New Delhi : Potassium dietary supplements in salt can considerably scale back the dangers of stroke recurrence in addition to demise, based on a world examine.
The examine comes amidst the brand new advice by the World Well being Group (WHO) to take potassium-enriched salt to fight hypertension and associated coronary heart dangers.
Stroke is a number one explanation for demise and incapacity, and recurrent occasions stay a serious concern. Excessive sodium consumption and low potassium consumption are thought-about key threat components.
“The examine means that potassium salt substitute considerably lowered the dangers of stroke recurrence and demise, and is a novel and sensible therapeutic choice for sufferers with stroke,” mentioned the researchers, together with from China, Australia, and the UK.
The randomised medical trial concerned 15,249 individuals from China who had beforehand reported affected by a stroke.
The individuals had been assigned to make use of both a salt substitute, consisting of 75 per cent sodium chloride and 25 per cent potassium chloride by mass, or common salt.
The findings, revealed in JAMA Cardiology, confirmed that recurrent stroke was lowered by 14 per cent within the potassium substitute group in contrast with these within the common salt group.
A complete of two,735 recurrent stroke occasions occurred, with 691 deadly and a pair of,044 nonfatal episodes.
Haemorrhagic stroke confirmed a 30 per cent relative discount, and stroke-related deaths decreased by 21 per cent. The researchers additionally discovered no significant distinction in hyperkalemia (excessive potassium ranges) between teams.
“Outcomes of this cluster trial show that salt substitution was protected, together with lowered dangers of stroke recurrence and demise, which underscores massive well being features from scaling up this low-cost intervention amongst sufferers with stroke,” the researchers mentioned.
The WHO, in its latest guideline, suggests utilizing Okay-salt or potassium chloride as an alternative of normal desk salt, which is wealthy in sodium. The Okay-salt might assist scale back the chance of hypertension, which might result in cardiovascular ailments (CVDs) and persistent kidney illness, by decreasing blood stress.
It additionally lowers the dangers of different situations related to excessive sodium consumption, comparable to gastric most cancers.
As per the WHO, yearly, 80 Lakh folks die because of poor eating regimen. Of those, 19 lakh deaths are attributable to excessive sodium consumption.
