Yeah, I’ve been looking into this for that exact reason. It does seem medically beneficial to replace an appreciable portion of your sodium with potassium, for those of us with high blood pressure.
However I don’t really see the point of this. Maybe there are some people who add a lot of salt to stuff, but I believe most of us consume excess sodium through processed and restaurant food. Added salt is not enough of overall sodium intake to matter. It’s much more important to watch the sodium content in your food choices, notably eat less processed food
Sorry for awakening an old thread, but in case anyone reads it ….
I just read some articles (sorry, no link) that puts some numbers on this. It claimed:
typical American gets 70% of their sodium intake from restaurant meals
typical American gets 11% of their sodium from adding salt
US RDA of potassium is about 10 bananas, so almost no one gets it
somehow I thought Chipotle had less sodium than other fast food, but one burrito is over the recommended limit of sodium
So by far the best way to reduce sodium is to eat out less frequently. Reducing or substituting salt won’t make much difference, especially for those of us who don’t typically add salt
Potassium appears to counteract sodium’s bad effects, but it’s difficult to get enough. Eating bananas or avocados won’t do it. Salt substitutes won’t do it
There were also warnings that
too much potassium in salt substitute leaves a metallic taste
potassium can conflict with some high blood pressure medication
Yeah, I’ve been looking into this for that exact reason. It does seem medically beneficial to replace an appreciable portion of your sodium with potassium, for those of us with high blood pressure.
However I don’t really see the point of this. Maybe there are some people who add a lot of salt to stuff, but I believe most of us consume excess sodium through processed and restaurant food. Added salt is not enough of overall sodium intake to matter. It’s much more important to watch the sodium content in your food choices, notably eat less processed food
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If you get most of your salt intake from restaurant and processed foods… this will only make a minor improvement.
Sorry for awakening an old thread, but in case anyone reads it ….
I just read some articles (sorry, no link) that puts some numbers on this. It claimed:
So by far the best way to reduce sodium is to eat out less frequently. Reducing or substituting salt won’t make much difference, especially for those of us who don’t typically add salt
Potassium appears to counteract sodium’s bad effects, but it’s difficult to get enough. Eating bananas or avocados won’t do it. Salt substitutes won’t do it
There were also warnings that