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Potassium intake and heart disease

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 September 2013

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In a nutshell

Dietary potassium intake is protective against heart disease in observational studies, particularly for hypertension and stroke.

A number of RCTs (but not all) have shown that extra dietary potassium can lower BP, particularly when combined with adequate magnesium and a lowering of sodium intake.

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Arbor Clinical Nutrition Updates , Volume 267 , January 2007 , pp. 1 - 3
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2007

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