Should YOU cut back on SALT??

What are the health effects of reducing salt or replacing it with salt substitutes? A look at the science of salt reduction, salt substitutes and heart disease and death risk.

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References:
recent salt substitute trial:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s4159...
https://www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.ja...

large trial from 2021:
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056...

salt reduction trials:
https://www.bmj.com/content/346/bmj.f...
https://www.jacc.org/doi/full/10.1016...
https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/...

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0:00 Swapping salt
1:46 High potassium
3:12 Low sodium
3:37 Heart disease
3:59 Death
7:07 Reducing salt
8:42 Limitations
9:40 Salt in normal BP
11:10 Salt & exercise
12:25 Sodium or potassium?
13:49 Iodine