The 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 study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC). Researchers from Peking University Clinical Research Institute in Beijing, China found that people who used a salt substitute had a 40% lower incidence and likelihood of experiencing hypertension compared to those who used regular salt.
Among older adults with normal blood pressure, replacing table salt with salt substitute reduced the incidence of hypertension vs a usual salt group, in the DECIDE-Salt trial.
Replacing regular salt with a potassium-enriched alternative reduces the chances of high and low blood pressure episodes in people with hypertension, according to findings of a recent study.
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