According to the World Health Organization, more than one billion people throughout the world are living with hypertension. Hypertension is responsible for at least 45 percent of deaths due to heart disease and 51 percent of deaths due to stroke.
Researchers in a study conducted by the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California reported that a higher intake of dietary potassium can aid in lowering blood pressure and that the kidneys excrete more water and salt when the dietary potassium level in the blood is high. Eating a high potassium diet can be likened to taking a diuretic. Also explored was the link between potassium, dietary sodium, blood pressure, and the sodium-potassium ratio and an investigation regarding the effects of potassium and dietary sodium on hypertension.
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