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Potassium intake and heart disease
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 September 2013
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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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