Are the so-called Salt Substitutes better?
Salt substitutes are Potassium, and not Sodium. It is the Sodium in the regular table salt that is harmful to hypertensives and to persons with heart disease. Potassium is medically acceptable for these patients, Potassium salt tastes a bit bitter. Do we really need to eat salt? No, unless the person has lost an abnormal amount of Sodium from severe diarrhea, dehydration, or other illnesses that lower the serum sodium level in the person. In these cases, sodium chloride ingestion, or even intravenous infusion of sodium chloride might be needed. There is really no need to start shaking the salt shaker, because the fruits, vegetables, fish, meat, etc. that Mother Nature has given us all contain the “perfect” amount of sodium already. Adding salt to our food, even before we even taste it, is just a bad habit that many of us have developed over the years. Indeed, it is best to be on a low-salt diet, especially as we grow older than 30. What else is bad for a person with high blood pressure
