Potassium salts have a subtly different flavor than regular sodium-based table salt. Sprinkle a little on your hand and lick it, and you’ll see what I mean. It’s still salty, ...

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Medically reviewed by Kristie Reed, PharmD Potassium chloride, or potassium salt, consists of the minerals potassium and chloride. It's used to treat hypokalemia, a condition of low blood potassium ...

Potassium-enriched salts also cost more than regular salt, though it's still low cost compared to most other foods, and not as expensive as many fancy salts now available.

The salt content of your diet is important -- we’ve heard that from health experts over and over again. But a new study suggests that it’s the relationship between salt and potassium that ...

Pass less salt and when you pass it, make it potassium salt by Dr. Thomas R. Frieden, opinion contributor - 12/17/19 11:00 AM ET ...

"Using se a salt substitute that's like 30% potassium chloride is probably fine," she says, "but if you have some sort of underlying condition, you probably want to your doctor about it first." ...

Potassium-enriched salt can be used as a direct replacement for regular salt (sodium chloride) when seasoning, preserving or manufacturing foods. Importantly, ...

Recent research indicates that using potassium-enriched salt substitutes instead of regular salt may lead to a 14% reduction in recurrent stroke rates and a 21% decrease in deaths related to strokes.

Discover why boosting your potassium intake may be more effective for lowering blood pressure than simply cutting salt, plus the top foods to add to your diet.

In draft guidance issued Friday, the FDA advised food manufacturers of its “intent to exercise enforcement discretion for the name ‘potassium chloride salt’ in the ingredient statement on ...