts to control hypertension by improving dietary intake have largely failed because the changes required are mostly too hard to implement. Consistent recent data from randomized controlled trials show that potassium-enriched, sodium-reduced salt substitutes are an effective option for improving consumption levels and reducing blood pressure and the rates of cardiovascular events and deaths. Yet, salt substitutes are inconsistently recommended and rarely used. We sought to define the extent to which evidence about the likely benefits and harms of potassium-enriched salt substitutes has been incorporated into clinical managem

SUBMITTER: Xu X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10863666 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature