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Who should (and shouldn't) consider salt substitutes
Manage episode 468908753 series 5409
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
Manage episode 468908753 series 5409
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
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