{"id":88447,"date":"2026-09-28T07:16:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-27T23:16:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=88447"},"modified":"2026-09-28T07:16:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T23:16:12","slug":"how-potassium-can-lower-your-blood-pressure-without-cutting-back-on-salt-or-flavour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=88447","title":{"rendered":"How potassium can lower your blood pressure without cutting back on salt or flavour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.i-scmp.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/1280x720\/public\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2026\/09\/25\/21c3d4e3-c568-4603-9a84-26949ae447fd_ba8cdb6b.jpg?itok=ruIy4LWU&amp;v=1790306645\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">For millions across Asia, <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">high blood pressure<\/span> is more than just a clinical metric \u2013 it is baked directly into the region\u2019s rich culinary spread. From soy sauce and fish sauce to dim sum broths and salted egg patties, high-sodium condiments and preserved ingredients are at the core of daily flavour.<\/div>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">While public health groups have long urged people to cut back on <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">salt<\/span>, fresh research suggests we have been missing half the equation: balancing sodium by significantly increasing dietary potassium at the same time.<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Salt \u2013 or sodium chloride \u2013 is essential to bodily functions in small amounts, but standard modern diets contain far too much of it. Excess sodium drives the global hypertension crisis, and contributed to an estimated 1.7 million deaths in 2023, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">While WHO recommends keeping daily sodium intake under 2,000mg (0.07 oz) \u2013 less than a teaspoon of salt \u2013 most people in the region consume up to double that amount.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/lifestyle\/health-wellness\/article\/3368746\/how-potassium-can-lower-your-blood-pressure-without-cutting-back-salt-or-flavour?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For millions across Asia, high blood pressure is more than just a clinical metric \u2013 it is baked directly into the region\u2019s rich culinary spread&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":88448,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[180,9346,11084,30731,14556,6985],"class_list":["post-88447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bored-interesting","tag-blood","tag-cutting","tag-flavour","tag-potassium","tag-pressure","tag-salt","wpcat-33-id"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88447","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=88447"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88447\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/88448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=88447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=88447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=88447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}