Research
Micronutrients & recovery
Increasing urinary potassium excretion by 1 gram per day is associated with a significant decrease in systolic blood pressure (approx. 1.1 mmHg) and diastolic blood pressure (approx. 0.9 mmHg).
Increasing your potassium intake by 1 gram per day can lower your systolic blood pressure by about 1.1 mmHg. Focus on potassium-rich foods like fruits and vegetables to help counteract the effects of sodium.
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while 1.10 mmHg SBP and 0.91 mmHg DBP decrease for one-gram increase of K
Why this rating
Large prospective cohort (n=41,475) with adjusted multivariable linear regressions.
Source
Association patterns of urinary sodium, potassium, and their ratio with blood pressure across various levels of salt-diet regions in China
Yin Lu et al. · Scientific Reports · 2018
cohort · n=41475Cited 21×
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