Clinical trials look promising, and if these drugs are approved, would change how we manage high blood pressure. But there’s much we don’t know about these injectables.
- SHARP Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine, UNSW
Potassium-enriched salt tastes like regular salt and you don’t need to change how you cook or season your food. You just need to switch the type of salt you buy.
South Africa needs to continue public awareness campaigns to reduce excessive salt intake to protect cardiovascular health.
Reducing the amount of salt one consumes over the summer holidays is important to maintaining long term health.
Legislation limiting the salt in processed foods will drastically cut the average South African’s salt intake. But how effective will it be?
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