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"There is a lot of false data regarding salt! It is really important that you
understand the importance about the relationship between Sodium AND
Potassium. Once you read these articles you will understand why our
nutritional information shows you both Sodium and Potassium values."
Laura Bezden

"More important than the amount of sodium in the diet is the ratio of
sodium to potassium. While food labels are required to report sodium
content, they are not required to report potassium content, which makes
analyzing potassium intake extremely difficult. ...
Recent research suggests that this ratio is critical. While many studies
have focused on high sodium content in the diet, it appears that problems
with hypertension may be related more to an inappropriate ratio of
sodium to potassium. Processed foods are extremely high in sodium. ...
... research suggests that a 1:1 ratio is probably a good target. The
typical American diet is more than a 5:1 ratio in favor of salt!"

"An eight-year study of a New York City hypertensive population stratified for sodium intake
levels found those on low-salt diets had more than four times as many heart attacks as those
on normal sodium diets – the exact opposite of what the "salt hypothesis" would have
predicted.

The past president of the American Heart Association, Dr. Suzanne Oparil of the University of
Alabama, Birmingham, said her personal view is that the government may have been too
quick to recommend 'salt restriction as a solitary recommendation for the population for the
prevention or the treatment of hypertension' and therefore that 'everyone should reduce their
salt intake.' In 1995, Dr. Jeffrey Cutler documented no health benefits of low-sodium diets."

"The men who ate from the kitchens using potassium-enriched salt were about 40%
less likely to die from cardiovascular disease than the men who ate from the kitchens
using regular salt. Medical costs associated with heart disease treatment were also
significantly lower in those who ate food salted with potassium-enriched salt. Finally,
those eating the potassium-enriched salt were less likely to die from all causes
during the study, though this effect was small, and they lived longer on average than
their counterparts eating regular salt.

“The present study showed a long-term effect on cardiovascular disease mortality
and medical expenditure associated with lowering the sodium-to-potassium ratio,”
the authors concluded. 'The effect may primarily be due to the increase in potassium
intake, because the sodium reduction achieved was moderate.'"