Older adults with normal BP living in China were 40% less likely to develop hypertension when using a potassium-enriched salt substitute for 2 years, according to researchers.
“Among adults with normal BP, replacing regular salt with a salt substitute that contains 25% potassium chloride would stop BP rising with aging instead of reducing BP and thus effectively prevent the users from developing hypertension while not causing additional hypotension episodes,” Yangfeng Wu, MD, PhD, professor of epidemiology and sciences in clinical research at Peking University and executive