chloride and blood pressure

[Guest guest]

It has come to my attention that potassium chloride, instead of

reducing blood pressure in rats, actually increases it. This is one

more indication that one should get as much of potassium as possible

from food for one's needs. It is possible that part of the long time

rise in hypertension from salt is partly from its chloride content. A

short discussion of this is available at;

http://www.ucop.edu/sciencetoday/pages/archive/transcripts/2000/sci616

..html#D Sincerely, Charles Weber