In an Effort to Reduce Hypertension, Salt Substitutes Come to the Table.

Potassium-enriched salt substitutes are being promoted as a strategy to reduce sodium intake and help prevent and manage hypertension.

• Why it matters: High sodium intake is a key target for hypertension prevention and control, motivating alternatives that can lower sodium without changing eating patterns too much.
• What they did: The article describes public-health and clinical efforts to increase adoption of potassium-enriched salt substitutes as a dietary intervention.
• The result: Greater use of these substitutes is intended to support sodium reduction, which is linked to efforts to prevent and manage hypertension.

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