Potassium Intake May Lower High Blood Pressure

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A new study from the January issue of Archives of Internal Medicine suggests an

additional or alternative path to lowering high blood pressure: balancing sodium

and potassium intake. Potassium acts as a counter to sodium, helping to balance

or minimize the detrimental effects of sodium in diets that need to be wary of

salt. The ratio of sodium-to-potassium was found to be a much stronger predictor

of cardiovascular disease than independent measures of either sodium or

potassium by themselves.

 

" There isn't as much focus on potassium, but potassium seems to be effective in

lowering blood pressure and the combination of a higher intake of potassium and

lower consumption of sodium seems to be more effective than either on its own in

reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease, " said Dr. Paul Whelton, principle

author of the study and the president and CEO of Loyola University Health

System.

 

The study's trials, which followed a middle age population for 15 years, found

that participants with the highest sodium-to-potassium ratios were 50% more

likely to experience cardiovascular disease than those with the lowest

sodium-to-potassium ratios. This study is a vast improvement over previous

investigations of the relationship between sodium, potassium and cardiovascular

disease because it had such a long duration, high participant population, and

physical data collection (urine samples) compared with previous trials. Many

earlier studies relied on participant recall of what they had eaten, or what

they ate, and many of those previous efforts had been cross-sectional rather

than follow-up studies.

 

Whelton was a member of the recent Institute of Medicine panel which has laid

out new recommendations for salt and potassium intake. For 19-to-50 year-old

adults, in order to prevent the onset of heart disease, it isrecommended that

you should consume no more than 2,300 milligrams of sodium per day -- equivalent

to one teaspoon of table salt. Presently, 95% of men and 75% percent of women in

the US exceed this amount, while only half of US population receives the

recommended amount of potassium. In order to lower blood pressure and minimize

the effects of sodium intake, adults should have 4..7 grams of potassium in

their diet on a daily basis. (There are exceptions of course -- those who have a

clinical condition or medication should consult their doctor before increasing

potassium in their diet.)

 

For more info about potassium and the Loyola Study, please s

below:

 

DSIB: Potassium

Loyola Medicine: Reducing Salt Intake Isn't The Only Way To Reduce Blood

Pressure

 

 

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how much potassium intake you should have could not read it was that 4.7grams

only

 

 

 

 

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Potassium Intake May Lower High Blood Pressure

http://www.suppleme ntinfo.org/ index.php? src=blog & refno=165 & category=

Consumer

 

A new study from the January issue of Archives of Internal Medicine suggests an

additional or alternative path to lowering high blood pressure: balancing sodium

and potassium intake. Potassium acts as a counter to sodium, helping to balance

or minimize the detrimental effects of sodium in diets that need to be wary of

salt. The ratio of sodium-to-potassium was found to be a much stronger predictor

of cardiovascular disease than independent measures of either sodium or

potassium by themselves.

 

" There isn't as much focus on potassium, but potassium seems to be effective in

lowering blood pressure and the combination of a higher intake of potassium and

lower consumption of sodium seems to be more effective than either on its own in

reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease, " said Dr. Paul Whelton, principle

author of the study and the president and CEO of Loyola University Health

System.

 

The study's trials, which followed a middle age population for 15 years, found

that participants with the highest sodium-to-potassium ratios were 50% more

likely to experience cardiovascular disease than those with the lowest

sodium-to-potassium ratios. This study is a vast improvement over previous

investigations of the relationship between sodium, potassium and cardiovascular

disease because it had such a long duration, high participant population, and

physical data collection (urine samples) compared with previous trials. Many

earlier studies relied on participant recall of what they had eaten, or what

they ate, and many of those previous efforts had been cross-sectional rather

than follow-up studies.

 

Whelton was a member of the recent Institute of Medicine panel which has laid

out new recommendations for salt and potassium intake. For 19-to-50 year-old

adults, in order to prevent the onset of heart disease, it isrecommended that

you should consume no more than 2,300 milligrams of sodium per day -- equivalent

to one teaspoon of table salt. Presently, 95% of men and 75% percent of women in

the US exceed this amount, while only half of US population receives the

recommended amount of potassium. In order to lower blood pressure and minimize

the effects of sodium intake, adults should have 4..7 grams of potassium in

their diet on a daily basis. (There are exceptions of course -- those who have a

clinical condition or medication should consult their doctor before increasing

potassium in their diet.)

 

For more info about potassium and the Loyola Study, please s

below:

 

DSIB: Potassium

Loyola Medicine: Reducing Salt Intake Isn't The Only Way To Reduce Blood

Pressure