Salt and cardiovascular disease: insufficient evidence to recommend low sodium intake

M O'Donnell, A Mente, MH Alderman… - European heart …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Several blood pressure guidelines recommend low sodium intake (< 2.3 g/day, 100 mmol,
5.8 g/day of salt) for the entire population, on the premise that reductions in sodium intake …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of salt substitution on cardiovascular events and death

B Neal, Y Wu, X Feng, R Zhang, Y Zhang… - … England Journal of …, 2021 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Salt substitutes with reduced sodium levels and increased potassium levels
have been shown to lower blood pressure, but their effects on cardiovascular and safety …

Potassium-enriched salt substitutes as a means to lower blood pressure: benefits and risks

RC Greer, M Marklund, CAM Anderson, LK Cobb… - …, 2020 - Am Heart Assoc
Use of salt substitutes containing potassium chloride is a potential strategy to reduce sodium
intake, increase potassium intake, and thereby lower blood pressure and prevent the …

Urinary sodium excretion, blood pressure, cardiovascular disease, and mortality: a community-level prospective epidemiological cohort study

A Mente, M O'Donnell, S Rangarajan, M McQueen… - The Lancet, 2018 - thelancet.com
Background WHO recommends that populations consume less than 2 g/day sodium as a
preventive measure against cardiovascular disease, but this target has not been achieved in …

[HTML][HTML] Perspective: design and conduct of human nutrition randomized controlled trials

AH Lichtenstein, K Petersen, K Barger, KE Hansen… - Advances in …, 2021 - Elsevier
In the field of human nutrition, randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are considered the gold
standard for establishing causal relations between exposure to nutrients, foods, or dietary …

Sodium and health—concordance and controversy

NR Cook, FJ He, GA MacGregor, N Graudal - Bmj, 2020 - bmj.com
Sodium and health—concordance and controversy Page 1 the bmj | BMJ 2020;369:m2440 | doi:
10.1136/bmj.m2440 1 Food For ThoughT 2020 Sodium and health—concordance and …

Estimated population wide benefits and risks in China of lowering sodium through potassium enriched salt substitution: modelling study

M Marklund, G Singh, R Greer, F Cudhea, K Matsushita… - bmj, 2020 - bmj.com
Objectives To estimate the effects of nationwide replacement of discretionary salt (used at
table or during cooking) with potassium enriched salt substitute on morbidity and death from …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of a reduced-sodium added-potassium salt substitute on blood pressure in rural Indian hypertensive patients: a randomized, double-blind, controlled …

J Yu, SR Thout, Q Li, M Tian, M Marklund… - The American journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background High salt intake is a major modifiable risk factor of hypertension which is
prevalent in India. It is not yet clear if salt substitutes reduce blood pressure (BP) among …

The role of diet in secondary stroke prevention

C English, L MacDonald-Wicks, A Patterson… - The Lancet …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Poor quality diet and nutrition is strongly associated with risk of first stroke, and adherence to
a Mediterranean-style diet has been reported to reduce the risk of first stroke. The …

Dietary potassium and the kidney: lifesaving physiology

KY Wei, M Gritter, L Vogt, MH De Borst… - Clinical Kidney …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Potassium often has a negative connotation in Nephrology as patients with chronic kidney
disease (CKD) are prone to develop hyperkalaemia. Approaches to the management of …