2. Potassium intake can lower your blood pressure
There’s no secret that high blood pressure patients are advised to lower their sodium intake, yet it’s no secret either that most of them don’t respect these guidelines. The American diet has a ton of sodium in it; that’s why more than 108 million American adults have high blood pressure. Maybe you’re one of them, too, so do you know your numbers?
If you can’t lower them, maybe it’s time to look at your plate. Studies suggest that increasing your potassium intake through the foods you eat on a regular basis could lower both systolic and diastolic numbers. It seems that potassium is able to do that by dilating the blood vessels while maximizing the elimination of sodium via urine.
