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Quoted message said:"...there isn't enough potassium in typical Potasium Chloride use to
do
anything."Quoted message said:Not sure what you mean here - clarification is required. Here is
something worth reading:Quoted message said:Quoted message said:And as authors of an NEJM study pointed out: "Clinical and
epidemiologic studies suggest that the intake of potassium chloride
lowers blood pressure," though their results showed only minor blood
pressure lowering. Of course, they could not control what the
volunteers ate over the 2.2 year study, and so they had to hope that
the subjects did not decide to add a little salt to make their food
palatable. There are many studies about these kinds of studies, and a
great deal of "cheating" is usually uncovered. There is nothing
preventing one from trying various approaches, so long as they are
based on a reasonable undestanding of the scientific evidence.Quoted message said:Source: http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/abstract/322/9/569
Quoted message said:In my case, with a diet rich in salt and also with potassium chloride
supplementation, I do not have hypertension, though I am male, early
40s. It is usually on the low side of "normal." However, my dietary
fat ratio is very high in saturated fatty acids, yet very low in
polyunsaturated fatty acids (and also MUFAs, compared to the average
American), and so, as one study concluded: "In conclusion, it appears
that oxidative stress may constitute a major pathogenic factor in the
development of hypertension and type 2 diabetes."Quoted message said:Source:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&...Quoted message said:Thus, when I am asked for advice, I begin with gathering a great deal
of information about the person.I suggest you do a little real research.
1. How much potassium per day does it take to alter blood pressure?
2. How much available potassium is there in a "full" teaspoon of potassium
chloride?
3. How much potassium chloride does it take to "salt" a typical dinner
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There have been some studies where they used potassium citrate as a
supplement to improve bone density in women with osteopenia. They
found that it lowered blood pressure as well. The DASH diet lowers
blood pressure because it includes a lot of fruits and vegetables,
which contain potassium.
Marilyn