Researchers estimate that about 1.28 billion adults around the world have high blood pressure, medically known as hypertension. Previous research has also shown that getting more potassium in your ...

In January 2025, the World Health Organization (WHO) released new guidelines recommending a switch from typical table salt to alternatives containing less sodium, aiming to reduce worldwide sodium ...

It’s not often that consumer advocacy groups and the food industry align in pressuring the FDA to take action. Still, it’s happening now over a food labeling issue with important implications for ...

Potassium chloride treats low potassium levels and helps manage blood pressure. Using potassium salt instead of table salt can help you reduce sodium intake. Too much sodium and too little potassium ...

Indian doctors are swapping regular table salt for a new potassium-rich version to reduce the incidence of hypertension and heart health issues. This is being done, as potassium addition to salt has ...

One in three Australian adults has high blood pressure (hypertension). Excess salt (sodium) increases the risk of high blood pressure so everyone with hypertension is advised to reduce salt in their ...

Dear C.D.: Lower-sodium salt substitutes are generally made from potassium salts; sometimes they’re all potassium, and sometimes they’re a mixture of sodium and potassium salts. The evidence is pretty ...

—Are you skeptical about recommending potassium-enriched salt substitutes for patients with certain conditions? Here’s what the authors of a recent review advise. Replacing regular dietary salt with ...

The FDA says it will accept the term ‘potassium chloride salt’ instead of ‘potassium chloride’ on food labels in a bid to demystify the popular salt replacer for consumers, although industry ...

Four years after receiving a petition urging it to permit a more consumer-friendly name, the FDA has issued final guidance allowing companies to use ‘potassium salt’ as alternate name for ‘potassium ...