Swapping salt for potassium-enriched salt substitutes may be the best choice for people who have already experienced a stroke. Image credit: Holcy/Getty Images. Preventing strokes and mitigating their ...

If you’re trying to cut back on sodium, you’ve probably gotten the advice to cook with plenty of herbs and spices. Their flavor punches up dishes, so you can lay off the saltshaker. But it can ...

For the first time, investigators found that the replacement of salt with a salt substitute not only reduced hypertension, but did not also increase hypotension, a key factor for older adults.

In older adults with normal blood pressure values, incorporating a salt substitute in place of regular salt may decrease the risk of new hypertension by as much as 40%, according to a post hoc ...

Replacing regular salt with a salt substitute reduced the incidence of new hypertension compared with a usual salt group, without provoking hypotension, new data showed. Among a group of older adults ...

Using less salt in your food may seem boring, but the payoffs could be as big as a lowered risk of death, new research has found. Using a salt substitute when cooking was linked with a lower risk of ...

Salt substitutes can help lower blood pressure and the risk of heart attack, stroke, and chronic kidney disease. These include potassium-based salt substitutes sold in grocery stores and flavorings ...

Few people with high blood pressure were using salt substitutes, even though they are a simple and effective way to lower sodium intake and manage blood pressure, according to preliminary research ...

(CNN) -- Using less salt in your food may seem boring, but the payoffs could be as big as a lowered risk of death, new research has found. (CNN) — Using less salt in your food may seem boring, but the ...

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