2024-03-17 07:00:04
An international team of researchers offers an innovative approach to combat hypertension, a condition that affects more than a billion people worldwide.
Their recommendation, published in the scientific journal of the American Heart Association, Hypertensionsuggests the adoption of salt enriched with potassium (Potassium is a chemical element, symbol K (Latin: kalium, from…) and low in sodium (Sodium is a chemical element, with symbol Na and atomic number 11. It is a…) in hypertension treatment guidelines. This proposal is based on data (In information technology (IT), data is an elementary description, often…) evidence showing that potassium-enriched salt could reduce sodium intake All (The whole understood as the whole of what exists is often interpreted as the world or…) by increasing that of potassium, thus offering a neutral solution in taste (For the faculty of judging beautiful things, see Taste (aesthetics)) for a problem of public health (Public health can be defined in various ways. Indeed, it can…).
High sodium intake and low potassium intake are common and associated with increased risk of hypertension, heart disease, stroke and premature death. Replace part of the sodium chloride with potassium chloride (Potassium chloride is a chemical compound with the formula KCl.) in Salt addresses both of these issues simultaneously. Despite the benefits demonstrated by randomized controlled trials and good patient acceptance, the use of these salt substitutes remains rare in current practices. The authors of the study highlight the inconsistency andincompleteness (We speak of completeness in mathematics in very different senses. We say of an object…) clinical recommendations regarding their usage (Use is the action of using something.).
Potassium-enriched salt can be used as a direct substitute for regular table salt, without most people noticing a difference in taste. This could represent a significant advance since resistance to efforts to reduce salt consumption has mainly been in changing the taste of foods.
A global collaboration of researchers analyzed 32 hypertension treatment guidelines published between January 1, 2013 and June 21, 2023. They found that while all of the guidelines mentioned sodium reduction, only two – those from China and Europe – specifically recommend the use of salt enriched with potassium.
The barrier to adoption of potassium-fortified salt has also been attributed to fear of causing high blood potassium levels (hyperkalemia) in people with advanced kidney disease. However, no serious cases of hyperkalemia were recorded in trials at this time. jour (The day or day is the interval between sunrise and sunset; it is the…), these having all been carried out in clinical settings. Researchers recommend an urgent review of clinical guidelines to incorporate the use of potassium-enriched salt, a measure that could prevent millions of cardiovascular events each year. year (A year is a unit of time expressing the duration between two occurrences of a related event…) Low cost.
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