Who should (and shouldn't) consider salt substitutes

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Substituting your table salt for something with lower sodium could improve your heart health.

Most salt substitutes are made of potassium chloride, which has recently been shown to reduce the chance of recurrent strokes.

Despite this, not everyone should be reaching for potassium chloride. And not everyone can afford to.

Guest/s

Professor Bruce Neal, executive director of The George Institute for Global Health

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Who should (and shouldn't) consider salt substitutes

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published 17 days ago

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Substituting your table salt for something with lower sodium could improve your heart health.

Most salt substitutes are made of potassium chloride, which has recently been shown to reduce the chance of recurrent strokes.

Despite this, not everyone should be reaching for potassium chloride. And not everyone can afford to.

Guest/s

Professor Bruce Neal, executive director of The George Institute for Global Health

1464 episodes

#Health and Well-Being #Science #Fitness #Australia #Medicine #Australian Broadcasting Corporation #ABC listen

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